Hydrology
How are oxbow lakes created?
Stream erosion and sediment deposition
Certain trees can be inhabited by fungi that damages the leaves. What is this relationship?
Parasitism
This is the warming of the oceans, landmasses, and atmosphere of Earth
What is global warming
What direction are the convection currents moving at a mid-ocean ridge? Clockwise or counterclockwise?
Clockwise
Replacing cement parking lots with tile and gravel would promote what?
Aquifer recharge rate
These consist of the water in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake or wetland
What are watersheds
Can Earth's human population increase indefinitely?
No, because resources are finite
What substance in the atmosphere absorbs most of the UV radiation from the sun? What chemical is responsible for the decay of the ozone layer?
Ozone and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
What helped prove Wegener's theory on Continental Drift?
Identical fossils on different continents
What fuel-efficient vehicle promotes the least air pollution
hydrogen fuel cell
What layer must be present for a perched aquifer?
An impermeable layer
Computer models can predict some of the benefits of an endangered species in a new habitat. Why not all the benefits?
Computer models cannot include every possible variable in a real ecosystem
What is one result of increasing sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) with respect to hurricanes?
Increase in hurricane frequency and stronger hurricanes
Sulfur dioxide
This way of producing freshwater from saltwater is costly and uses the most energy
Desalination
What happens when frogs are removed from an ecosystem
Insect population increases
What causes the fluids (air and wind) on the planet to spin?
Coriolis effect
This promotes the explosive nature of volcanoes
Silica content
What resource acquisition is the most dangerous to the environment?
oil and coal
Where is most of the planet's freshwater source?
Frozen in glaciers and icecaps
What best describes the energy exchange between organisms?
One organism obtains energy from the environment while others get it from eating other organisms.
What creates Tornado Alley?
Collision between cool, dry air and warm, moist air
Placing seismometers helps prove what idea
evidence for interactions between moving tectonic plates
Why do some automotive garages take used motor oil?
They do proper disposal and recycle the oil to protect the environment.