Science Test

What is Biodiversity?

• Increase in waste temperature caused by machines

• Variety of different species in a given area

• Humans needing space to live

• destruction or removal of a species from a habitat

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Why is Biodiversity important?

• Living things are interdependent

• brings stability

• kills algae in lakes

• important to people

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What is direct harvesting?

• Importing a species into an area

• Gradual increase in earth's temperature due to the greenhouse effect.

• Destruction or removal of a species from their habitats

• Natural disappearance of a species

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What is global warming?

• The cooling of Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities
• The short-term decrease in Earth's average surface temperature due to natural causes
• The increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to extraterrestrial activities
• Gradual increase in the earth's temperature due to the greenhouse effect

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What is water pollution?

• Purification of water for drinking
• Planting more trees
• Building more swimming pools
• Disposal of waste into rivers, lakes and oceans

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What is thermal pollution?

• No impact on water quality by changing ambient water temperature
• Improvement of water quality by changing ambient water temperature
• Increase in air quality by changing ambient water temperature
• Increase in water temperature caused by machines

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What is the bottom soil layer?

• Bedrock
• Topsoil
• Subsoil
• Gravel
• Minerals

Which layer is where the soil is formed?

• Parent Rock

• Minerals

• Top Soil

• Sub Soil

True or False

Silt, sand and clay are found in the Minerals layer

• False

• True

True or False

The natural disappearance of a species is called being endangered

• False

• True