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Area where new crust is being created...

• Mid Atlantic Ocean Ridge

• Himalayan Mountains

• Aleutian Islands

• Peru

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Which environment is characterized by frequent fires?

• Desert

• Grassland

• Temperate Forest

• Tundra

Catalytic converters reduce which of the following pairs of pollutants from car exhaust?

• Carbon dioxide and Ozone

• Carbon dioxide and Particulates

• Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbons

• Lead and Mercury

Red Pine trees are only growing in the northern most cool areas of the US. How will climate change impact distribution of Red Pine in the future?

• Red pine will only grow in the wetter climates of the southeast

• Red pine will spread to the southwest

• Red pine will shift to northward into Canada

• Red pine will expand southward to Caribbean nations

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Which of the following statements identifies a concern associated with the increased proportion of GM crops being grown?

• GM crops cannot be grown in marginal soils

• Runoff from GM crop fields can lead to increased eutrophication

• Use of GM seeds can lead to loss of genetic diversity in crops

• GM crops cannot withstand herbicide application, reducing crop yield

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Brown pelicans eat fish, as a result of El Nino, the population in southern California of brown pelicans as declined. Which of the following best explains the relationship between El Nino event and the population decline?

• Warmer ocean temps can cause fish to move to colder water away from pelican nests

• Lower surface heights can result in nest sites being isolated too far from food supply

• Male pelicans get disoriented due to the lack of moisture and fail to return to the nest with food

• Predatory seal populations increase dramatically due to decreased rainfall

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The two main agents of erosion are...

• wind and flowing water
• gravity and frost wedging
• oxygen and water
• carbon dioxiede and wind

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The rate at which water flows through the soil is called soil percolation or ______.

• Groundwater

• Permeability

• Soil Pores

• Porosity

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Which of the following has shifted the storage of carbon from sediment to the atmosphere?

• Mining of coal

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Increased occurrence of acid precipitation

• Extraction of crude oil

• Industrial smog

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Which of the following best describes the process of photosynthesis?

• Oxygen, water, and solar energy are used to produce carbon dioxide and sugar.

• Oxygen, sugar, and solar energy are used to produce carbon dioxide and water.

• Carbon dioxide, water, and solar energy are used to produce oxygen and sugar.

• Carbon dioxide and oxygen combine to from water and sugar.

• Carbon dioxide and water are used to produce oxygen, sugar and more carbon dioxide.

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