AICE Environmental Management Vocabulary Quiz 2

What is the movement of water into the soil from the surface called?

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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What term describes water which flows under the ground until it reaches the surface, often through boreholes or wells?

• Surface Runoff

• Groundwater Flow

• Evapotranspiration

• Transpiration

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What is the envelope of gases, vapor, and dust that surround Earth called?

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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What is the lowest zone of the atmosphere that extends from Earth's surface to a height of approximately 10km?

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

What is the warming of the atmosphere by gases, found naturally in the atmosphere, trapping the heat from the sun called?

• Ozone Layer

• Natural Greenhouse Effect

• Acid Rain

• Global Cooling

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What is the rigid outer layer of Earth known as?

• Mantle

• Core

• Lithosphere

• Crust

What term describes the different populations that live together in an ecosystem?

• Community

• Species

• Habitat

• Niche

What is the place that an organism makes its home called?

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

• Territory

What is the process by which plants synthesize glucose using carbon dioxide, water, and energy from sunlight?

• combustion

• photosynthesis

• Carbon cycle

• carbon stores

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What is a water-loving material which attracts water, and is capable of holding onto it?

• hydrophilic

• hydrophobic

• Water cycle

• Through fall

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