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Read the scenario and answer the accompanying questions. In the 2001 regular session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, House Bill 3564 was enacted by the people of the State of Oregon to encourage private landowners to manage their land for the purposes of maintaining the long-term ecological, economic, and social values of the land. The lands will be managed sustainably through tax policy, land use planning, education, and technical and financial incentives. The Act does discourage from imposing additional taxes on property, commodities, or income if the landowner voluntarily foregoes, limits, or postpones economic uses of private land for conservation. -What would be a major incentive for a landowner to practice private land conservation?


A) higher taxations on the conserved land
B) tax incentives such as reduced property taxes
C) conservation land certification for their property
D) mandatory land conservation laws
E) pride in knowing they are contributing to land degradation

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Total Annual CO2e emissions are greatest in _______. Total Annual CO<sub>2</sub>e emissions are greatest in _______. A) European Union B) India C) Brazil D) China E) Indonesia


A) European Union
B) India
C) Brazil
D) China
E) Indonesia

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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Which of the following will have the least impact on rising sea level?


A) melting of North America's continental glaciers
B) melting of the floating polar ice cap
C) melting of Greenland's ice sheet
D) melting of Eurasia's continental glaciers
E) the Antarctic ice shelf collapse

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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Read the scenario and answer the accompanying questions. Scientists are currently using data from satellite images and climate simulation models to predict the effects of global warming on the distribution of biomes. Results from this research are being used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to predict how global warming will cause biomes to shift. On some continents, these scientists are predicting forests spreading; however, when it comes to deserts and tropical biomes, they are finding predictions much more challenging, as it is uncertain how warmer temperatures will affect rainfall. -Understanding the basics of global climate change effects, the findings of this research on shifting biomes is most likely to predict________.


A) tundra regions shifting north to polar ice caps
B) boreal forests shifting north to tundra regions
C) temperate deciduous forests moving south
D) boreal forests shifting south
E) deserts shrinking globally

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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Overharvesting is a serious threat to________.


A) wheat
B) songbirds
C) deer
D) insect pollinators
E) fisheries

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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What is the average annual air temperature near the Earth's surface?


A) 57°F
B) 63°F
C) 82°F
D) 76°F
E) 42°F

F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

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Of the estimated 7- 15 million eukaryotic species that Earth supports, biologists have described and assigned scientific names to about________of these species.


A) 1 million
B) 500,000
C) 3 million
D) 5 million
E) 1.5 million

F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

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Biofuels are_______.


A) fuels that are derived from plant material
B) batteries that fuel automobiles and buses
C) fuels that use electrical currents to power automobiles
D) devices that directly convert fuel to electrical currents
E) batteries that derive energy from plant material

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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A cooling of surface ocean waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean is known specifically as_______


A) the Little Ice Age
B) Antarctic bottom water
C) the ENSO effect
D) El Niño
E) La Niña

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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The shallow, sloped area close to the shore of a lake that tends to be dominated by rooted plants is the________.


A) benthic zone
B) halocline
C) aphotic zone
D) thermocline
E) littoral zone

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Lakes and ponds are bodies of freshwater that are not moving and referred to as ________.


A) open
B) stagnant
C) eutrophic
D) lentic
E) lotic

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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The Earth has_______ for the past 2 million years.


A) stayed the same temperature
B) gradually warmed
C) slowly frozen then quickly thawed
D) cycled between hot and cold
E) gradually cooled

F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

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What two factors largely determine the diversity of species on an island?


A) migration and replication
B) replication and extinction
C) viability and extinction
D) migration and extinction
E) immigration and replication

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Which of the following sources contributes the least to the emission of greenhouse gases?


A) waste disposal
B) transportation
C) agriculture
D) fossil fuel mining
E) power station operation

F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

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Match the terms with the appropriate description -Endemic


A) The three- dimensional distribution of species and the biological features that affects community biodiversity
B) The variety of life in all forms and combinations and at all levels of organization
C) The differences in the variety and abundance of species from place to place
D) Species that are found only in specific environments or restricted localities
E) Genetic variation among individuals

F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

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