Environmental Biology Questions

Environmental Biology Questions

1. Which of the following statements if false?
2. A hypothesis is a tentative explanation of observations
3. Laws are well tested and accepted patterns of facts found in nature
4. A hypothesis must be substantiated by rigorous testing
5. In control groups scientists manipulate variables they want to test
6. All of the above is true

 

2. Which type of organism evolved first?
3. Photosynthetic bacteria
4. Photosynthetic plants
5. Animals
6. Anaerobic bacteria
7. Algae

 

3. Farmers in San Joaquin Valley form a group to ration water usage on their respective farms during times of a drought. This is a
4. Privatization
5. Self-regulation
6. Regulation
7. Self-management
8. Private regulation

 

4. Water has a high heat of vaporization meaning that evaporates easily

True   or   False

 

5. Which of the following is a false statement regarding the “Land Ethics”
6. The land ethics supports the idea that humans and the land are members of the same community
7. Focuses on the individual components of an ecosystem
8. Is a philosophy supported by Aldo Leopold
9. All of the above are true statements
10. All of the above are the false statements

 

6. Ecology is:
7. The study of interaction of organisms with other organisms
8. The study of biotic factors only
9. The study of how organisms are affected by their environment
10. The study of climate changes
11. Choices A and C

 

7. Which of the following human activities does not interfere with the phosphorous cycle?
8. Using phosphate-based detergent
9. Discharging municipal sewage
10. Mining large quantities of phosphate rock
11. Use of fossil fuels
12. All of the above are true statements

 

8. Humans strongly affect the water cycle through all of the following except:
9. Clearing vegetation for agriculture
10. Sprawling suburban developments in western states
11. Paving roads and parking lots
12. Excessive water withdrawal in arid regions
13. All of the above are true statements

 

9. Which of the following is a false statement regarding horse evolution?
10. The earliest ancestor of the modern horse was small bodied animal
11. The primitive horse had four toes on each foot
12. Modern horses’ foot structure was an adaptation to living in an open environment
13. The earliest ancestor of the modern horse had more enamel on the teeth because its diet consisted of gritty plant matter

 

10. Which of the following is the false statement about worm composting
11. red wiggler worms were used by the hotel in south Africa to break down kitchen waste
12. red wiggler worms helped fertilize the landscaping in the hotel of south Africa
13. red wiggler worms helped decrease the amount of waste going into landfills in south Africa
14. the red wiggler worms helped decrease the emissions of greenhouse gases
15. all of the above are true statements

 

11. Which of the following is not a characteristic of property of water
12. Water can acts as a solvent and can facilitate chemical reactions
13. Water molecules are cohesive
14. The hydrogen bonds in ice are more stable than liquid water
15. Hydrogen bonds are found within water molecule
16. All of the above statements are true

 

12. Which of the following ethics would be the least likely to support the development of the Alaskan wilderness areas?
13. Conservation ethic
14. Land ethic
15. Naturalism
16. Preservation ethic
17. Activist ethic

 

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