Environmental Science Final Review

All of the following would be considered resource depletion EXCEPT

• Texas petroleum running out

• a rainforest in Brazil being burned

• plants not growing in overused fields

• solar energy not reaching Earth's surface due to haze

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Though extinction is a natural process, it has become a problem because

• environmentalists have brought it to our attention

• unknown organisms are going extinct

• the rate of extinction has increased dramatically

• the types of organisms becoming extinct are popular

The consumption crisis is more severe in

• developing countries

• developed countries

• rural areas

• complex ecosystems

To fully understand a complex environmental issue you may need to consider

• politics

• economics

• values

• all of the above

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Which is NOT an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

• temperature

• air pressure

• sunlight

• bacteria

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Which of these sayings best describes how an ecosystem operates?

• early bird gets the worm

• a chain is only as strong as its weakest link

• its always darkest before the dawn

• curiosity killed the cat

Select the correct order.

• ecosystem, population, community, organism

• population, organism,

  ecosystem, community

• organism,

  population,

  community, ecosystem

• community, population,

  organism, ecosystem

Which is NOT one of the major points in the theory of evolution by natural selection?

• organisms have the ability to produce more offspring than can survive

• limited resources produce a struggle for existence

• communities are populations of different species

• organisms with advantageous traits produce more offspring

Which is an example of coevolution?

• flowers than can be pollinated by only one insect species

• deer that live in a cold region and have thick fur

• dark gray moths found near Birmingham, England

• desert rats that do not sweat

Which is an example of competition?

• two species of insects that feed on the same rare plant

• a bobcat and a jackrabbit

• an African lioness feeding her cubs

• a tick living on a dog

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