Environmental science (part8)

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A herd of mule deer living on a certain mountain and separated from other herds of mule deer resepented a species. Is it true or false?

False

A(n) compound is a chemical substance with a given set of properties that cannot be broken down into substances with other properties. Is it true or false?

False

Because water molecules are polar, they tend to repel one another. Is it true or false?

False

Green taxes are used widely in the United States. Is it true or false?

False

In the United States during the 1960's and 1970's, environmental policy began to move more toward the state and local level. Is it true or False?

False

In the United States, anyone can draft a bill, but a member of a business has to introduce it and follow it until it is passed. Is it true or false?

False

In the united states, the strength of environmental policy is constant from state to state. Is it true or false?

False

Lipids are polymers of amino acids that serve many functions in organisms, such as the production of the bones, skin, and muscles.

False

Oceans, polar ice caps, and groundwater would all be considered part of Earth's atmosphere. Is it true or false?

False

The United Nations is a group of 27 members nations that can sign treaties and enact regulations that have the same authority as national laws in each member nation. Is it true or false?

False

The community is the simplest level of organization that the ecologists studies. Is it true or false?

False

The diagram above shows a clumped distribution pattern. Is it true or false?

False

The ecosystem is the most complex level of organization that an ecologist studies. Is it true or false?

False

The nutrients required in relatively large amounts are called micronutrients and included nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus. Is it true or false?

False

The phosphorus cycle keeps phosphorus availability naturally high. Is it true or false?

False

Water also enters the atmosphere by CONDENSATION, the release of water vapor by plants through their leaves. Is it true or false?

False

With the CAP-AND-TRADE approach to environmental policy, a government body sets rules and threatens punishment for violations. is it true or false?

False

decision makers commonly use a method called supply and demand in which they compare what they will sacrifice and gain by a scientific action. Is it true or false?

False

producers are organisms, mainly animals, that must eat each others organisms to obtain nutrients. Is it true or false?

False

tectonic plates move apart from one another at convergent plate boundaries. Is it true or false?

False

the question "did we, as humans, have responsibility to ban CFCs and protect the ozone layer?", it is a matter of environmental theories. Is it true or false?

False

throughout its history, the United States government has maintained its approach to the relationship between the nations goals and the environment.Is it true or false?

False

A small town needs a new water-supply tank. The individuals of the town cannot afford to purchase the tank, so the government funds it. This is an example of market failure. Is it true or false?

True

At the end of an ice age, you would expect to see exponential growth of species as they colonize regions left uninhabited by glaciers. Is it true or false?

True

In a population in which most of the individuals are of pre-reproductive or reproductive age, the population is likely to increase quickly in the future. Is it true or false?

True

Sometimes, an output of the system is also an input for the same system. Is it true or false?

True

all economics depend on the environment. Is it true or false

True

A forests fire that kills a large % of a pine beetle population is an example of a density dependent factor that limits population. is it true or false?

false

A dead tree is an example of biotic factor in a forests ecosystem. Is it true or false?

true

You need to count the number of trees of a certain species within a 300-km2 area. Your best strategy for estimating the number of trees is sampling. is it true or false?

true


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