- Most of Earth’s freshwater supply is found in (A) lakes
(B) ice caps and glaciers
(C) aquifers
(D) estuaries
(E) rivers
- Most municipal solid wastes in the United States consist of (A) yard wastes
(B) food wastes
(C) plastic
(D) paper
(E) glass
- Rising sea levels due to global warming would be responsible for all of the
following EXCEPT
(A) destruction of coastal wetlands
(B) beach erosion
(C) increases due to storm and flood damage
(D) increased salinity of estuaries and aquifers
(E) All would be the result of rising sea levels.
- Which of the following characteristics are NOT typical of a ground fire?
I. Fire smolders and/or creeps slowly through the litter and humus
layers, consuming all or most of the organic cover, and exposing
mineral soil or underlying rock.
II. Burns the upper litter layer and small branches that lie on or near
the ground. Usually move rapidly through an area, and do not consume
all the organic layer.
III. Release considerable amounts of nutrients from the burned fuels,
destroy many small organisms and fungi that live in the humus and
organic layers, consume seed stored in the litter, and kill roots in all but
deep soil layers.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II
(E) I and III
