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In a scientific experiment, a control is

*a test that duplicates an experimental test except for one variable *a way to study the effects of just one experimental variable

In reference to urban blight, what part of a city's population typically migrates away and into the suburbs?

Affluent

Automobile exhaust is the major contributor to which environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Air pollution

Populations consist of:

All species living in a given area

Which one of the following cycles involves the burning of fossil fuels which affects climate change?

Carbon cycle

Which of the following is not an environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Climate change

Power plants generate electricity. Which of the following displays the correct order of electricity production based on most used resource to least used resource?

Coal, natural gas, atomic energy, hydroelectric, other

The use of mathematical tools to investigate how populations respond to biotic and abiotic changes is called:

Demography

Population growth and increased oil consumption contributed to which environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Depletion of energy resources

What is a tool that is used to assess consumption of individuals and estimate the area requirement needed to support this amount of consumption?

Ecological Footprint

Which process would increase the amount of water in the atmosphere? (select all that apply)

Evaporation Transpiration Evapotranspiration

Who does sustainable development benefit?

Everyone

The voluntary effort called LEED (Leadership and Energy and Environmental Design), which promotes green building, recognizes efforts and achievements in all of the following areas except:

Exterior design

What event is common in chaparral systems?

Fires

In 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Highway Revenue Act in order to secure funding to build and maintain roadways. What was taxed in order to generate the revenue for the Highway Trust Fund?

Gasoline

_____________ is necessary to support restaurants and shopping centers, and it also provides means of employment to a vast number of city dwellers. This is found in many urban centers in the United States

High population density

According to the text, which category has the largest global usage of water?

Irrigation

Which one of the following would not likely exist within the aphotic zone of the ocean?

Kelp Forest

Most affordable highway construction through parklands or stream valleys is a major contributor to which environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Loss of Landscape and Wildlife

Which biogeochemical cycle involves the sequestration of an element by bacteria for use in plants?

Nitrogen cycle

Approximately 70% of Earth's surface is covered by which reservoir of water?

Oceans

What are the two main characteristics of a population that are used to understand and describe the population?

Population size and population density

Which level of the food chain supplies energy to all others?

Producers

Which of the following is not a point source of water pollution?

Rainfall that picks up oil as it makes its way into the watershed

What are the effects of a combined sewer overflow?

Rainy conditions causing overflows

Which material(s) listed below is an example of a persistent organic pollutant? (*select all that apply)

Ricin PCBs DDT Mercury Arsenic

This reservoir of water contains only about 0.01% of the the world's water?

Rivers and Lakes

Humans have manipulated the earth for their own benefit for thousands of years. However much of the negative changes to our planet have occurred in the last few hundred years. What are the 3 reasons given that this drastic shift has occurred?

Scientific advances, human population growth, materials introduced to earth

The spatial relationship between members of a population within a habitat at a particular point in time is called:

Species distribution patterns

Better water management practices in sustainable cities include all of the following except:

Storm water sewers

When the population of hares increased in North America, what happened to the size of the lynx population in response?

The population increased

The synthesis of a large collection of information that is generally accepted, contains well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the world is known as a scientific

Theory

What is the purpose of a fishbone diagram?

To outline causes of a problem

Biomagnification causes the most toxins build up in which organism in a food chain

Tuna (tertiary consumer)

The well spread out network of residential areas, shops and industrial areas connected by highways in urban-suburban areas is known as _____.

Urban Sprawl

An increase in paved surfaces which increases the volume of runoff, leading to erosion and other side effects is a major contributor to which environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Water pollution

Increase in paved surfaces which increases the volume of runoff, leading to erosion and other side effects is a major contributor to which environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Water pollution

Urban agriculture serves the following purpose(s):

a) Providing a use for vacant land b) Providing a clean up strategy for contamination c) Providing options for healthy fresh food

Sustainable Cities are expected to have which of the following characteristics in order to be "successful":

a) Social equity practices b) Technology resources c) Walkability for transportation

Lifestyle changes that support a more sustainable way of life and more sustainable communities include _____.

a) more fuel-efficient cars and carpooling. b) less dependence on automobiles. c) the use of solar energy. d) recycling paper, cans, and bottles.

r-selected species are described as _____

adapted to unstable and unpredictable environments.

Another approach to survival is when species use body coloration or shape to deter predation by blending in with the surroundings. This is called __________.

camouflage

The maximum number of individuals in a population that can be supported by the limited resources of a habitat is called:

carrying capacityh

The model of population growth that describes theoretical populations that increase in numbers without any limit to their growth is called:

exponential growth

Assuming that the earth has an unlimited amount of resources that will never be fully diminished would be considered a

frontier ethic

The purpose of the scientific method as a method is to

gain new information.

The presence of thorns or toxins in a plant discourages__________

herbivory

In science, a suggested explanation is a

hypothesis.

What types of actions can cause water stress? (*select all that apply)

large populations high precipitation small populations low precipitation

What factor(s) influence organisms living in aquatic biomes

light availability thermal properties dissolved minerals Polluntants

The model of population growth that describes the reality of limited resources is called:

logistical growth

The competitive exclusion principle states when 2 species compete for the same resource in an area this relationship is not sustainable. This competition will result in which of the following (choose all that apply):

one species will become extinct one or both species will adapt nothing will occur

During water treatment, treatment with chlorine or ozone accomplishes which of the following?

removes possible pathogens

Treating the earth and environment like the resources contained within it are limited and humans should conserve resources for continued use is a

sustainability ethic

Water which contains large amounts of calcium dissolved within it results from _____

water dissolving materials in the ground.

When a large amount of groundwater is extracted, what type of effects can occur due to this large amount of water extraction? (*select all that apply)

water table decrease no change to water table salt water intrusion sinkholes