2024 Environmental Science 1st Semester Review

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Why is it important to wear goggles in the lab?

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To protect your eyes from chemicals, heat, or glassware.

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How do plants obtain nitrogen?

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Plants get nitrogen from the soil or water in which they live.

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What is the term for water that seeps into the ground and is stored below the Earth's surface?

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Groundwater.

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What process involves water being taken from the ocean to form clouds?

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Evaporation.

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What do we call consumers that eat only plants?

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Herbivores.

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What is an aquifer?

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An underground layer of water-bearing rock that can yield water.

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Define condensation in the water cycle.

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The process by which water vapor cools and changes into liquid water, forming clouds.

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What is transpiration?

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The process by which water is absorbed by plants and released as vapor into the atmosphere.

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What is the water table?

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The upper surface of groundwater, below which the soil or rock is saturated with water.

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What are carnivores?

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Consumers that eat only other animals.