Energy, Hydrology, Microbiology Quiz
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Why are estuaries important?
A. They hold all of the drinkable water for a geographic area
B. Most fish complete at least a part of their life cycle here
C. They are rare
D. They are only important in equatorial regions.
What does microbiology mean?
A. Study of microscopic organisms
B. Study of pathogens
C. Study of all life
D. Study of ecosystems
Sunlight is considered to be a renewable resource because……
A. sunlight is everywhere
B. photosynthesis is a necessity
C. it is available for billions of years
D. we can convert it to electrical energy
What causes surface tension?
A. high amounts of dissolved oxygen
B. polarity of water molecules
C. eutrophication
D. water being a neutral molecule
Of the four pathogens we studied, which is the only one that is nonliving?
A. virus
B. bacteria
C. fungi
D. parasite
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
How do bacteria reproduce?
A. Binary fission
B. Binary fusion
What defines a prokaryotic cell?
A. multicellular, nucleus
B. multicellular, no nucleus
C. unicellular, nucleus
D. unicellular, no nucleus
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
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.Â
Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because of _______ .
A. their easy access
B. inexpensiveness
C. combustion
D. how long they take to form
What is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary?
A. trench
B. abyssal plain
C. volcano
D. mid-ocean ridge
Which is an example of an endemic disease?
A. influenza
B. cancer
C. smallpox
D. chickenpox
As Earth’s human population grows, what happens to the need for natural resources
A. need for natural resources stays the same
B. need for natural resources decreases
C. no effect on need for natural resources
D. need for natural resources increases