ESRM 2

Which of the following fuels is considered a “transition fuel”?

How can volcanic eruptions cool the climate?

Organic chemicals are _________ -based compounds.

What was the cause of the "dust bowls" in the 1930s?

Biological control is the use of _______ and _______ to control agricultural pests.

______ is a product of uranium decay as well as an indoor air pollutant.

Water demand during the past half-century has ______ as the human population has more than _______.

Earth's orbit is__________.

Methane can be produced by certain kinds of _______ that live where there is no ________.

The United States gets most of its electric power from which source?

The major human activities causing a decline in fish populations are:

Upwellings cause nutrients to be ________.

Ice floats because ___________.

A(n) _________ is an underground layer of rocks, sand or gravel that contains usable groundwater and releases it in significant amounts.

Intertidal areas _______.

Milankovitch suggested that climatic cycles of about 40,000 and 20,000 years could result from changes in Earth’s _________.

What is thermal pollution?

Isotopes are atoms of an element that are chemically the same, but have different atomic weights because they have different numbers of ______.

A person flying over the Chernobyl site two days after the explosion most probably experienced a(n) ________ to radioactive substances.

As a toxic substance moves through the food chain, it becomes _________ in concentration; the __________organism in the food chain will likely receive more harm than a ________ organism.

In most parts of the world, what is the relationship between higher living standards and meat?

Higher living standards mean a greater demand for meat.

Acid runoff is most associated with which of the following mining activities?

The three most toxic metals to humans are:

Aquaculture is ____________.

A carcinogen is:

In the U.S., the single sector which consumes the greatest portion of the water supply is ________.

What is the estimated range of Earth's carrying capacity of human beings?

Which of the following are all renewable sources of energy?:

What is the leading cause of desertification?

The U.S. Water Resources Council estimates that water use in the United States by the year 2020 may exceed surface water resources by ________ percent.

Synergism is the interaction of:

Water has a ________ capacity to absorb and store heat.

The effects of flooding are more destructive today than in the past because ______

___ happens when runoff carries fertilizers to water bodies and causes the growth of aquatic algae.

Ocean water may be treated to remove salt in the process of:

The Southern Oscillation is known informally as:

Organic farming is producing food without _____

The majority of the pesticides found in U.S. waters are_____

Intertidal areas _____

What is a terminator gene?

The sea level is now more than 120 meters higher than at the peak of the last ice age, and satellite measurements indicate that it is rising about ________ a year.

Fish are the main source of animal protein for about ______ people worldwide.

Albedo is _____

Mobile sources of pollution originate from _____

Why does the population generally disapprove of nuclear power sources?

97% of all water on earth is in the oceans. Which of the following is the correct order of the Earth's water storage compartments?:

In 1989, an oil tanker spilled 11 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound. What was the name of the ship?

Overdraft occurs when we take ______

According to the textbook, when are we expected to reach peak oil production?

Geothermal energy is defined as _______

The big three plants that most people in the world eat are:

What is the main alcohol found in biofuel?

Which includes the other three?:

The oceans are warmed by the sun in the tropics. These warmed waters expand and flow north (in the Northern Hemisphere) along the surface, bringing their heat to northern latitudes. As they reach the North, these warm waters give up their heat and, as they cool, condense, become heavier, and sink, returning in the depths to the tropics. This global circulation is called the __________.

The United States, with 5% of the world’s population, uses about _____ of the total energy?

According to a post on the discussion list quoting John Tierney, the primary beneficiary of some recycling programs are ___

According to a post on the discussion last, bottled water contains more potentially harmful ____ than tap water.

The interaction of different substances where the combined effect is greater than the sum of the effect of the separate substances:

Biomagnification is associated with all of the following except:

All of the following are infectious agents except:

All of the following were once primary sources of lead except:

How a chemical affects an individual depends on:

Salinization is:

The single most effective way to reduce soil erosion is to use:

Soil erosion became a concern in the U.S. following:

IPM is a(n) ___________ approach to pest management

Which is not a fossil fuel?

Which of the following offers the most potential in terms of reducing the energy problem in the US?

All are features of passive solar design except

A type of biomass energy is:

Fuel cells use (i)_______________ for energy and release (ii)_______________ as waste.

Use of groundwater at a rate faster that it is naturally re-supplied is called:

Massive and rapid algae growth is stimulated by the addition of_______to surface water bodies.

What does B.O.D. stand for?

The average person in the United States uses ______ gallons of water per day.

Shrimp farms threaten the existence of:

Continental shelves provide _________ of the fishery harvest.

The goal of the Marine Mammal Protection Act is:

Upwellings provide fish with:

Which is not a greenhouse gas?

Which is not a predicted outcome of global climate change?

How much of an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide has occurred since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

Which refers to the accumulation of a substance in living tissue as it moves through the food web:

No-till agriculture has___________soil loss in the United States.

IPM stands for:

Most of the world's food is provided by only______plant species.

BT :

Which is NOT a major genetically modified crop?

How much of the total world energy does the US consume?

Where does most of the coal in the US come from?

Fuel-cell-powered cars use ___________ as a fuel.

When discussing sources of fossil fuels, a reserve can be defined as:

____ is the ability to move matter.

Half-life is:

Which is not usually associated with eutrophication?

The greatest use of fresh water is for:

The largest groundwater deposit in the world is the:

Seawater is about _______salt.

Groundwater accounts for _____of all water used in the United States.

A high B.O.D. in a river indicates

Open oceans are called:

Where do most fish we eat come from?

Algae does not grow in the ________

The Gulf Steam provides warmth to:

20% of the nation's commercial shellfish beds have been closed because of:

During the last two million years or so, the climate of the Earth has:

The atmosphere of Venus and Mars is made up of mostly:

Use of CFCs as propellants was banned in the United States in ______

Which of the following activities reduces the emissions of nitrous oxide into the atmosphere?

How much atmospheric carbon is emitted in the United States?

Fish are the main source of protein for ~ _______ of the population.

Name the three major nuclear radiation particles

Which species has caused the most controversy and greatest regulation of logging practices in the Pacific Northwest?

A stream that only flows during or shortly after rainfall or during snowmelt may be called _________

Aerosols reduce the amount of sun that hits the earth by 10% leading to a 50% reduction in associated global warming. This is known as:

The upper surface of groundwater is called the:

Contamination:

Farming can cause:

Which soil layer contains organic and mineral materials?

Define synfuels.

About ________ percent of earth's water is generally suitable for human use:

What are the 3 major forms of fossil fuels?

Continental shelves are:

Aerosols are less than ____________ and because they are so small, they can remain in the atmosphere a very long time.

A stream that flows all year is called a ___________ stream.

____ is used as the primary source of drinking water for nearly half the people in the United States.

A volcano erupts with a large amount of ash expelled. The temperature can be expected to:

A "commons" is:

Earth's energy balance is the balance between the amount of energy coming:

In ideal farming, the amount of soil lost would never be than the amount of new soil.

Continental shelves make up only ________% of the oceans, yet provide more than ______ of the fishery harvest, and ______ of the worldÕs fish catch are made in upwellings.

Water has a ________ capacity to absorb and store heat.

What organic matter found in abundance in the seafloor could be a new source of natural gas?

Which is an example of passive solar energy use?

Wetlands are natural _____ that help ______ water; plants in wetlands trap ______ and _____

DDT is stored in _____ allowing the chemical to be transferred up the food chain.

What are the three major crops produced in the world?

To be considered freshwater, seawater of 3.5% salt content must be desalinated to ______ % salt content.

Minamata disease is caused by: