Environmental Science Mid Term Review

Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource?

• filling a car with gasoline

• building wooden furniture

• mining copper

• burning coal in a power plant

The energy in most ecosystems comes from

• green plants.

• the sun.

• wind.

• the soil.

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Which food chain below is in the correct order?

• Tertiary consumer ---> Secondary consumer ---> Primary consumer ---> Producer

• Primary consumer ---> Producer ---> Tertiary consumer ---> Secondary consumer

• Producer ---> Primary consumer ---> Secondary consumer ---> Tertiary consumer

• Producer ---> Secondary consumer ---> Tertiary consumer ---> Primary consumer

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It's products are carbon dioxide and water.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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It's products are glucose and oxygen.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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This process occurs in plant cells only.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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This process occurs in chloroplasts.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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This process stores energy.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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An ecological footprint is the

• mark a person’s shoe makes in soft earth.

• fossilized footprints of animals .

• amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person.

• the amount of air a person breathes

Which of the following is an example of using a nonrenewable resource?

• Burning coal in a power plant.

• Using wood to build a fire.

• A hydroelectric dam creating electricity

• A solar panel recharging a calculator