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?

    <p>Yes, if they are used faster than they are replenished</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the problems associated with human population growth?

    <p>Increased resource consumption leading to scarcity for everyone</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does ecological footprint measure?

    <p>The land and water needed for a person's resource consumption and waste production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do ecolabels on products indicate?

    <p>How the product was made with respect to the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a controlled experiment, how many variables are altered?

    <p>One</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basic unit of matter?

    <p>Atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which macromolecule is responsible for providing energy?

    <p>Carbohydrates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the chemical formula for water?

    <p>$H_2O$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of bond forms within a water molecule?

    <p>Covalent bond</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does it mean that water is polar?

    <p>It has slight positive and negative charges</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>$O$ because it's more electronegative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of bond forms between water molecules?

    <p>Hydrogen bond</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>It helps in controlling Earth's temperature by soaking up heat</p> Signup and view all the answers

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