ENR Final Exam Rvw 1

Water that contains salt is called?

• salt water

• saline water

• brackish water

• fresh water

What is using plants to stabilize creek or stream banks?

• biological engineering

• filter strips

• riparian areas

• biological terrain

Where an organism lives within the environment is known as what?

• habitat

• ecosystem

• biome

• niche

Choosing to not use our natural resources is known as what?

• reduction

• conservation

• preservation

• protection

Whether or not a resource can be restored after use is known as what?

• renewability

• exhaustibility

• consumptive

• restorative

Biotic factors are __ things found in an ecosystem

• non-living

• dead

• living

• non-existent

What type of fossil fuels is the solid form used in factories and generating electricity

• coal

• natural gas

• sunlight

• minerals

What is a species called that is within a community and may begin to take over and is stronger or has an advantage over other species?

• cheif

• prevailing

• leading

• dominant

What is the movement of water from the earth's surface to the atmosphere and then back to the surface?

• water cycle

• evaporation

• precipitation

• hydro cycle

What natural resource is used to provide energy?

• coal

• fossil fuels

• natural gas

• minerals