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What environmental issue is caused by replacing pervious land with impervious surfaces?

• Increased groundwater recharge

• Decreased urban runoff

• Increased urban runoff

• Decreased CO2 emissions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is a major cause of CO2 emissions in urban areas?

• Decreased use of fossil fuels

• Increased use of renewable energy sources

• Increased vegetation

• Construction and deforestation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What does saltwater intrusion contaminate?

• Urban infrastructure

• Fresh groundwater sources

• Atmospheric air

• Soil nutrients

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Desertification usually occurs when

• humans leave an area alone to undergo secondary succession

• soil productivity decreases due to drought and poor farming practices

• winds carry large amounts of sand from nearby deserts

• irrigation water is continually used in arid regions of the country

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A farmer discovers pests have become resistant the the atrazine she's been using so she must use larger, more frequent doses.  This is known as 

• the pesticide treadmill

• both an acute and a chronic effect

• a synergistic effect

• an antagonistic effect

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Toxins that get passed up the food chain in increasing amounts

• biomagnification

• compaction

• compounding

• non-elimination

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

environmental advantage of no-till agriculture

• less erosion

• decrease in labor costs

• increased use of herbicides and pesticides

• increased need for irrigation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What form of nitrogen is found in the atmosphere and then captured by nitrogen fixing bacteria?

• N₂

• NH₄

• NO₂

• NO₃

"Roundup ready" GM crops are genetically modified to

• be resistant to Roundup, a glyphosate herbicide

• resist freezing temperatures

• reproduce quickly and enable farmers to save seeds

• be easier to harvest

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Which of the following would be best addressed with contour plowing?

• eutrophication

• soil erosion

• soil salinization

• pesticide tredmill