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What happens to most of the energy as it moves throughout a food web?

• It is changed into light energy.

• It is changed into heat energy.

• It is changed into mass.

• It is changed into decomposers.

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Why are digestion and respiration important to the body?

• They control the production of hormones in the body.

• They build muscle and bone that the body needs.

• They store food for the body.

• They help provide the energy needed for body functions.

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Which best describes a method of obtaining energy that may cause changes in water temperature and harm to fish populations?

• burning coal

• using ethanol in cars

• installing solar panels on a home

• generating electricity in a hydroelectric power plant

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Which is a nonrenewable resource?

• oil

• sunlight

• water

• wood

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Which are most responsible for creating acid rain pollution?

• nuclear power plants

• coal-burning power plants

• hydroelectric power plants

• wood-burning power plants

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Which action shows concern for the environment with regards to the resources of the oceans?

• developing technology which will allow for an increase in fish harvesting.

• allowing factories to release untreated wastewater into the oceans

• filling in oceanfront wetlands in order to extend beachfront properties

• setting limits on fish harvesting in the oceans

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Which would indicate the water in a lake is not safe for drinking?

• many varieties of fish in the lake

• high dissolved-oxygen levels in the lake

• cold water temperature of the lake

• high turbidity levels in the lake

How can upwellings improve fishing for ocean fishermen?

• They cause the ocean water to get warmer.

• They cause ocean currents to remain calm.

• They bring nutrients from the cold, deep ocean waters

• They bring ocean currents from the equator.

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Which characteristic of water quality provides the most information regarding the health of a water system?

• clarity

• temperature

• concentration of heavy metals

• presence of indicator species

Where is most of Earth’s freshwater located?

• in the clouds

• in the ice caps

• in the ocean

• in the ground

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