Environmental Science Ch. 6-7

Temperate grasslands are characterized by cold winters and hot and dry summers.

• True

• False

Greenhouse gases trap heat and raise the atmosphere’s average temperature.

• True

• False

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A healthy lake cannot have too many nutrients.

• True

• False

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Wetlands are typically covered with water for only part of the year.

• True

• False

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Which example best illustrates the concept of climate?

• The spring has been unusually wet for the Midwest.

• Averaged over the last 30 years, the high temperature for June in an area is 82°F.

• A drought this summer has severely impacted crops.

• Yesterday, it rained in Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Equator is warmer than the Poles because _____.

• the Equator is closer to the sun

• atmospheric circulation moves warm air toward the Equator

• sunlight hits the Equator directly, but hits the Poles at a low angle

• geothermal energy from Earth’s interior is higher at the Equator

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About _____ of Earth’s tropical rain forests have been destroyed by agriculture and _____.

• half; urban development

• nine-tenths; urban development

• three-fourths; pollution

• one-third; pollution

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Most of the world’s forests are located in _____ regions.

• coastal

• river valley

• urban

• mountain

Ocean, pond, lakes, and river systems are examples of _____ ecosystems.

• freshwater

• wetland

• saltwater

• aquatic

The burning of fossil fuels _____.

• prevents ocean acidification because it puts extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• contributes to ocean acidification because it puts extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• prevents ocean acidification because it stabilizes the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• contributes to ocean acidification because it stabilizes the amount of carbon dioxide in the

  atmosphere

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