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 (A)</p>
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What are the problems associated with human population growth?

<p>Increased resource consumption leading to scarcity for everyone (D)</p>
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What does ecological footprint measure?

<p>The land and water needed for a person's resource consumption and waste production (D)</p>
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What do ecolabels on products indicate?

<p>How the product was made with respect to the environment (B)</p>
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In a controlled experiment, how many variables are altered?

<p>One (A)</p>
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What is the basic unit of matter?

<p>Atom (B)</p>
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Which macromolecule is responsible for providing energy?

<p>Carbohydrates (C)</p>
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What is the chemical formula for water?

<p>$H_2O$ (C)</p>
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What type of bond forms within a water molecule?

<p>Covalent bond (D)</p>
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What does it mean that water is polar?

<p>It has slight positive and negative charges (A)</p>
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Which atom in a water molecule is slightly negative and why?

<p>$O$ because it's more electronegative (C)</p>
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What type of bond forms between water molecules?

<p>Hydrogen bond (C)</p>
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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 (C)</p>
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