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100
Coal is an example of what type of resource?
What is nonrenewable
100
Which sphere of the Earth is made of all the rock above and below the Earth surface
What is geosphere
100
Laws enacted in the 1780's to the late 1800's reflected the idea that
land and resources were endless
100
What is a population's total fertility rate?
What is the number of children a female will have in her lifetime.
100
What is a monoculture
An area of cropland seeded with one crop
200
Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes to other nations in exchange for protecting biodiversity is called a __
What is a debt-for-nature swap?
200
Nutrients circulate endlessly throughout the environment in complex cycles called
What is biogeochemical cycles
200
What government entity has responsibility for overseeing environmental regulations
Environmental Protection Agency
200
Which Mining Law is concerned with the activities that take place after mining is completed?
What is Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
200
Why are GM crops rarely found in undeveloped countries
What is very expensive
300
One way that zoos and aquariums help increase wildlife populations is through
captive breeding programs
300
Chemicals that cause cancer are called
Carcinogens
300
Any being that uses the sun's energy to create sugars is a
primary producer
300
Name one disadvantage of nuclear power
nonrenewable
300
How does the ozone layer protect living beings?
What is protects from UV rays?
400
What ocean zone begins at the edge of the continental shelf and then extends outward into deeper water
What is open ocean?
400
Chemicals that harm embryos and fetuses are called
teratogens
400
Under the National Forest Management Act, national forests can only be harvested how?
can be harvested only where soils will not be irreversibly damaged
400
All the living things and their physical environment within an area best defines
What is an ecosystem
400
What was the purpose of the Clean Air Act?
What is protect air quality in US
500
What biome has the lowest net primary productivity?
What is desert
500
Why are larger ocean creatures at higher risk for mercury toxicity?
What is biomagnification
500
Gases that trap heat near Earth are known as
What is greenhouse gases
500
What is a benefit of wind power?
What is no pollution
500
What is a primary motive for urbanization
What is more or better jobs?