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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