Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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Which of the following
situations best describes the use of a renewable resource? a. | filling a car with gasoline | c. | mining copper | b. | building wooden furniture | d. | burning coal in a power plant | | | | |
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Which of the following is an
invasive species of Ohio? a. | Sea
Anemones | c. | Zebra Mussels | b. | Carnivorous
Rabbits | d. | Ninja Turtles | | | | |
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Which environmental issue is
directly related to increasing all the others? a. | Pollution | c. | Habitat
destruction | b. | Increasing Human Population | d. | Global Warming | | | | |
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Which of the following
describes the depletion of a renewable resource? a. | hunting of excess deer to maintain a
healthy population size | b. | intensive cultivation of farmland that
exhausts soil nutrients | c. | mining coal | d. | increasing use of solar energy to generate electrical power | | |
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Invasive species can also be
called a. | exotic | c. | ninjas | b. | endemic | d. | gellars | | | | |
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Listing both the merits and
expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of
a(n) a. | cost-benefit analysis. | c. | ecological footprint. | b. | risk assessment. | d. | market equilibrium. | | | | |
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The classification and
collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called a. | statistics. | c. | distribution. | b. | probability. | d. | mean. | | | | |
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By examining _____, scientists
can test predictions for situations in which it is impossible or unethical to use
experiments. a. | correlations | c. | control groups | b. | observations | d. | variables | | | | |
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A model of a dinosaur is an
example of a _____ model. a. | graphical | c. | conceptual | b. | mathematical | d. | physical | | | | |
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The experimental method
includes which of the following steps? a. | remaining skeptical, organizing data, and
analyzing data | b. | drawing conclusions, being open to new ideas, and communicating
results | c. | observing, hypothesizing, predicting, experimenting, and communicating
results | d. | being curious, imagining, being able to see patterns, observing, and
predicting | | |
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When you ask the question,
“If a marsh is included as part of a nature preserve, will it protect our water
resources?” you are considering which of the following types of values? a. | aesthetic | c. | environmental | b. | educational | d. | social/cultural | | | | |
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The process of two species
changing genetically in response to long-term interactions with each other is a. | artificial selection. | c. | selective breeding. | b. | coevolution. | d. | resistance. | | | | |
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Which of the following converts
nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use? a. | bacteria | c. | protists | b. | fungi | d. | animals | | | | |
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One way that bacteria and fungi
are important to the environment is that they a. | produce oxygen. | b. | use the sun’s energy to make their own food. | c. | are a major food source in many ecosystems. | d. | break down dead organisms. | | |
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Which of the following plants
is likely to be a pioneer species? |