Environmental Science Final Exam

Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of 

• the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available
• how many people there are on earth to how much space we have on earth
• people to cars
• robots available to robots needed

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3.3-3.4 An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Parasite

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3.3-3.4 An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Detriov

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3.3-3.4 What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates

• sunlight

• water

• carbon

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3.3-3.4 The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%

• 10%

• 100%

• 1000%

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3.3-3.4 What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path

• food web

• trophic level

• food pyramid

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6.2 Fresh water makes up what percent of the Earth's water?

• 5%

• 10%

• 4%

• 3%

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6.4 What nutrients are responsible for eutrophication in water? Select all that apply.

• Carbon

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Phosphorous

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6.4 __________________ pollution is harder to control, because it can't be traced back to a single source

• point-source

• nonpoint-source

7.1 Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

• wind energy

• sunlight

• natural gas

• geothermal energy