Fall Semester Review

Which country is more developed?

• Country A
• Country B
• Country C
• Country D

Which of the following is NOT an economic service provided by forests?

• provide habitat
• recreation
• lumber
• job opportunities 

Neither mass or energy can be created or destroyed.

• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Murphy's Law
• DeWeese's Law

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When mass or energy changes form, it drops to a lower quality of mas or energy and heat is given off as a result.

• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Murphy's Law
• DeWeese's Law

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Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?

• tundra
• desert
• grassland
• tropical rainforest

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

• glaciation
• permafrost
• crystallization
• soilfrost

Which biome receives between 0 to 25 centimeters of rain per year, has a temperature range of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, has poor soil, and is home to lizards, scorpions, and snakes?

• desert
• mountain
• taiga
• tundra

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Primary succession would occur on a 

• meadow destroyed by flood
• meadow destroyed by overgrazing 
• newly created volcanic island
• section of a forest destroyed by an avalanche 

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The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future

• sustainability
• conservation
• preservation
• network

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All living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms

• biosphere
• atmosphere
• lithosphere
• hydrosphere

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