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NDQ_005471
overpopulation and over consumption
the green revolution has resulted in
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Multiple Choice
a. Increased the human population, b. Many more people to be fed, c. Land loss, pollution and fossil fuel use., d. All of the above.
d
9,501
NDQ_005472
overpopulation and over consumption
overall, the percentage of people in the world that live in abject poverty is decreasing.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,502
NDQ_005473
overpopulation and over consumption
which of these regions is experiencing an increase in abject poverty?
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Multiple Choice
a. East Asia, b. Europe, c. Sub-Saharan Africa, d. Latin America
c
9,503
NDQ_005474
overpopulation and over consumption
about 1 million of the worlds people do not have enough clean water for drinking.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,504
NDQ_005475
overpopulation and over consumption
global resources are distributed equally across the planet.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,505
NDQ_005476
overpopulation and over consumption
since the use of burning fossil fuels for energy, this waste product has increased.
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Multiple Choice
a. H20, b. CO2, c. O2, d. None of the above
c
9,506
NDQ_005477
overpopulation and over consumption
due to increased agriculture brought about by the green revolution
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Multiple Choice
a. More people are living and working on farms., b. Natural landscapes increasingly are being altered for human uses., c. Less pollution is coming off these “green” farms., d. All of the above.
b
9,507
NDQ_005478
overpopulation and over consumption
what is the cause of dead zones?
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Multiple Choice
a. Fertilizer drains off farmland and introduces excess nutrients to lakes and seas., b. Land is cleared for farms., c. Land is altered and the sediment that is released ends up in a lake or sea., d. None of these.
a
9,508
NDQ_005479
overpopulation and over consumption
basic human necessities are food, clean water, secure shelter and basic sanitation.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,509
NDQ_005480
overpopulation and over consumption
over-consumption refers to
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Multiple Choice
a. The amount of resources used by an average human on Earth., b. The amount of resources used by the number of people that cause overpopulation., c. The excess resources used by wealthy people mostly in developed countries., d. The amount of resources used by a poor person on Earth.
c
9,510
NDQ_005481
ozone depletion
in the troposphere, ozone is a pollutant.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,511
NDQ_005482
ozone depletion
ozone in the stratosphere
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Multiple Choice
a. Is a pollutant., b. Protects the surface from UVC from the Sun., c. Is one of the main greenhouse gases., d. All of these.
b
9,512
NDQ_005483
ozone depletion
cfc molecules destroy ozone because
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Multiple Choice
a. When they break apart, the chlorine pulls an oxygen atom off an ozone molecule., b. The ozone freezes to the CFC and in the spring they both break apart., c. Fluorine attaches to an ozone molecule, pulls an oxygen molecule off and forms FlO2., d. None of these
a
9,513
NDQ_005484
ozone depletion
which of used to contain cfcs?
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Multiple Choice
a. Spray-can propellants, b. Refrigerants, c. Paints, d. All of the above
d
9,514
NDQ_005485
ozone depletion
the ozone hole is at its biggest each year in the __________ hemisphere in the __________ season.
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Multiple Choice
a. Northern Hemisphere; spring., b. Southern Hemisphere; fall., c. Southern Hemisphere; spring, d. Northern Hemisphere; fall.
c
9,515
NDQ_005486
ozone depletion
once released into the air, cfcs float up to the stratosphere.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,516
NDQ_005487
ozone depletion
antarctica is a good place for the ozone hole to form because
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Multiple Choice
a. It’s extremely cold and the CFCs freeze into the polar stratospheric clouds., b. More people are in the Southern Hemisphere so more CFCs are there., c. Air circulates move vigorously in this region., d. All of these.
a
9,517
NDQ_005488
ozone depletion
how does ozone loss affect humans and the environment?
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Multiple Choice
a. Increase in skin cancer, b. Decrease in phytoplankton productivity, c. Whales have sunburns, d. All of the above
d
9,518
NDQ_005489
ozone depletion
over the north polar region, there is less ozone loss because
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Multiple Choice
a. Spring does not last as long and there is not time for the hole to form., b. The atmosphere is not as cold and there are not as many polar stratospheric clouds., c. CFC use is more restricted in this region., d. All of these.
b
9,519
NDQ_005490
ozone depletion
cfcs were completely banned in 1978 and the ozone hole has since declined.
null
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,520
NDQ_005491
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
a marine transgression is when
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Multiple Choice
a. Sea level retreats, b. Sea level rises over land, c. Sea level remains the same, d. Sea level rises and falls
b
9,521
NDQ_005492
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
during the paleozoic era, there were _____ complete cycles of marine transgressions and regressions.
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Multiple Choice
a. One, b. Two, c. Three, d. Four
d
9,522
NDQ_005494
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
what can cause sea level to rise?
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Multiple Choice
a. Melting glaciers and ice caps., b. Down dropping land., c. Increasing seafloor spreading rates., d. All of the above.
d
9,523
NDQ_005495
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
the rock facies that represents a marine transgression from bottom to top is
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Multiple Choice
a. Limestone, shale, sandstone, b. Shale, limestone, sandstone, c. Sandstone, shale, limestone, d. Limestone, sandstone, shale
c
9,524
NDQ_005496
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
shale is the rock that forms from halite and sand deposits.
null
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,525
NDQ_005497
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
geologists think that the paleozoic marine transgressions and regressions were caused by decreasing and increasing glaciers.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,526
NDQ_005498
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
carbonate mud later hardens into ____________ in deep, low energy waters.
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Multiple Choice
a. Shale, b. Silt, c. Sandstone, d. Limestone
d
9,527
NDQ_005499
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
a sequence of sandstone-shale-limestone-shale indicates
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Multiple Choice
a. A marine transgression and partial regression, b. A marine regression and partial transgression, c. A marine transgression and regression, d. A marine regression and transgression
a
9,528
NDQ_005500
paleozoic and mesozoic seas
much of what geologists know about paleozoic marine transgressions and regressions is from what is displayed at the grand canyon.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,529
NDQ_005501
paleozoic plate tectonics
the continents move around on earths surface but they are always centered near the equator.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,530
NDQ_005502
paleozoic plate tectonics
the phanerozoic
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Multiple Choice
a. Began with the supercontinent Pangaea and ended with the supercontinent Rodinia., b. Was the first era to come after the Precambrian., c. Was the second era of the Phanerozoic., d. All of these.
b
9,531
NDQ_005503
paleozoic plate tectonics
when continents converge to make a supercontinent
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Multiple Choice
a. The convergent plate boundary goes from ocean-continent to continent-continent., b. Island arcs and microcontinents may also join in., c. Processes take place over tens or hundreds of millions of years., d. All of these.
d
9,532
NDQ_005504
paleozoic plate tectonics
this mountain range grew much higher when gondwana and laurentia collided to create pangaea.
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Multiple Choice
a. The Cascades, b. The Himalayas, c. The Alps, d. The Appalachians
d
9,533
NDQ_005505
paleozoic plate tectonics
eastern north america has a sequence of metamorphic rock, metamorphosed sedimentary rock and a volcanic arc. this is due to
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Multiple Choice
a. Convergence during the Taconic Orogeny., b. Convergence due to the Appalachian Orogeny., c. Divergence due to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean., d. Divergence during the Laurentian Orogeny.
a
9,534
NDQ_005506
paleozoic plate tectonics
the southern continents came together to form pangaea.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,535
NDQ_005507
paleozoic plate tectonics
pangaea was central to alfred wegeners continental drift hypothesis.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,536
NDQ_005508
paleozoic plate tectonics
geologists think that the himalayas are the tallest mountains in earth history.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,537
NDQ_005509
paleozoic plate tectonics
at the end of the paleozoic, there was/were
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Multiple Choice
a. One landmass, called Rodinia, and one super ocean, called Rodalassa., b. Two landmasses, Laurentia and Gondwana, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa., c. One landmass, called Pangaea, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa., d. None of these.
c
9,538
NDQ_005510
paleozoic plate tectonics
the remnants of the taconic mountain range are found in _______________.
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Multiple Choice
a. New York, b. California, c. Australia, d. Africa
a
9,539
NDQ_005511
petroleum power
in a car engine, gasoline burns to become gases, which expand when heated and move pistons to power the car.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,540
NDQ_005512
petroleum power
crude oil is a mixture of many different
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Multiple Choice
a. Hydroxygens, b. Hydrocarbons, c. Carbon dioxides, d. Monoxides
b
9,541
NDQ_005513
petroleum power
for people to be able to drill for oil, it must
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Multiple Choice
a. Be located within a groundwater aquifer., b. Be trapped in a strike-slip fault zone., c. Have collected beneath an impermeable rock layer, d. Have reached the surface at a point so people know it’s there.
c
9,542
NDQ_005514
petroleum power
refineries help to separate these from crude oil
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Multiple Choice
a. Petroleum, carbon dioxide and water vapor., b. Gasoline, diesel and heating oil., c. Hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide and water vapor., d. Gasoline and carbon dioxide
b
9,543
NDQ_005515
petroleum power
which of these requires oil?
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Multiple Choice
a. Fertilizer, b. Plastic, c. Wax, d. All of the above
d
9,544
NDQ_005516
petroleum power
crude oil
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Multiple Choice
a. Is made entirely of ancient plants that lived in swamps., b. Is what we put in our gas tanks., c. Is a very liquid and volatile hydrocarbon., d. Must be refined to be useful.
d
9,545
NDQ_005517
petroleum power
which of these locations is not a main-oil producing region for the united states?
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Multiple Choice
a. Florida, b. The Gulf of Mexico, c. Texas, d. Alaska
a
9,546
NDQ_005518
petroleum power
the united states produces about one-half as much oil as it uses.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,547
NDQ_005519
petroleum power
when gasoline burns, it turns into this.
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Multiple Choice
a. Heat, b. Water vapor, c. Carbon dioxide, d. All of the above
d
9,548
NDQ_005520
petroleum power
the consequences of oil use include
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Multiple Choice
a. Having to deal with unfriendly nations., b. Oil spills., c. Pollution., d. All of the above
d
9,549
NDQ_005521
planet orbits in the solar system
the seasons are caused by
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Multiple Choice
a. Earth’s orbit around the Sun., b. Annual changes in solar radiation., c. The tilt of Earth’s axis., d. Changes in atmospheric circulation.
c
9,550
NDQ_005522
planet orbits in the solar system
what is the shape of a planets orbit?
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Multiple Choice
a. Circular, b. Triangular, c. Rectangular, d. Elliptical
d
9,551
NDQ_005523
planet orbits in the solar system
who discovered the relationship between a planets orbital period and the distance from the sun?
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Multiple Choice
a. Nicolaus Copernicus, b. Johannes Kepler, c. Isaac Newton, d. Galilieo Galilei
b
9,552
NDQ_005524
planet orbits in the solar system
the planet in the solar system with the largest orbital period is
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Multiple Choice
a. Mercury, b. Earth, c. Jupiter, d. Neptune
d
9,553
NDQ_005525
planet orbits in the solar system
the closer two adjacent planets are from the sun, the farther the distance from one planets orbit to the other.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,554
NDQ_005526
planet orbits in the solar system
mars has the smallest orbit in our solar system.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,555
NDQ_005527
planet orbits in the solar system
the time it takes a planet to make one complete orbit around the sun is known as its ____________.
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Multiple Choice
a. Orbital period, b. Time of revolution, c. Elliptical period, d. Speed
a
9,556
NDQ_005528
planet orbits in the solar system
if the asteroid belt is a planet that didnt come together, we would expect the asteroids to be the right orbital distance between mars and jupiter.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,557
NDQ_005529
planet orbits in the solar system
how did scientists determine a planets distance from the sun before the invention of modern telescopes?
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Multiple Choice
a. The distance is directly related to the amount of time it takes for the planet to rotate once on its axis., b. By observing the size of the planet., c. The distance is directly related to the planet’s orbital period., d. None of these.
c
9,558
NDQ_005530
planet orbits in the solar system
scientists now must know exactly where a planet is and will be in the future if they are going to send spacecraft to see it.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,559
NDQ_005531
planets of the solar system
which of these is a dwarf planet?
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Multiple Choice
a. Jupiter, b. Uranus, c. Pluto, d. Venus
c
9,560
NDQ_005532
planets of the solar system
through his telescope, galileo could see all the planets of the solar system.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,561
NDQ_005533
planets of the solar system
the sun is _______ more the mass of the entire solar system combined.
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Multiple Choice
a. 10 times, b. 20 times, c. 200 times, d. 500 times
d
9,562
NDQ_005534
planets of the solar system
distance in the solar system is measured by _______________.
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Multiple Choice
a. Miles, b. Kilometers, c. Astronomical units, d. Light years
c
9,563
NDQ_005535
planets of the solar system
the sun is _________________________ million miles from earth.
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Multiple Choice
a. 93, b. 73, c. 53, d. 33
a
9,564
NDQ_005536
planets of the solar system
on venus a day is equal to 243 earth days. what does this mean?
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Multiple Choice
a. The length of a planet’s day is inversely related to its distance from the Sun., b. The length of a planet’s day is directly related to its distance from the Sun., c. Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis., d. Venus takes 243 Earth days to orbit the Sun once.
c
9,565
NDQ_005537
planets of the solar system
one astronomical unit is 93 million miles.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,566
NDQ_005538
planets of the solar system
on which planet would your weight be closest to your weight on earth?
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Multiple Choice
a. Mercury, b. Venus, c. Mars, d. Jupiter
b
9,567
NDQ_005539
planets of the solar system
how is ceres different from the other four dwarf planets?
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Multiple Choice
a. Ceres is nearly as large as Mercury; the others are much smaller., b. Ceres orbits near Jupiter; the others orbit beyond Neptune., c. Ceres has microbial life, but life hasn’t been found on the others yet., d. All of these.
b
9,568
NDQ_005540
planets of the solar system
about how many times has mercury been around the sun in the time it has taken earth to go around ten times?
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Multiple Choice
a. once, b. 2.5-times, c. 4-times, d. 40-times
d
9,569
NDQ_005551
ponds and lakes
a small body of fresh water with no stream draining it.
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Multiple Choice
a. Lakes, b. Ponds, c. Ocean, d. Stream
b
9,570
NDQ_005552
ponds and lakes
which of these is not full of fresh water?
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Multiple Choice
a. The Great Lakes, b. Glaciers, c. The Great Salt Lake, d. Ponds
c
9,571
NDQ_005553
ponds and lakes
the water in crater lake in oregon is within a(n)
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Multiple Choice
a. Caldera in a volcano., b. Fault zone., c. Glacially carved basin., d. Impact Crater.
a
9,572
NDQ_005554
ponds and lakes
the great lake basins were made from
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Multiple Choice
a. Calderas in a supervolcano., b. Erosion due to giant floods., c. A set of meteorite impact craters., d. Glacially carved rocks.
d
9,573
NDQ_005555
ponds and lakes
every lake you see was formed naturally.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,574
NDQ_005556
ponds and lakes
lakes formed in canada were from glaciers that covered north america in the last ice age.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,575
NDQ_005557
ponds and lakes
lakes change with time, including
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Multiple Choice
a. Rising and falling with the season., b. Filling with sediment., c. Getting deeper with erosion., d. All of these.
d
9,576
NDQ_005558
ponds and lakes
lakes are not like the ocean because they are made of fresh water and they do not have tides or currents.
null
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,577
NDQ_005559
ponds and lakes
large lakes
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Multiple Choice
a. Have living organisms at the surface but are too deep for life to live at the bottom., b. Only form in fault zones where blocks of crust drop down to form a basin., c. Alter weather by increasing snow downwind., d. All of these.
c
9,578
NDQ_005560
ponds and lakes
the great salt lake is salty because
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Multiple Choice
a. Fresh water drains out of the lake and leaves salt behind., b. Fresh water evaporates and leaves salt behind., c. The lake formed on a halite formation and that salt has since dissolved into the lake., d. None of these.
b
9,579
NDQ_005561
population size
when does a population shrink?
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Multiple Choice
a. The number of births equals the number of deaths., b. The number of births is greater than the number of deaths., c. The number of births is less than the number of deaths., d. Randomly.
c
9,580
NDQ_005562
population size
a region will be at its carrying capacity if
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Multiple Choice
a. The number of births equals the number of deaths., b. The number of births is greater than the number of deaths., c. The number of deaths is greater than the number of births., d. The resources are being used faster than they are being replenished.
a
9,581
NDQ_005563
population size
the size of a population in an ecosystem is determined by
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Multiple Choice
a. Biotic factors such as the food available and the competition for that food., b. Abiotic factors such as space, water and climate., c. The carrying capacity of the ecosystem for that species., d. All of the above.
d
9,582
NDQ_005564
population size
if a pack of coyotes enters a region, the carrying capacity for bunnies will likely
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Multiple Choice
a. Decrease., b. Increase., c. Not be impacted., d. Respond randomly.
a
9,583
NDQ_005565
population size
besides changes in births and deaths, immigration in or out of a region can also change a population.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,584
NDQ_005566
population size
for a given species in a given habitat, the limiting factor is always the same thing.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,585
NDQ_005567
population size
why do some animals produce many more offspring than their habitat can support?
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Multiple Choice
a. If conditions improve and more can be supported in the habitat, they will be ready., b. If conditions worsen, competition will ensure that the fittest survive., c. To be sure that some will survive., d. All of the above.
d
9,586
NDQ_005568
population size
what is an important abiotic factor to help a population grow?
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Multiple Choice
a. Predators, b. Space, c. Food supply, d. All of the above
b
9,587
NDQ_005569
population size
if a population uses needed resources faster than they are being replenished, the population
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Multiple Choice
a. Has yet to reach its carrying capacity., b. Will continue to grow forever., c. Has exceeded its carrying capacity., d. None of these.
c
9,588
NDQ_005570
population size
a limiting factor determines the carrying capacity for a species.
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null
Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,589
NDQ_005571
precambrian continents
the first crust was made of this rock.
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Multiple Choice
a. Granite, b. Gneiss, c. Limestone, d. Basalt
d
9,590
NDQ_005572
precambrian continents
the first felsic continental crust came from
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Multiple Choice
a. Silica-rich minerals that floated on the magma ocean., b. Partial melting of the lower portion of the basaltic crust., c. Asteroid and comet impacts., d. None of these.
b
9,591
NDQ_005573
precambrian continents
greenstones in cratons indicate that at the time they formed
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Multiple Choice
a. There was felsic continental crust., b. There was an atmosphere., c. There were subduction zones., d. All of the above.
c
9,592
NDQ_005574
precambrian continents
cratons
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Multiple Choice
a. Contain grains that were eroded from earlier rocks., b. Are found in the ancient interiors of some continents., c. Contain felsic and mafic igneous rocks., d. All of these.
d
9,593
NDQ_005575
precambrian continents
precambrian shields are about
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Multiple Choice
a. 570 million years old, b. 670 million years old, c. 770 million years old, d. 870 million years old
a
9,594
NDQ_005576
precambrian continents
at the grand canyon, the layered sedimentary rocks are on top of ancient precambrian craton. this is called a
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Multiple Choice
a. Greenstone, b. Platform, c. Shield, d. Cratonic layer
b
9,595
NDQ_005577
precambrian continents
the presence of zircons in ancient rocks indicates that there was water in the environment.
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null
Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
a
9,596
NDQ_005579
precambrian continents
when earths interior was warmer than it is now
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Multiple Choice
a. Mantle convection was faster., b. Plate tectonics processes were faster., c. Subduction was more common so plates were relatively small., d. All of these.
d
9,597
NDQ_005580
precambrian continents
earth has not cooled since right after the moon formed because of radioactivity.
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Multiple Choice
a. True, b. False
b
9,598
NDQ_005581
precambrian plate tectonics
in the snowball earth hypothesis,
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Multiple Choice
a. Earth was covered by ice at the end of the Precambrian., b. When the ice melted, life evolved rapidly., c. The Ediacara fauna evolved in the Cambrian., d. All of these.
d
9,599
NDQ_005583
precambrian plate tectonics
how did continents form during the precambrian?
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Multiple Choice
a. Cratons converged with microcontinents and oceanic island arcs., b. Felsic minerals floated to the top of the magma ocean, then cooled., c. The supercontinent Pangaea broke apart., d. All of these.
a