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An underground reservoir for water is called
a) ocean
b) run off
c) aquifer
d) river

Which type of population distribution has no organization at all
a) random
b) uniform
c) clumped
d) both random and clumped

Which of the following best describes the use of a renewable resource?
a) filling up a car with gasoline
b) mining copper
c) burning coal in a power plant
d) using solar powered energy

What do the continents sit on?
a) tectonic plates
b) mantle
c) rock
d) lithosphere

What is the smallest unit of matter?
a) matter
b) atoms
c) compounds
d) elements

A mixture in which all of the ingredients is evenly distributed
a) solution
b) macromolecule
c) carbohydrate
d) compound

What takes into account all water on Earth?
a) Biosphere
b) Hydrosphere
c) Geosphere
d) Atmosphere

__________ can be broken down into protons, neutrons, and electrons.
a) compound
b) element
c) atom
d) solution

When something makes change it is part of a
a) exchange loop
b) environmental loop
c) negative feedback loop
d) positive feedback loop

A seasonal movement of species
a) immigration
b) emigration
c) mitigation
d) migration

Environmental science encompasses several different fields of study, so it is called __________
a) intermingled
b) ecological
c) multi-science
d) interdisciplinary

All of the living things on Earth
a) biosphere
b) hydrosphere
c) atmosphere
d) geosphere

Abiotic factors include all of the following EXCEPT
a) insects
b) dirt
c) air
d) water

Plants take in ___________ and release ___________ through photosynthesis.
a) hydrogen/carbon dioxide
b) nitrogen/carbon dioxide
c) oxygen/carbon dioxide
d) carbon dioxide/oxygen

Plate boundaries that form mountains
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) none of the above

The process through which liquid water turns into water vapor
a) precipitation
b) condensation
c) run off
d) evaporation

All of the following are true about developing countries EXCEPT
a) larger ecological footprint
b) higher standard of living
c) smaller ecological footprint
d) more access to natural resources

Makes up DNA which codes for everything that occurs in the body
a) nucleic acids
b) proteins
c) carbohydrates
d) lipids

A nonrenewable resource
a) can be replenished easliy
b) includes fossil fuels
c) take a while to make in a usable form
d) both 2 and 3 are correct

What is the difference between a population and a community?
a) Population is all species in an ecosystem.
b) Population is one species in an ecosystem.
c) All of the populations make up the community.
d) Both 2 and 3 are correct.

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