Environmental Science Final Review

The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is characterized by extremely low levels of ______ in the water.

• carbon dioxide

• dissolved salts

• oxygen

• nitrogen

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What is the term used for the largest population that an environment can support at any given time?

• carrying capacity

• full level

• organism scope

• biotic factor

The effects of water pollution on ecosystems

• can be demonstrated by natural eutrophication

• are always immediate and highly lethal

• can magnify over time within food chains

• result mostly from point-source pollution sources

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What impact does deforestation have on the carbon cycle?

• increase the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere

• decrease the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere

• increase the amount of photosynthesis

• deforestation has no impact on the carbon cycle

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What is environmental science?

• The study of the impact of humans on the environment

• The study of the human body

• The study of living organisms

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What are some of the environmental issues mentioned in the document?

• Overpopulation and deforestation

• Warming Earth, rising seas, and declining resources

• Air pollution and water scarcity

• Loss of biodiversity and soil erosion

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All of the following issues involve environmental science except

• Measuring smog levels in cities

• Studying the loss of plant and animal species

• Asking people about the costs of various resources

• Publishing the results of a study on fossil fuel depletion

When carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater, chemical reactions occur that reduce seawater pH, carbonate ion concentration, and saturation states of biologically important calcium carbonate minerals.

• Coral bleaching

• ocean acidification

• oceanography

• ocean aging

Loss of wetlands causes local humidity to ______ which can reduce the wetland's extent.

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• vary

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What is the primary source of energy in a ecosystem?

• cellular respiration in plants

• energy from minerals in the soil

• fossil fuels

• solar energy

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