Environmental Science CDE - 2011 Written Exam

Living and nonliving things in the water that cause disease are known as

• pathogens

• organic wastes

• inorganic substances

• thermal pollution

Plants that can survive in highly variable moisture conditions are termed

• tropophyte

• halophyte

• phreatophyte

• xerophyte

The largest sized soil mineral material is

• sand

• silt

• clay

• loam

A compound that contains carbon is called a

• molecule

• electron

• organic compound

• inorganic compound

Water vapor that has frozen into crystals of ice is known as

• hail

• sleet

• snow

• rain

Thermometers that are filled with a liquid substance that expands with heat and contracts with cold is called

• Bimetallic thermometers

• glass bulb thermometers

• digital thermometers

• thermocouple thermometers

The distance north or south from the equator is called

• latitude

• longitude

• climate

• distance from the Tropic of Cancer

The second part of the name of an organism is called the

• kingdom

• class

• genus

• species

The system used to name organisms is called

• kingdom

• class

• phyla

• nomenclature

Living things made of calls are called

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

• organism

• alive