Environmental Science Acellus

What percentage of the atmosphere is typically made up of carbon dioxide gas

0.03%

What percent of the atmosphere is made up of argon gas

1%

What percentage of the atmosphere is typically made up of oxygen gas

21%

The amount of air in a typical soil is around

25%

Average soil contains what percentage of mineral deposits

45%

What percentage of Americans depend on groundwater

50%

Approximately how much of the earth of the water found on earth is salty

97%

closed system

A system in which no matter is allowed to enter or leave

A complete living thing for example a rabbit or an oak tree is

An organism

Where can decomposers fit in the food chain

At any point

A significant divergent plate boundary runs both to south in

Atlantic Ocean

What would happen is increased amount of food were added for the development of the pond

B

How many different biomes do scientist recognize

Between 8-10

Biotic potential can be

Both biotic and abiotic

Environmental resistance can be

Both biotic and abiotic

Water diversion is a big issue. Which of these is NOT considered to be a water diversion project?

Bridge

Research shows that fragmentation results in losing

C

What is the line that separates layer 1 from layer 2

C

Which statement best describes the inner core

C

Of all the gases listed which is the least abundant in the atmosphere

Carbon dioxide

Which atmospheric gas is being described? Helps keep the sun's energy in our atmosphere is a greenhouse gas

Carbon dioxide

Which of these is a product of cellular respiration

Carbon dioxide

Which is not a potential source of groundwater pollution

Carbon monoxide

A soil sample is more than 60% clay will be called up )

Clay

Which soil particle is so small that it always suspended and will create murky waters

Clay

If you have a soil sample in equal proportion to each other 34% sand 33% silt and 33% clay which soil texture do you have

Clay loam

Which of the following are arranged in order of increasing particle size

Clay>slit>sand

On earth energy

Comes in as light and leaves as heat

An area that is between two solid impervious Rock-layers can form an artesian and will is called a

Confined

What human refer to as land is actually a

Congenital crust

If Less Dense crust collides with less dense crust then must be an example of

Continental crust to continental crust collisio

The majority of nutrients in the oven comes from which source

Continents

Mountain ranges subduction zones and trenches might all result from

Convergent boundaries

What is the source of methane gas

Decomposition

Which term best describe our atmosphere

Dynamic,interacting, constantly hanging

What geologic activity is especially associated with the San Andreas fault

Earthquakes

At transform fault boundaries plates moving in the opposite directions have a tendency to get stuck, resulting in the build up of large amounts of

Energy

Fossilized remains of plants and animals are an example of micronutrient

Erosion

What is defined as "the entire function of what something can do in an ecosystem"

Fundamental

As played slide past each other at a transform fault boundary they

Have a tendency to stick

Which atmospheric gas is the lightest

Hydrogen

This type of area is the area that does not allow water to penetrate percolate and re-charge the aquifer

Impervious surface

The Himalayan Mountains were formed when

India crashes in Asia

Which layer of earth do scientist think is mostly made of metal

Inner core

What happens to the atmospheric pressure in the various of layers as you move away from earth

It decreases

Consider the gas represented by number one

It is exhaled

What happens to the temperature in the various layers as you move away from earth

It may decrease or increase depending on the layer

This ocean environment is characterized by long plants that are rooted on the ocean floor but grow upwards towards the surface

Kelp forest

Which feature of this day is not part of the ground water system

Lake

Where would the atmospheric pressure be the highest

Layer 1

Where is the atmosphere the least dense

Layer 4

Approximately how much freshwater is easily accessible to humans on earth

Less than 1%

Define freshwater

Less than 1% dissolved salts

A soil sample that is 40%

Loam

The graph shown represents population growth

Logistic

Which of the following is an example of negative feedback loop

Maintenance in body Temperatures in animals

Which gas is formed by decomposition

Methane

In a population, exponential growth can lead to a lack of resources, which causes the population to decline

Negative feed back

Homeostasis is a tendency to remain more or less stable. In nature, this is maintained primarily by

Negative feedback loops

Which ocean zone is where the most nutrients are usually found

Nerectic

The floor ocean is

Oceanic crust

What type of crust collision led to the formation of Andes mountains

Oceanic crust to continental crust collision

Which layer of the earth do scientist think is molten and releases heat

Outer core

Which is known as the open ocean

Pelagic zone

Rocks release mineral content through three types of weathering

Physical

What happens at a transform fault

Plates slide along side each other

Which of the following is the largest Reservoir of freshwater on earth

Polar ice caps

This is the type of succession that occurs when all of the usable soil has been destroyed in an ecosystem

Primary

A measure of the total amount of life that is able to grow and exist in a particular area is called

Productivity

The area land that supplies water to an aquifer is called

Recharge area

Carbon dioxide and water vapor have a similar atmosphere function. What is it?

Retains sun energy

Which of these water sources is not considered part of the type groundwater system

River

The water is considered to be ______________ water

Run off

Plowing a field starts which type of succession

Secondary

In a food chain, which refers to an organism that eats both plants and animals

Secondary consumer

Overuse of ground water can lead to which of the following

Sinkholes

At a transform fault boundary

Slide past each other opposite directions

What type of water features occurs when a groundwater interact with or comes to the surface

Spring

unconfined aquifer that intersects with the surface of the earth creates a

Spring

Contains layer that helps protect life on earth from ultraviolet radiation

Stratosphere

What is layer 2

Stratosphere

Which compound, along with other inorganic and organic compounds, are especially important for chemotrophs in the ocean

Sulfur

When conducting a population sample study the second capture attempt we _______ the captured individual

Tag and release

A soil pyramid is used to determine soil

Texture

Subduction is much less likely to occur when two

The plates are equally density

One of the major cycles on earth is the hydrologic cycle what powers the hydrologic cycle

The sun

Why is the open considered to be a biological desert

There is a lack of nutrients

Which layer is farthest from the earth

Thermosphere

What is one significant characteristic of pioneer species

They are very tolerant of extreme conditions

Tertiary consumers are sometimes called

Third level consumers

Sand Andreas fault is an example of

Transform fault

90% of the mass of the atmosphere is located in

Troposphere

Which layer is closet to the surface of earth

Troposphere

This is a area of the ocean where the bottom layers of water which are colder and richer in nutrients are forced up

Upwielling

Soil that has no or little permeability is at risk of becoming

Water logged

Which atmospheric gas plays the biggest role in weather

Water vapor

This ocean zone contains some of the deepest parts of the ocean

abyssal zone

Iceland sits atop which type of plate boundary?

divergent