Medical Quiz

Energy, Hydrology, Microbiology Quiz

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Non-Renewable resources are also known as what?

A. natural resources

B. fossil fuels

C. extinctual power

D. solar powered


Nonrenewable resources being used at a ________ rate than they are being formed?

A. faster

B. slower


What is adhesion?

A. when water sticks to other things

B. when water sticks to itself

C. a deep ocean current driven by heat

D. when water evaporates


What defines a prokaryotic cell?

A. multicellular, nucleus

B. multicellular, no nucleus

C. unicellular, nucleus

D. unicellular, no nucleus


How can upwellings improve fishing for ocean fishermen?

A. They bring nutrients from the cold, deep ocean waters

B. They provide ocean currents that travel to the equator

C. They cause cold water to sink

D. They are known to be good luck


Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because of _______ .

A. their easy access

B. inexpensiveness

C. combustion

D. how long they take to form


How do bacteria reproduce?

A. Binary fission

B. Binary fusion


What causes surface tension?

A. high amounts of dissolved oxygen

B. polarity of water molecules

C. eutrophication

D. water being a neutral molecule


What are the percentages of fresh and saltwater on Earth?

A. 50% fresh, 50% salt

B. 3% salt, 97% fresh

C. 70% salt, 30% fresh

D. 97% salt, 3% fresh


What is permeability?

A. the inability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through

B. the ability to float

C. the ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or pores.

D. the inability to float


What is cohesion?

A. when water sticks to itself

B. when water sticks to other things

C. when water sinks in the ocean

D. a deep ocean current driven by heat


If a lake has excess levels of phosphates and nitrates in its water, what will most likely result?

A. There will be an excess of fish

B. The water level will lower

C. The temperature will increase

D. The growth of algae in the lake will increase. 


How can our amount of freshwater be depleted?

A. increased demands for water on account of population shifts

B. water moving to different parts of the water cycle

C. evaporation

D. precipitation returning to ground water


What does the Coriolis Effect cause ocean currents to do?

A. It causes upwellings

B. It brings warm water to the deep ocean

C. It causes ocean current paths to curve

D. It helps water polarity levels


What best explains why all of the Earth’s freshwater is not available for human use?

A. it is in groundwater

B. it is water vapor

C. it is frozen

D. it is all available for human use


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