Env Sys B Assessment 1

Select all of the following that are Renewable Resources.

• Solar Energy

• Wind

• Natural Gas

• Water

A _________ is a resource that we will eventually run out of.

• Non-renewable resource

• Fragile Resource

• Renewable resource

• Caustic Resource

Volcanic activity is most commonly found near the edges of the Earth's _______.

• Equator

• Temperate Areas

• Tectonic Plates

• Deserts

What is the role of a Pioneer Species?

• They arrive last to form a forest canopy.

• They make the local atmosphere more hospitable for other plants.

• They break down rocky material and turn it into soil.

• They grow slowly to establish a good root system.

A ________ event removes the soil from an ecosystem.

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Teritary Succession

• Quaternary Succession

Which of the following is a Primary Succession Event?

• Flood

• Volcanic Eruption

• Tornado

• Tsunami

Burning fossil fuels such as Natural Gas, Oil, and Coal produces huge amounts of energy. However, when we burn them, this Greenhouse gas is released into the atmosphere.

• Calcium Carbonate

• Nitrogen

• Dihydrogen Monoxide

• Carbon Dioxide

When cities rapidly expand outward. Focusing on low-density housing and requiring people to drive long distances for everything. Houston is one of the worst cities when it comes to this.

• Gentrification

• Urban Sprawl

• NIMBY

• High-Density Housing

Most of the Earth's surface is covered in _______.

• Water

• Farmland

• Unfarmable Land

• Ice

What is one way we can conserve water?

• Smaller plastic water bottles

• Take shorter showers

• Drink more Mt. Dew

• Use more non-renewable resources