Answer Section

MATCHING

	1.	ANS:	C	PTS:	1

	2.	ANS:	B	PTS:	1

	3.	ANS:	A	PTS:	1

	4.	ANS:	E	PTS:	1

SHORT ANSWER

	5.	ANS:	
concerns over diminishing fossil fuel supplies and negative environmental impacts of fossil fuel use

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	6.	ANS:	
coal

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	7.	ANS:	
runoff from cropland.

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	8.	ANS:	
using heat-absorbing construction materials

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	9.	ANS:	
plastic.

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	10.	ANS:	
sinking of ground when water has been withdrawn.

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	11.	ANS:	
is not important to most citizens, without an economic motivation

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	12.	ANS:	
A and B only

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	13.	ANS:	
the variation in sunshine around the world

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	14.	ANS:	
wind

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	15.	ANS:	
All of the above

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	16.	ANS:	
Water has a high heat capacity.

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	17.	ANS:	
The United States

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	18.	ANS:	
they truly practiced sustainability

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	19.	ANS:	
post-consumer

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	20.	ANS:	
United States

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	21.	ANS:	
satellite photographs.

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	22.	ANS:	
synthesis of water molecules

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	23.	ANS:	
Saudi Arabia

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	24.	ANS:	
The United States

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	25.	ANS:	
Japan and France

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	26.	ANS:	
organisms--populations--communities--ecosystems—ecosphere

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	27.	ANS:	
Contaminated groundwater is never a problem with landfills.

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	28.	ANS:	
Distillation

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	29.	ANS:	
include increased incidence of thyroid cancers

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	30.	ANS:	
are capable of economic depletion (costing more than is affordable).

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	31.	ANS:	
worldwide integration of social, economic, and environmental change

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	32.	ANS:	
no

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	33.	ANS:	
taxpayers who pay to clean up disposal messes.

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	34.	ANS:	
all of these answers

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	35.	ANS:	
bioaccumulate in animal tissues

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	36.	ANS:	
fossil fuels, biomass, nuclear, hydroelectric, new renewables

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	37.	ANS:	
is an activity designed to test the validity of a hypothesis

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	38.	ANS:	
Less energy than gasoline

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	39.	ANS:	
heat energy that flows into the environment.

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	40.	ANS:	
Heavy metals

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	41.	ANS:	
lined with plastic and clay

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	42.	ANS:	
should be conserved

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	43.	ANS:	
hydropower and biomass

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	44.	ANS:	
global nuclear power consumption was stable

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	45.	ANS:	
cannot be stored easily in large quantities for use when and where it is needed

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	46.	ANS:	
petrodiesel

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	47.	ANS:	
30% of the world's energy resources and 40% of its total resources

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	48.	ANS:	
biodiesel

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	49.	ANS:	
all of these answers

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	50.	ANS:	
built-in obsolescence (outdated).

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	51.	ANS:	
fossil fuels

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	52.	ANS:	
all of the above

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	53.	ANS:	
All of these can be made from oil

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	54.	ANS:	
most of the wind energy is used for electricity generation

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	55.	ANS:	
met the majority of their energy needs with fossil fuels

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	56.	ANS:	
the initial startup cost

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	57.	ANS:	
renewable resources.

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	58.	ANS:	
Methane gas

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	59.	ANS:	
coal

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	60.	ANS:	
that hydrogen fuel cells are nonpolluting

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	61.	ANS:	
wind and solar

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	62.	ANS:	
tree

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	63.	ANS:	
Liquid Natural Gas

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	64.	ANS:	
expands

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	65.	ANS:	
fossil fuel energy

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	66.	ANS:	
biomass

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	67.	ANS:	
means consuming resources without compromising future availability

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	68.	ANS:	
solar systems provide local, decentralized control over power

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	69.	ANS:	
how the hydrogen is extracted

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	70.	ANS:	
pumping drinking water for cattle

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	71.	ANS:	
requires energy to begin the process

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	72.	ANS:	
Oil

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	73.	ANS:	
95

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	74.	ANS:	
Fossil Fuels

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	75.	ANS:	
the greatest environmental impact is increased greenhouse gases

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	76.	ANS:	
all the above

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	77.	ANS:	
Simply reduce waste

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	78.	ANS:	
1,000,000,000 liters.

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	79.	ANS:	
all of these answers

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	80.	ANS:	
increasing the efficiency of the way we use water.

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	81.	ANS:	
using all resources at maximum rates

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	82.	ANS:	
keeping the natural environment and human society in a healthy and functional state

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	83.	ANS:	
has changed as a result of natural and human processes

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	84.	ANS:	
refillable glass.

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	85.	ANS:	
fossil fuels, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass, new renewables

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	86.	ANS:	
that the start-up costs are high

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	87.	ANS:	
have resulted in destruction of natural systems

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	88.	ANS:	
converted to lower-quality energy.

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	89.	ANS:	
All of the above

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	90.	ANS:	
can be produced where and when electricity is needed

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	91.	ANS:	
doing all of the above

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	92.	ANS:	
all of these answers

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	93.	ANS:	
the researcher controls for the effects of all variables except one

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	94.	ANS:	
hydropower

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	95.	ANS:	
can be improved as individuals make conscious choices to reduce personal consumption

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	96.	ANS:	
seek to redesign industrial systems to minimize physical inefficiency while maximizing economic efficiency 

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	97.	ANS:	
all of these answers

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	98.	ANS:	
The nonnative habitat may lack predators that recognize the introduced species as prey.

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	99.	ANS:	
is an ethanol–gasoline mixture used in flexible-fuel vehicles

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	100.	ANS:	
Households

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	101.	ANS:	
all of the these

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	102.	ANS:	
Breaking and condensing materials to take up less space

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	103.	ANS:	
surface mining & deep mining

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	104.	ANS:	
the study of organisms and their interactions with each other and with the environment

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	105.	ANS:	
potential energy

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	106.	ANS:	
Energy flow is unidirectional; chemical elements can be recycled.

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	107.	ANS:	
True

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	108.	ANS:	
a fossil fuel

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	109.	ANS:	
a new phenomenon on Earth

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	110.	ANS:	
increased atmospheric carbon dioxide

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	111.	ANS:	
silicon

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	112.	ANS:	
all of these answers

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	113.	ANS:	
A building is designed to collect energy from the sun

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	114.	ANS:	
the type of food the dogs receive

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	115.	ANS:	
We'll eventually run out of matter if we keep consuming it at current rates.

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	116.	ANS:	
30-39%

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	117.	ANS:	
reduce

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	118.	ANS:	
can be used in vehicles with diesel engines without engine modification

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	119.	ANS:	
Liquid that results when substances from the trash dissolves in water as rainwater        percolates downward

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	120.	ANS:	
energy is neither created nor destroyed.

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	121.	ANS:	
incineration

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	122.	ANS:	
treating it with heat to kill harmful bacteria, removing toxic metals, and using it as fertilizer.

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	123.	ANS:	
reduce the amount of material that enters the waste stream

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