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What is the approximate age of the earth?
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4.5 billion years old
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Glaciers helped form the Earths surface by
erosion as seen in
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Cape Cod
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In designing a good experiment, a scientist
attempts to isolate one
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Environmental Science is considered to be an
integrated science because
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It involves many sciences
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The extinction of a species means that
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its populations no longer exist
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New Yorks Finger Lakes, which were formed by the
same process as were the Great Lakes, were formed
by
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the movement of glaciers
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All of the following are indigestible material
for an owl except
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Muscle
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El Nino occurs every
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4-7 years
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To measure the acidity of a solution you would
perform a __________ test.
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pH
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To measure the clarity of pond water you would
perform a __________ test.
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turbidity
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In a balanced ecosystem, the carrying capacity
for a given species should be
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stable
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All of the following are herbivores except
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bear
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When scientists say that the balance in the
ecosystem is dynamic they mean that
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change is constant
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In which place would you probably find the most
organisms?
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a swamp
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Which organism is most likely to be found on a
newly discovered island?
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Parrot
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Primary succession can occur in which of the
following habitats
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a cooled lava field
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In the Antarctic, as baleen whale numbers
increase you would expect seals to
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decrease in numbers
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Two species of clover were planted in the same
patch of garden. In time, one species
disappeared from the patch. This is probably the
result of
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competitive exclusion
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Through aquatic succession, a clear lake may
eventually become
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a meadow
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Mass killings of predators may result in
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overpopulation of prey
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What effect does a keystone predator have on its
habitat?
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it increases niche diversity
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Legumes enrich soil by adding nitrogen to it
through their
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root nodules
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From where do autotrophs get the energy that
produces their food?
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the sun
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Interactions in the environment are usually
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Complex
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Lichens are important to an ecosystem because
they
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help form soil
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An organism that feeds on the body fluids or
tissues of another organism but does not kill it
is called a
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Parasite
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An increase in herbivore populations in an
ecosystem will soon lead to
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increasing predator populations
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A stable ecosystem includes
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a wide variety of organisms
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Competition occurs between species when
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they try to share the same niche
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Condors are related to vultures and feed on
carion, or dead animals. Condors role in the
food web is as
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scavengers
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What is the most important requirement for all
living things?
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Water
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In which part of the atmosphere do you live?
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Troposphere
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Water exists on other planets in the solar
system. Yet, life exists on Earth because water
exists as a
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vapor
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A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect
is
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carbon dioxide
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Temperatures in the thermosphere can reach
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2000 degrees C
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Ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching
Earths surface by what substance found in the
atmosphere?
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ozone
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Nitrogen makes up what percent of air composition
on earth?
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Natural springs form on Earths surface with
water that originated from
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Aquifers
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A pump does not need to be used to raise
groundwater to the surface in areas where
artesian wells are located because the water in
artesian wells
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is under pressure
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People use rivers in all of the following ways
except
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as a source of salt
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In one day, a zebra eats 10kg of grass. A lion
kills and eats the zebra. About how much of the
energy contained in this grass is usable by the
lion?
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1 kg
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When new information conflicts with a hypothesis,
the hypothesis
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must change
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A scientific explanation for a natural occurrence
is
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a hypothesis
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In a controlled experiment
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the scientist knows the outcome
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Science does not attempt to answer questions that
deal with
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nitrogen
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Though matter in an ecosystem is recycled, energy
is
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Lost
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A hypothesis must be rejected when
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it is not supported by data
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Ozone depletion is caused by CFCs is an example
of a scientific
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hypothesis
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Energy moves through the ecosystem in the form of
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biomass
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To be a tertiary consumer, you would have to eat
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Deer