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1
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Irreplaceable chemical with unique properties that keep up and other forms of life alive

A. Oxygen
B. Hydrogen
C. Water

A

C. Water

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Water is a _______ molecule, it will only dissolve polar compounds.

A. Polar
B. Dipole
C. Liquid

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A. Polar

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Water forms a ________ bond, which is the primary reason for its __________.

A. Hydrogen, fluidity
B. Polar, cohesiveness
C. Hydrogen, cohesiveness
D. Polar, fluidity

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C. Hydrogen, cohesiveness

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Ability of a compound to stick together

A. Fluidity
B. Coordination
C. Cohesiveness
D. Polarity

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C. Cohesiveness

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5
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Water’s cohesiveness helps plants to take up water in their roots.

A. Surface tension
B. Polarity
C. Capillary action

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C. Capillary action

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A measure of how difficult it is to break the surface of a liquid

A. Cohesiveness
B. Surface traction
C. Thickness
D. Surface tension

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D. Surface tension

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7
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Water has a low heat capacity

True or False?

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False.
Water has a high heat capacity.

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When a substance evaporates, the surface of the liquid that remains behind cools down

A. Capillary action
B. Evaporative cooling
C. Precipitative cooling
D. Hydrologic cycle

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B. Evaporative cooling

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Water can exist as a solid, liquid, and gas.

True or False?

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True

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Water is ____ dense as a solid than a liquid because of hydrogen bonding

A. Less
B. More

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A. Less

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Because ice is less dense than water, it ______

A. Sinks
B. Floats
C. Melts
D. Flies

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B. Floats

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Aside from hydrating our bodies, water helps us in the following, except:

A. Crop production
B. Sculpt the earth’s surface
C. Moderate climate
D. Remove and dilute minerals from soil

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D. Remove and dilute minerals from soil

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_______ is relatively pure and contains few dissolves salts.

A. Saltwater
B. Freshwater
C. River water
D. Well water

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B. Freshwater

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14
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The world’s freshwater supply is continually collected, purified, recycled, and distributed in the earth’s ____________

A. Hydrologic cycle
B. Evaporation cooling
C. Evaporation cycle
D. Hydrophic cycle

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A. Hydrologic cycle

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15
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In the earth’s hydrologic cycle, freshwater supply is continually:

A. Purified, collected, distributed, recycled
B. Collected, purified, recycled, distributed
C. Distributed, recycled, collected, purified
D. Distributed, recycled, purified, collected

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B. Collected, purified, recycled, distributed

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Large dams and reservoirs have no downsides

True or False?

A

False

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17
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One of large dams and reservoirs advantages is:

A. Displaced 40-80 million people from their home
B. Impaired some of the important ecological services that rivers provide
C. Capture and store runoff and release it as needed
D. Generate wind (hydrowindology)

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C. Capture and store runoff and release it as needed

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Involves removing dissolved salts from ocean water or from brackish water in acquirers or lakes for domestic use

A. Desalination
B. Iodification
C. Deiodination
D. Desalinism

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A. Desalination

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__________ involves heating saltwater until it evaporated and condenses as freshwater

A. Reverse osmosis
B. Microfiltration
C. Ionization
D. Distillation

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D. Distillation

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20
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Uses high pressure to force saltwater through a membrane filter with pores small enough to remove the salt

A. Reverse osmosis
B. Microfibration
C. Ionization
D. Distillation

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A. Reverse osmosis

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21
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Reverse osmosis, also __________

A. Microfibration
B. Microfiltration
C. Distillation
D. Desalination

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B. Microfiltration

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22
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Widespread use of desalination is low cost

True or False?

A

False - high cost

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23
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Single largest use of domestic water in the US:

A. Car washing
B. Flushing toilets
C. Showering
D. Gardening

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B. Flushing toilets

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Water pollution is any change in water quality that benefits humans or other living organisms

True or False?

A

False - harms, not benefits

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25
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Leading causes of water pollution, except:

A. Industrial facilities
B. Mining
C. Supply chain managing
D. Agricultural activities

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C. Supply chain managing

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26
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Refers to the natural enrichment of a shallow lake, estuary, or slow-moving stream usually caused by runoff of plant nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates from surrounding land

A. Desalination
B. Eutrophication
C. Distillation
D. Eutrophorication

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B. Eutrophication

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The ocean holds the planet’s greatest diversity and abundance of life

True or False?

A

True

28
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The ocean strongly affect weather and climate

True or False?

A

True

29
Q

Atmosphere is the thin blanket of gases surrounding the moon

True or False?

A

False - earth, not moon HAHAHAHAHA

30
Q

Atmosphere is divided into 2 important layers, namely:

A. Troposphere, stratosphere
B. Troposphere, stratsrousphere
C. Traposphere, stratosphere
D. Traposphere, stratrsousphere

A

A. Troposphere, stratosphere

31
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Troposphere is above above stratosphere

True or False?

A

False - stratosphere is above troposphere

32
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__________ is closest to earth’s surface

A. Stratosphere
B. Troposphere
C. Stratiousphere
D. Atmostphere

A

A. Troposphere

33
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Atmostphere is divided into troposphere and stratosphere

True or False?

A

False - atmosphere, not atmostpher MWAHAHAHA

34
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The major function of ______________ is to protect the earth from sun’s harmful UV rays

A. Stratosphere
B. Troposphere
C. Atmostphere
D. Ozone layer

A

D. Ozone layer

35
Q

UV radiation should be avoided at all times

True or False?

A

False - UV radiation is a synthesis of vitamin D

36
Q

UV radiation can cause cataract and blindness

True or False?

A

True

37
Q

Weather is the __________ condition of the atmosphere at a place, while Climate is the __________ weather at a place over a period of time.

A. Temporary, average
B. Average, temporary
C. Long-term, short-term
D. Short-term, temporary

A

A. Temporary, average

38
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Average weather conditions of the earth or of a particular area over periods of at least three decades to thousands of years

A. Weather
B. Climate
C. Monsoon
D. Stratosphere

A

B. Climate

39
Q

Short-term changes in temperature in a given area

A. Weather
B. Climate
C. Monsoon
D. Troposphere

A

A. Weather

40
Q

Re-eradication of solar energy by the earth’s atmosphere in the form of infrared radiation (heat)

A. Ozone layer
B. Greenhouse effect
C. Blue revolution effect
D. Desalination

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B. Greenhouse effect

41
Q

Major greenhouse gasses, except?

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Methane
C. Nitrous oxide
D. Hydrogen monoxide
E. Water vapor

A

D. Hydrogen monoxide

42
Q

Major human activity that contributes to greenhouse gasses

A. Burning of fossil fuels
B. Mining
C. Landscaping
D. Mountaineering

A

A. Burning of fossil fuels

43
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The sun can be accounted for the rise in temperature

True or False

A

False

44
Q

Condensed atmospheric gases

A. Rain
B. Ocean
C. Clouds
D. Oxygen

A

C. Clouds

45
Q

Thin clouds are cool

True or False?

A

False - Thin clouds are warm

46
Q

Thick clouds are cool

True or False?

A

True

47
Q

Shortage in water supply

A. Drought
B. Famine
C. Apocalypse

A

A. Drought

48
Q

Ozone depletion poses a serious threats to humans alone

True or False?

A

False - threat to all living organisms

49
Q

Freon include ___________, which reacts with ozone thereby removing it from the stratosphere

A.Chlorofluorocarbons
B. Chlorophylls
C. Chlorofloorcarbonation
D. Chloroplastinations

A

A. Chlorofluorocarbons

50
Q

Major cause of ozone layer depletion is

A. Freon
B. UV rays
C. Distillation
D. Microwave

A

A. Freon

51
Q

A state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing

A. Infirmity
B. Health
C. Wealth
D. Nutrition

A

B. Health

52
Q

Being healthy is the absence of disease or infirmity

True or False?

A

False

53
Q

Wellbeing describes a situation in which people are free to choose to do and be what they value

True or False?

A

True

54
Q

Health hazards are health risks, which are usually expressed as probabilities/chances

True or False

A

False - wellness risks, not health risks

55
Q

Hazards from air, water, solid, food, and human-made products

A. Natural
B. Lifestyle
C. Chemical
D. Cultural

A

C. Chemical

56
Q

Hazards from fire, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and storms

A. Natural
B. Lifestyle
C. Chemical
D. Cultural

A

A. Natural

57
Q

Hazards from unsafe working conditions, unsafe highways, criminal assault, and poverty

A. Natural
B. Lifestyle
C. Chemical
D. Cultural

A

D. Cultural

58
Q

Hazards from smoking, making poor foods choices , drinking too much alcohol, and having unsafe sex

A. Natural
B. Lifestyle
C. Chemical
D. Cultural

A

B. Lifestyle

59
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___________ hazards from more than 1,400 pathogens that can infect humans

A. Chemical
B. Biological
C. Pathological
D. Natural

A

B. Biological

60
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When a pathogen such as a bacterium, virus, or parasite invades the body and multiplies in its cells and tissues

A. Bacteria
B. Natural hazard
C. Infectious disease
D. Chemical disease

A

C. Infectious disease

61
Q

Single-cell organisms that are found everywhere

A. Virus
B. Bacteria
C. Disease
D. Worm

A

B. Bacteria

62
Q

Most bacteria are harmless or beneficial

True or False?

A

True

63
Q

Viruses are smaller than bacteria and work by invading a cell and taking over its genetic machinery to copy themselves

True or False

A

True

64
Q

Transmissible disease can be transmitted from one person to another

True or False

A

True

65
Q

Non-transmissible disease are communicable

True or False?

A

False - noncommunicable

66
Q

A biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease

A. Pathogens
B. Vaccines
C. Lactobacilli
D. Virus

A

B. Vaccines

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