Environmental Science Final 2025 - Evans

Two factors that determine the climate

• temperature and soil type

• precipitation and soil type

• average temperature and average precipitation

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difference between weather and climate?

• Climate is controlled by solar energy, and weather is controlled by energy from the ground.

• Climate refers only to precipitation and wind, but weather also indicates average temperatures

• Weather refers to the short-term state of the atmosphere, and climate refers to the long-term averages of the atmosphere conditions.

What are the traits allow a population to survive?

• variations

• ancient structures

• adaptations

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True or False. Extinction is very common over geologic time

• True

• False

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When a population reaches the carrying capacity of the ecosystem, the population size will

• increase rapidly

• decrease rapidly

• level off and stabilize

• nothing, the carrying capacity does not affect the population size

What type of population growth is the human population demonstrating?

• exponential growth (J graph)

• logistic growth (S graph)

• constant growth

• negative growth

Are sunlight, temperature, precipitation, and soil type abiotic or biotic factors?

• biotic

• abiotic

The theory of evolution by natural selection has been studied in detail for decades by many different scientists. Which of the following statements do we know to be true?

• Extinctions will occur if genetic mutations occur.

• Variations must be present in a population to be able to adapt to a changing environment.

• A species will become extinct if their offspring is genetically changed.

• Species always become extinct when their environment is stable and unchanging.

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How do invasive, introduced species affect biodiversity?

• They increase biodiversity over time by always making the ecosystem more suitable for native species.

• They decrease biodiversity because they are not adapted to surviving in the new ecosystem.

• They increase biodiversity and have little impact on the ecosystem's food web.

• They decrease biodiversity by eating endangered organisms.

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If the organisms cannot survive, the number of populations will change, causing a permanent change in the ecosystem. Which of these is MOST LIKELY to occur?

• Biodiversity will increase.

• Biodiversity will decrease.

• Biodiversity will not be affected.

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