Enviro Sci Unit 4 Review

Currents at the surface of the ocean are moved mostly by

• Heat

• Wind

• Salinity

• The mixing of warm and cold water

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The belt of prevailing winds that is produced between 30 degrees and 60 degrees north latitudes and 30 and 60

degrees south latitudes is called the

• doldrums

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

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According to the image, a Commercial Jet Airplane can be seen at heights of 12 km, in which layer of the atmosphere is this aircraft located?

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

Which of the following air pollutants is not a primary pollutant?

• Particulate Matter

• Ozone

• Sulfur dioxide

• Volatile organic compound (VOCs)

Deforestation causes an increase in the atmospheric concentration of which greenhouse gas?

• fluorine

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• carbon dioxide

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Scientists warn that rising CO2 levels will have what effect on the Earth?

• A. cause sea levels to drop

• trap heat in the atmosphere causing the greenhouse effect

• C. cause acid rain

• D. speed up the next ice age

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Carbon dioxide is called a greenhouse gas for which of the following reasons?

• A. It absorbs and reradiates infrared radiation to warm the Earth.

• B. It is produced when coal and/or fossil fuels are burned.

• C. It is often used inside greenhouses.

• D. It's oxygen component is needed by plants to grow.

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Which natural process leads to the greatest production of atmospheric particulates?

• A. volcanic eruptions

• B. plant respiration

• C. hurricanes

• D. erosion

Which of the following statements is true?

• Ecological succession in an area may follow the same sequence over and over.

• Ecological succession in an area is always different from the time before.

• Ecological succession only occurs in environments that have a body of water.

• Ecological succession only occurs in environments that have forests.

One of the roles of ecological succession is to allow species with different adaptations to interact. Ecological succession occurs in stages, providing periods of

• A. overlap only for species that migrate.

• B. separation only for species that do not migrate.

• C. separation for all species.

• D. overlap for a variety of species.

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