Chapter 3 Environmental Systems

The basic units of matter, the smallest units that maintain the chemical properties of an element, are called ______.

• atoms
• lipids
• compounds
• molecules

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Because of their large size, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids are together called ______.

• elements
• compounds
• macromolecules
• micromolecules

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Why is water often called “the universal solvent”?

• It can dissolve many other molecules
• Water can turn into a solid form.
• Water is a type of solution.
• It solves most of the world’s environmental problems.

Predator-prey relationships are an example of a _____.

• system with no feedback
• positive feedback loop
• negative feedback loop
• destabilizing system

Which sphere of Earth is made of all the rock above and below Earth's surface?

• lithosphere
• geosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere

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Which sphere are humans a part of?

• geosphere
• hydrosphere
• biosphere
• atmosphere

A change in state in which water returns to Earth's surface and changes from a vapor to a liquid is called 

• condensation
• transpiration
• evaporation
• recharge

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Matter that organisms require for their life processes are called

• legumes
• decomposers
• fertilizers
• nutrients

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What products are created by the process of photosynthesis?

• the sun's light and energy
• oxygen and carbohydrates
• phosphorus and nitrogen
• carbon dioxide and water

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The central core of very atom, containing particles called protons and neutrons, is called a(n)

• electron
• bond
• nucleus
• compound

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