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104. Environmental toxins appear to play ____ role in determining longevity.
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A major
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105. Enforcement and elaboration of u.s. statutory law is given to ________.
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Administrative agencies
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106. Today ________ provide sweden with virtually all of its electricity.
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Hydroelectric, nuclear, and biofuels
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107. The world's urban populations are ________.
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Growing faster than the population as a whole
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108. The second step in the recycling loop is ________.
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The use of recyclables by industry to manufacture new products
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109. The most common fiber used to make paper is _______.
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Cloth
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110. The majority of municipal solid waste produced in the united states ends up being __________.
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Landfilled
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111. The greatest general problem with suburbs is ________.
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That they spread environmental impact over a larger area
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112. The forest stewardship council ________ national forest land.
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Has rigorous standards to certify that forest products are produced sustainably on
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113. The atmosphere is an important reservoir (pool) in all the following cycles except ________.
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Phosophorus
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114. The aral sea is shrinking due to ________.
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Diversion of the rivers that flow into it
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115. The american states with the highest average annual incidence of fog are located on ________.
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The Pacific coast
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116. If an experiment involves a large volume of liquid a _______ would most likely be used to hold it.
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Beaker
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117. If a supply-demand curve were applied to basic resources, _____.
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Their prices would be increasing
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118. Hurricanes generally are ________.
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All of these
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119. How warm or cold it feels to us is the ________ temperature.
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Sensible
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120. High clouds that form delicate veil-like patches or extended wispy fibers are termed ________.
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Cirrus
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121. Hail, thunder, and tornadoes are all characteristic features of a(n) ________ front.
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Cold
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122. Generally, the greatest lake-effect snowfall in the great lakes region occurs on the ____ shores.
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Eastern
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123. Generally, the average speed of a warm front ____ the average speed of a cold front.
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Is slower than
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124. Funding for superfund toxic waste sites ________.
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Has become the responsibility of taxpayers since 2004
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125. Freshwater wetlands provide important ecosystem services, including ________.
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All of the above
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126. Figure 15-1 shows how a(n) ____________________ breeze works.
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Sea
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127. Feedlots are a major cause of _________ in water.
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All of these are correct
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128. Curitiba, brazil, has shown us that ________.
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An expanded bus system, affordable to all, can solve a large city's traffic congestion
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129. Coal scrubbers are an example of __________.
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All of these
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130. Chicago, illinois (latitude 42n) is located in the ____.
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Westerlies
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131. Capital letters in air mass names reflect the ________ characteristics of the air mass
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Temperature
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132. Calm, fair weather is most likely to result from a/an ________.
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Midlatitude anticyclone
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133. Bycatch ________.
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Refers to the accidental capture of animals
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134. Biofuels and nuclear power may prove useful as ________.
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Energies to bridge the time between fossil fuel depletion and new renewables
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135. Between the tropopause and stratopause, the air pressure ______ with increasing altitude.
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Decreases
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136. Bacteria and fungal spores can be included as ________.
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Components of "sick-building syndrome"
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137. Average atmospheric co2 concentrations have ____ over the past 100 years.
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Increased
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138. At the same pressure, warm and humid air is ______ equally warm and dry air.
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Less dense than
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139. As a result of humans' increased use of the water in the colorado river, __________.
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Fisheries in the upper Gulf of California have been hurt
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140. Artificial wetlands ________.
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Can help purify water and also provide recreational opportunities
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141. An inversion represents an extremely stable atmosphere because ____.
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Inversions act as a lid on vertical air motion
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142. An excellent example of selective or artificial breeding by humans is _______.
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The diversity of dog breeds in the world today
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143. Although hydroelectric dams generate electricity without producing greenhouse gases, they ________.
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All of these
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144. All of the following factors have contributed to movement of people to suburbs except ________.
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Greater availability of mass transit
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145. All of the following are approaches to reducing eutrophication except ________.
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Applying fertilizers to farmland just before heavy rains are predicted
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146. Air temperatures tend to be relatively low to the ___________ of a low pressure system.
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North and west
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147. After the center of a mature wave cyclone passes, you should expect ________.
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Barometric pressure to rise
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148. According to the graphs, the energy consumption per passenger mile ________.
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Is higher for all types of road use than it is for rail use
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149. Above the influence of friction, most winds follow a(n) ________ course.
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Geostrophic
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150. ________ are best defined as substances that cause birth defects.
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Teratogens
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151. A great stimulus to development and immigration in australia was the ________ of the 1850.
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Gold rush
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152. Not surprisingly, the nation with the highest rate of contraceptive use (85%) is ________.
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South Africa
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153. The most common use of bioremediation has been to assist in the cleanup of ________.
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Oil spills
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154. The fresh kills landfill ________.
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Site will be converted into a public park
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155. A warmer world is least likely to result in ____.
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More moderate weather.
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156. Use of a natural resource based on sustainable yields is most applicable to the idea of ____.
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Renewable resources
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157. The year 2030 goal set by the us department of energy is to generate __________.
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20% of electricity using wind-powered systems
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158. The first stage in generating power from a hydrogen fuel cell is to ________.
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Split hydrogen atoms into hydrogen ions (H+) and electrons
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159. Toxic landfills are frequently located in ________ areas.
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Urban
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160. The university of floridas athletic program became carbon neutral because it _____.
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The athletic program reduced local energy consumption and planted trees.
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161. The only energy source(s) from ocean water so far put into commercial production are ________.
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Tidal electrical generators
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162. The main environmental problem caused by harvesting bottom-dwelling mollusks is ________.
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Habitat destruction
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163. The kyoto protocol created in 1997 is an international treaty meant to curb global _____.
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Greenhouse gas emissions
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164. The idea of cogeneration is to actively use ________ electricity generating plants.
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Both electricity and waste steam heat from
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165. Synergistic effects of toxicants that are mixed together ________.
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Often are multiplicative (the mixed toxicants may multiply each other's effects)
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166. Surface water and groundwater differ in their ability to rebound from pollution because ________.
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Ground water has a lower natural recharge and discharge rate
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167. Salt marshes are ________ ecosystems, while mangroves are ________.
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Temperate intertidal; found on subtropical and tropical shorelines
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168. One of the _________ effective ways to stabilize populations is to _________.
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Most; decrease child mortlity.
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169. Nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides make _____. acid rain ozone cfcs hydrocarbons
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Acid rain
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170. More and more wind farms are being located ________ because winds are stronger there.
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Offshore
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171. Large filter bags can be used by industries to _________ airborne pollutants.
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Trap
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172. Keeping energy prices artificially low ________.
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Encourages waste and rapid depletion of energy resources
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173. When the water is returned to the source nearby, it is referred to as _______________.
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Water withdrawal
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174. The results of the overapplication of fertilization can include ________.
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Eutrophication in nearby waters.
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175. The fertility rate that would stabilize the world population is _____ per couple.
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6
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176. Of the following, ________ characterize(s) an oligotrophic lake or pond.
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High nutrient levels.
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177. Low-head hydropower involves ___________ dams on ___________ rivers.
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Large; major.
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178. Livestock waste from concentrated farms can lead to an ecosystem-damaging response called _______.
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Eutrophication
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179. Landfill waste results in air pollution as _______.
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Garbage decomposes and releases methane
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180. Most of the world's forests are _____.
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Boreal forests
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181. All other factors being equal, temperatures are _________ during clear nights.
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Coldest
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182. A scientist can use ecological modeling to attempt to explain and predict how __________ function.
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Ecological systems
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183. A resource sink is ________.
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An area that produces almost none of the things it needs
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184. Any consideration of the true costs of sprawl must include ________.
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Increased use of fossil fuels
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185. The bald eagle, osprey, and peregrine falcon all are ________.
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Top consumers susceptible to eggshell damage caused by DDT
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186. The coriolis effect contributes to ________.
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Global wind patterns
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187. In tropical areas, surface winds tend to blow toward the equator because __________.
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Equatorial air is heated by the sun and rises
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188. The best way to reduce our unnecessary waste of energy is to improve _____.
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Energy efficiency.
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189. The christmas bird count is an example of _____________________.
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Citizen science
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190. The average american generates about ________ of municipal solid waste each year.
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725 kg
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191. Rangeland is best described as land used for _______.
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Grazing
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192. Properties of toxicants likely to build up in animals through bioaccumulation are ________.
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They are nonbiodegradable and lipid-soluble.
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193. Increasing levels of literacy among women is shown to ________.
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Lower TFR.
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194. In the opera einstein on the beach, the character of einstein __________.
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Never sings, but plays the violin
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195. In the northern hemisphere, winds associated with a high pressure system blow ________.
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Clockwise and outward from the center
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196. In temperate latitudes, surface winds tend to blow __________.
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Away from the equator
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197. In scientific research, the strongest form of evidence comes from ___________.
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Experimentation
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198. In order for atmospheric condensation to take place, ________.
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Plenty of "surfaces" need to be present in the atmosphere
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199. In many developing countries a primary indoor air pollutant is ________.
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Smoke from wood-fueled stoves
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200. One reason for the "economy vs. the environment" mindset is ________.
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That industrialization has had several positive impacts on local ecosystems
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201. People who live entirely within an urban environment ________.
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May become disconnected from nature and from the true costs of their needs and activities.
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202. Pathogens and waterborne diseases enter drinking water supplies from ________.
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Poorly treated wastewater or from feed lots
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203. A(n) _______ is an image that appears distorted unless viewed from a very specific angle.
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Anamorphic projection
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204. Canada is a large producer of wheat, which is grown mainly in region _____ on the map above.
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3
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205. The us consumes almost _______ of timber annually.
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20 billion cubic feet
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206. It is expected that us forests will _______.
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Be able to meet long term timber needs
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207. Community redevelopment programs are primarily directed towards _______.
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Cleaning up abandoned, unused, and polluted properties
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208. Swidden agriculture is necessary in rainforests for all of the following reasons except __________.
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The soil of rainforests is not suitable for forest growth
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209. The ultimate source of energy that drives wind power is __________.
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The sun
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210. The oil spill resulting from the 2010 deepwater horizon disaster ________.
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Is the worst oil spill in US history, causing damage to marine and coastal ecosystems
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211. Water is renewed naturally by the earth as it moves through the _________.
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Hydrologic cycle
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212. Mangrove forests were traditionally viewed as _______.
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Unproductive wastelands
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213. In a manipulative experiment ________.
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Researchers manipulate the independent variable
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214. Stable anticyclones act as a ________ to moving cyclones.
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Block
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215. The __________________ is an international treaty designed to eliminate cfcs.
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Montreal Protocol
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216. One-fifth of earth's total fresh water supply is in ________.
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Groundwater
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217. Of those below, the coldest, driest ones are termed ________.
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Continental polar
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218. Xeriscaping can save water by ________
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Planting native or drought-resistant plants with little or no water requirements
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219. The u.s. surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 requires ________.
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Mining companies to post bonds to cover restoration of mined areas before permits are granted
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220. The epa is charged with cleaning up brownfields, which are ________.
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Lands whose reuse or development is complicated by the presence of hazardous materials
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221. The concept of the trophic pyramid reflects ________________.
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The fact that each transfer of energy as you move up the food web results in a loss of about 90%
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222. John muir, a great american environmentalist, felt that ________.
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Pristine wilderness should be preserved because
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223. In nitrogen fixation, ________ combine gaseous n2 with hydrogen to make ammonia (nh3).
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Bacteria
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224. A typical wind farm in the united states consists of __________.
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Many very large wind turbines clustered in a region with a low human population
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225. A distinguishing feature of ecological economics is the concept of ________.
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Steady-state economies that neither grow nor shrink
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226. In edmonton, alberta, canada, glass is ________.
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Recycled into reflective paint and signs
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227. Humans allocate approximately 70% of their annual freshwater use for ________.
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Agricultural irrigation and providing water for livestock
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228. A baseball will travel slightly farther on a ____ day.
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Cold, dry
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229. Appearance of cirrus clouds indicates ______ air advection aloft.
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Warm
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230. The environmental justice movement started because _______.
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People realized that environmental damage is not equally distributed among all classes and racial groups; minority and low-income communities tend to contain a much larger share of the environmental damage (such as landfills, incinerators, toxic waste sites, etc.)
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231. The concentrations of greenhouse gases present in the past have been evaluated using _______.
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Both A and B
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232. Organophosphates operate by attacking an organism's ________ system.
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Nervous
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233. The transitional stage in frank notestein's demographic model is initiated by ________.
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Inudustrialization
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234. Mass wasting, a process that often occurs between weathering and erosion, involves ________.
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The transport of material by water, wind, or ice
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235. All of the following cause mechanical weathering except ____.
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Carbonic acid
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236. Easterly waves travel from ________ in the ________ belt.
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East to west; trade wind
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237. A rain-free base of an updraft is ________.
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Both a and b
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238. A surface low pressure center is generally associated with ____ on an upper-air isobaric chart.
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A trough to its west
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239. The most common human health response to air pollution is ________.
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Inflammatory responses in sensitive tissues.
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240. A midlatitude anticyclone ________.
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Associated with sunny, dry weather.
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241. Rainforests are not generally considered a source of _______.
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None of the above
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242. The level of environmental protection enacted typically depends on _______.
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The perceived benefit of the action
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243. Producing electricity using wind instead of fossil fuels __________.
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Generates no carbon dioxide in the process
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244. In legislation, the precautionary principle applied to climate change states that ________.
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Lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used to postpone measures
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245. Climate models indicate that ________ is(are) one of the strongest indications of global warming.
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Loss of sea ice in the Arctic
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246. The precautionary principle approach to chemical testing __________.
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Prevents products from entering the marketplace until well tested
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247. The most obvious cause of industrial smog is ________.
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Indoor air pollution.
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248. A __________ pollutant interacts with a part of the atmosphere and becomes a __________ pollutant.
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Primary; secondary
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249. The amount of carbon removed by forests in the united states each year is equal to _______.
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3390 semi-trucks full of carbon
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250. Of the following, ________ are market mechanisms for addressing climate change.
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Cap-and-trade and carbon offsets.
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251. Ocean areas of high productivity are often found __________.
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Where nutrient-rich water from the ocean depths wells up along coasts
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252. All of the following are considered indoor air pollutants except ________.
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Sodium chloride
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253. The united states should enact laws slowing global climate change because ________.
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The United States is a major producer of greenhouse gases.
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254. Carcinogens may be difficult to identify because ________.
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There is a long lag time between exposure to the agent and disease.
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255. Tyrone hayes is well known for his studies of ________.
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Gonadal abnormalities in frogs
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256. The greenhouse effect involves warming of earth's surface and the ________.
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Troposphere
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257. The epa regulates the dumping of _______ in oceans as outlined by the ocean dumping act.
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All of the above
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258. Soil _______ as a result of wildfires in grasslands.
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Improves
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259. Sloths have less muscle than other mammals their size in order to _______.
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Conserve energy
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260. ________% of the food we consume comes from ________ crop species.
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90;15
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261. The rapid melting of greenland's ice cap could disrupt the nadw formation by ________.
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Adding huge amounts of less dense fresh water to the surface of the system.
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262. Introduced sewage in water systems _______.
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Increases concentrations of solids
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263. It is best to say that marine debris _______.
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Is a hazard to marine animals
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264. Fish rely on coral for _______.
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All of the above.
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265. Driving cars lowers the ph of the oceans by _______.
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Releasing CO2 that dissolves and forms acid in the oceans
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266. Endocrine disruptors are best described as _______.
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Highly toxic pesticides
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267. All of the following are major steps to controlling air pollution except ________.
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Finding cures for the diseases caused by air pollutants
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268. The third rule of firearm safety is "be sure of the target and _______ ."
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What is in front of it and beyond it
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269. Toxicants that cause harm by affecting the immune system include ________.
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Allergens.
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270. A substance that contributes to atmospheric cooling is _______.
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Aerosols (particularly sulfur compounds) and dusts.
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271. Frostbite __________.
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Froze
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272. The book our stolen future was important because it ________.
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Was the first book to focus on the impacts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals
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273. 650. j is the same amount of energy as ________.
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155 cal
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274. Water in the air is in the form of _____, and water in clouds is in the form of ________?
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Water vapor, liquid
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275. Fronts are located ________.
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At the edges of air masses
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276. Green revolution techniques ________.
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Focus on organic farming
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277. The wind-chill index ____.
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Relates body heat loss with wind to an equivalent temperature with no wind
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278. Synergistic effects of toxicants ________.
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Are greater than the sum of the effects of the components
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279. Carbon-based fuels from lithospheric reservoirs ________.
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Have been slowly sequestered over many millions of years
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280. Normal borlaug, who passed away in 2009, pioneered the development of ________.
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High-yield wheat
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281. A population which is not growing will have a tfr of ________.
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Zero.
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282. Midlatitude cyclones and anticyclones function as migratory features in the ________.
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Westerlies
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283. Relative to sustainable agriculture, insects' roles are as ________.
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Essential pollinators and predators
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284. Speed of the wind is unaffected by ________.
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Coriolis effect
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285. Since 1980, arctic sea ice has ____.
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Decreased in volume and surface area
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286. Of the air masses below, the coldest, driest ones are termed ________.
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Continental Polar
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287. Most of the eastern united states was originally covered with ________.
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Midlatitude forest
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288. It can be said that along all the fronts in a middle latitude cyclone, ________.
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Air rises
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289. If stormy weather were approaching, the pressure tendency would probably be ________.
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Falling
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290. High-quality energy can best be characterized as ____.
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Concentrated
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291. Cyclogenesis occurs along the________.
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Polar front
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292. Coriolis effect is not closely related to ________.
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Wind speed
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293. Irregular heating of the air can produce thermals, which are ________.
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Pockets of warm air that rise
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294. Until about 10,000 years ago, our species depended on ________.
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Hunting and gathering
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295. U.s. hydropower dam construction was greatest during the ________.
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1930s to 1960s.
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296. Tuvalu and the maldives are in the international spotlight because they ________.
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May be the first nations to be completely flooded by rising sea levels.
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297. Together, a high-pressure center and the coriolis effect produce ________.
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Anticyclones
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298. The state of water that is the most important yet least obvious in the atmosphere is ________.
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Water vapor
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299. The primary effect of thermal pollution on aquatic ecosystems is ________.
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Depleting dissolved oxygen
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300. The effect of toxicants on fetuses and young children ________.
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Greater than on adults
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301. Planting ________ between regular crops will help replace depleted nitrogen.
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Legumes
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302. Infectious disease accounts for ________% of deaths globally.
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~ nearly 25
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303. In the wake of the u.s. failure to ratify the kyoto protocol, ________.
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Cities and states are setting their own programs for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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304. Negative feedback processes tend to function within ecosystems to ________.
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Stabilize the ecosystem
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305. In appalachia, many miners are out of work because ________.
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Mountaintop removal is highly mechanized, and thus they are not needed
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306. Terracing, contour farming, intercropping, and crop rotation all ________.
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Are techniques for conserving soil resources and fertility
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307. A greenway ________.
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Is the link that provides pathways for wildlife to travel between parks and preserves
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308. The los angeles smog problem is made much worse by ________.
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Nearby mountains and the warm sunshine, which cause inversion layers
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309. Paper parks are ________.
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Areas protected on paper but not in reality due to lack of funding
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310. The conservation reserve program pays farmers to ________.
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Stop cultivating highly erodible land
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311. In a surface anticyclone in the southern hemisphere, winds spiral ________.
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Counterclockwise and outward
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312. When water vapor condenses to form clouds, ________.
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The air gets warmer
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313. Water in the spaces (pores) in rock and between particles of soil, sand, and gravel is called ____.
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Groundwater
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314. Water covers about ____ of the earth's surface
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71%
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315. Warm air is _____ dense than cold air, and warm air holds _____ moisture than cold air.
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Less; less
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316. Walking among the top canopy in a tropical rainforest requires _______.
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Bridges suspended almost 100 feet off the ground
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317. With an occluded front, _____.
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Grab a sweater because it's going to be cool
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318. Wilderness areas ________.
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Are off-limits to development of any kind but are open to low-impact recreation
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319. Wind power creates _____ pollution.
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Noise pollution
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320. Wind, solar and geothermal power are called renewable energy sources because _______.
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They are continuously replenished
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321. In new hampshire, the length of time ice covers on mirror lake each year has declined by _______.
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1/2 day per year
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322. In the lower atmosphere, any air that rises will ____ and cool.
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Expand
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323. ________ temperature changes are those that do not involve the addition or subtraction of heat.
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Adiabatic
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324. The university of florida's athletic program became carbon neutral because it _____.
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Promoted programs that reduced fossil fuel use and sequestered carbon
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325. The initial consequence of falling water tables would be the loss of ________.
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Agricultural irrigation water
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326. A rock on the top of a mountain contains ________ energy.
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Potential
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327. Of the following, ________ are pioneer species.
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All of the above
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328. A transmission electron microscope would be the best microscope choice to study _______.
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Structures smaller than cells
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329. The effects of increased recycling will, other factors being equal, ________.
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Increase the lifetime of economically recoverable minerals.
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330. A trophic cascade is the effect of ________ on ________.
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Top consumers; abundance of lower consumers
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331. A land breeze is generally ______ than a sea breeze.
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Weaker
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332. An observation is _______
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Made using any of the five senses
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333. Warm air ____ and cool air ____.
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Expands and rises; contracts and sinks
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334. Liquid converts to gas when ________.
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Molecules break loose from the liquid
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335. Evaporation ________.
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Is a cooling process
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336. A super cooled liquid needs to ________ to turn into a solid.
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Collide with an object
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337. The release of latent heat from water molecules is called ________.
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Condensation
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338. An air-pressure altimeter is actually a(n) ______ barometer.
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Aneroid
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339. A land breeze usually originates during the ________.
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Evening and flows toward the water
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340. In the northern hemisphere, the coriolis effect shifts objects ________ their straight-line paths.
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To the right of
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341. In a mercury barometer, when air pressure increases, the mercury in the tube _____.
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Rises
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342. Shelterbelts are to ________ as terraces are to ________.
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Wind erosion; water erosion
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343. Air travel, the internet, cheap fossil fuels and television all have allowed people to ________.
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Live in less centralized communities
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344. The warm air being lifted in this map is mostly located in the __________ portion of the map.
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Western
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345. Warm fronts and stationary fronts can bring _____.
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Light precipitation
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346. The white Australia policy favored immigration from ________, followed by ________.
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Northern Europe; Southern Europe
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347. The worldwide drop in sperm counts among men has been attributed to ________.
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Endocrine disruptors
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348. Louis guillette is most famous for his studies ________.
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Describing reproductive and developmental abnormalities in alligators Florida lakes
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349. Oil wells are usually able to extract ______ of the petroleum present in an oil reservoir.
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30-40%
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350. Divergence is most closely associated with ________.
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Surface air in anticyclones.
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351. A steep pressure gradient _____.
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Produces strong winds
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352. Advances in agriculture ________.
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Have often resulted in alteration and destruction of natural systems
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353. Warm air _____
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Rises
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354. The role of an administrative agency is that of _______.
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Enforcement and elaboration of laws passed by Congress
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355. When looking up at the clouds, you can usually make out different shapes and figures with _____.
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Cumulus clouds
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356. Surface mining _____.
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Is a method of obtaining coal
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357. Science is best described as a(n) ____ enterprise.
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Collaborative
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358. Light-colored surfaces __________ than dark-colored surfaces.
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Have higher albedo
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359. Environmental science is a __________.
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Systematic approach in learning about the environment
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