Environmental Science Questions
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A city that aims to provide a healthy environment for its inhabitants without using more resources than it replaces is:
One important trend related to human population is that people are moving in large numbers from __________ to __________.
The energy that heats Earth and makes life possible comes from the sun and is an application of the ____________________________.
A natural resource that cannot be replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption is:
The greatest advantage of mass transit rail for a city is that it ________________________.
The number of live births each year per 1,000 people is the:
Upon splitting a Uranium atom will release _________________________.
Which term refers to what one believes about what is right and what is wrong in our behavior toward the environment?
The enormous amount of heat created by cities causes their local climate to be _________ than nearby rural areas.
The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural land.
A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy is:
Hazardous wastes from factories are usually discharged _____ of large cities.
Which resource would best be categorized as inexhaustible?
Which of these is a renewable resource?- Coal- Hydroelectricity- Natural gas- Petroleum
The splitting of an atomic nucleus to release energy is:
A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms is:
Air moving eastward more slowly than the earth rotates, would appear to be __ wind to an observer on the earth. a counterclockwise an east an upward a west
In terms of the three-cell general circulation model, the driest regions of the earth should be near: 30o latitude and 60o latitude the equator and the polar regions the equator and 30o latitude the equator and 60o latitude 30o latitude and the polar regions
On a clear, windy day, the depth to which mixing occurs above the surface depends upon: the wind speed surface heating the landscape all of these factors
The large semi-permanent surface anticyclone that is normally positioned over the ocean, west of California, is called the: