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Biotic vs. Abiotic and Environmentalist vs. Environmental Scientist

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What is the main difference between biotic and abiotic?

Biotic and abiotic both refer to living things
Biotic refers to living things, while abiotic refers to non-living or once living things (correct)
Biotic refers to once living things, while abiotic refers to living things
Biotic and abiotic both refer to non-living things

What is the role of an environmental scientist?

To promote resource consumption trends
To study the differences between biotic and abiotic factors
To protect the natural world through social movements
To study unbiased knowledge about how the environment works (correct)

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

Wind energy (correct)
Copper
Natural gas
Coal

Can renewable resources become nonrenewable?

Yes, if they are used faster than they are replenished (A) Signup and view all the answers

What are the problems associated with human population growth?

Increased resource consumption leading to scarcity for everyone (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does ecological footprint measure?

The land and water needed for a person's resource consumption and waste production (D) Signup and view all the answers

What do ecolabels on products indicate?

How the product was made with respect to the environment (B) Signup and view all the answers

In a controlled experiment, how many variables are altered?

One (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the basic unit of matter?

Atom (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which macromolecule is responsible for providing energy?

Carbohydrates (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the chemical formula for water?

$H_2O$ (C) Signup and view all the answers

What type of bond forms within a water molecule?

Covalent bond (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean that water is polar?

It has slight positive and negative charges (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which atom in a water molecule is slightly negative and why?

$O$ because it's more electronegative (C) Signup and view all the answers

What type of bond forms between water molecules?

Hydrogen bond (C) Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to life on Earth that water has a high specific heat?

It helps in controlling Earth's temperature by soaking up heat (C) Signup and view all the answers

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