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EVR 1001 Mid Term Review Questions And Answers 2024/2025 Update
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EVR 1001 Mid Term ReviewQuestions And Answers 2024/2025
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An explanation for a natural phenomenon that relates and explains many observations and is supported
by a great deal of evidence is called a:
A.) hypothesis
B.) controlled experiment
C.) technology
D.) theory
E.) fact ANS✔✔ D.) Theory
-theory may mean a guess, a hypothesis, a prediction, a notion, a belief.
- highest level of certainty for any scientific knowledge
Identify the source of the highest albedo?
a) fresh snow
b) the Earth
c) a pine forest
d) a grass covered meadow
e) dark rock ANS✔✔ a.) fresh snow
- reflects 80-90% of light
When old-growth forests are harvested it may take hundreds of years for the forest to
,restore itself. This period is known as:
a) population collapse
b) population overshoot
c) exponential decline
d) lag time
e) ecosystem interval ANS✔✔ d.) lag time
- a period of time between two related actions
In some ways, natural gas is considered a better fossil fuel than oil. This is primarily
because:
a) gas is found at shallower depths than oil
b) gas is easier to transport over long distances than oil
c) gas is a renewable resource
d) once a reservoir is located, gas commands a higher price than oil
e) burning natural gas is cleaner than burning oil ANS✔✔ e) burning natural gas is cleaner than burning
oil
- natural gas is considered a relatively clean fuel
- produces fewer pollutants than burning oil or coal
- could be a transition fuel to alternative energy
Which of the following statements is true about Northern Hemisphere Summer?
a) The Earth is closer to the sun
b) The northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
c) Light strikes the northern hemisphere at a more oblique angle than in the NH winter
d) More light reaches the Earth ANS✔✔ b) The northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
- look at graph
, Premise: A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
Premise: The line from A to B is the shortest distance between points A and B.
Conclusion: Therefore, the line from A to B is a straight line.
The above syllogism is an example of _________________
a) a scientific proof
b) a hypothesis
c) inductive reasoning
d) deductive reasoning
e) a scientific fact ANS✔✔ d) deductive reasoning
- reasoning from initial definitions and assumptions
- reasoning does not have to be true but only foolproof
ex.) humans are the only tool making organisms. woodpecker finch uses tools. conclusion is that
woodpecker finch is a human being
- inductive reasoning: generalizations based on a number of observations
The rock cycle:
a) consists of numerous processes that produce rocks and soils
b) depends on the tectonic and hydrologic cycle
c) is not cyclic, but instead occurs in a one-directional course
d) all of the above
e) a and b only ANS✔✔ e) a and b only
- physical (i.e. freeze, thaw) and chemical weathering (i.e. acid, dissolving)
- initial composition and specifics of formation determine the chemical nature of the rocks. This nature
of the rocks affects the elements released during weathering
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