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1. Which of the following is the method to prevent further land degradation after mining activities? Reclamation 2. What is the major environmental concern associated with tail 3. What causes acid mine drainage? B. Sulfuric acid and toxic materials 4. What strategy combines limited pesticide use...

1. Which of the following is the method to prevent further land degradation after mining activities? Reclamation 2. What is the major environmental concern associated with tail 3. What causes acid mine drainage? B. Sulfuric acid and toxic materials 4. What strategy combines limited pesticide use with biological pest control methods? B. Integrated Pest Management 5. What term refers to any plant or animal material used in breeding program? C. Germplasm 6. What is considered by many to be the best way to raise a country standard of living? C. Economic environment 7. What does the total fertility rate (TFR) measure? B. The average number per woman 8. What describes exponential population growth? C. Accelerated growth with constant 9. The euphotic zone in ocean waters is characterized by. B. Maximum depth of 150 meters with sunlight penetration 10. Why do coral animals need light? C. For zooxanthellae corals 11. Freshwater swamps are typically dominated by which type of vegetation? C. Trees, such as baldcypress 12. What defines freshwater wetlands? B. A land covered by shallow fresh water part of the year 13. Which zone is where water meets the land and supports wildlife like wading birds and crabs? C. Littoral Zone 14. In which zone is a lake too deep for rooted plants to grow? B. Limnetic zone 15. The profundal zone in a lake is found C. Below the range of effective light penetration 16. How much precipitation do desert environments generally receive annually? B. Less than 25cm 17. The chaparral biome is characterized by: c. Mild, moist winters and hot, dry summers 18. What is the boreal forest also known as? B. Taiga 19. Which biome has harsh, cold winters and extremely short summers? C. Arctic Tundra 20. Protocooperation is defined as: C. A non-obligatory mutual benefits between species 21. What does humidity represent? B. The amount of water vapor in the air 22. From an ecological viewpoint, water is primarily; B. A physiological necessity and limiting factor in environment 23. Life on earth can exist within which temperature rate? B. -200*C to 100*C 24. What is the principle called when one or more environment factors that constraint population growth? A. Limiting factor principle 25. A species niche is best described as: C. set of environmental factors influencing … 26. In the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide is converted into food for plant through which process? D. Photosynthesis 27. The phosphorus cycle is described as “open” due to: B. The continuous transportation of phosphorus from land to ocean 28. What is the process of releasing inorganic nitrogen the environment as ammonia? B. Ammonification 29. Annamox bacteria perform which process? A. Oxidizing ammonia using nitrite to produce gas 30. Which bacteria are responsible for the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate in the nitrification? C. Nitrite-oxidizing process 31. Ammonia oxidation to nitrite is performed of: C. Ammonia-oxidizing microbes 32. What is the role of saprotrophs in an ecosystem? B. Breaking down dead tissues and organic water 33. An ecosystem is defined as: A. A community of organisms that …