ENVR 1401 EXAM 3 COLLIN COLLEGE ACTUAL 2025/2026 WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

Content Preview

ENVR 1401 EXAM 3 COLLIN COLLEGE ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS hydrologic cycle - Answer -The cycle through which water in the hydrosphere moves; includes such processes as evaporation, precipitation, and surface and groundwater runoff *Evolution - Answer -Genetic changes within a population over time The biosphere is best defined as ________. - Answer -all Earth's organisms and the nonliving environment with which they interact. acute exposure - Answer -high exposure for short periods of time watershed - Answer -an area of land that drains into a body of water through rivers, delivers nutrients that sustained fields of underwater grasses. Water Pollution - Answer -Any physical or chemical change in surface water or groundwater that can harm living organisms or make water unfit for certain uses. hypoxia - Answer -The condition of extremely low dissolved oxygen concentrations in a body of water chronic exposure Need assistance on Online classes, Exams & Assignments? Reach out for instant help!! Full Course Assistance, Plagiarism-free Essay Writing, Research Paper, Dissertation, Discussion Posts, etc…. Confidential & Secure services. Tutors are available for all subjects! Email now at: tutorjean01@gmail.com - Answer -low exposure over long periods of time *Natural selection - Answer -Those better adapted genetic traits are more likely to survive and reproduce Containing elements of both forests and coastal marshes, the swamplands of extreme southern Louisiana would be an example of ________. - Answer -an ecotone Acid Rain - Answer -Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water. A snowball rolling down a hill accumulates snow and becomes larger, which increases its speed, causing it to increase its size and speed even more. - Answer -Positive feedback system - Answer -a network of relationships among parts that influence each other through the exchange of energy, matter, or information Hydrosphere - Answer -All the water on earths surface Population - Answer -A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same geographic area at the same time Ecosystem - Answer -A community of living and nonliving organisms Exponential population growth - Answer -The accelerating population growth that occurs when optimal conditions allow a constant reproductive rate over a period of time Increasing air temperatures from global warming speed up the melting of glaciers, exposing darker rocks underneath the ice. The dark surfaces Need assistance on Online classes, Exams & Assignments? Reach out for instant help!! Full Course Assistance, Plagiarism-free Essay Writing, Research Paper, Dissertation, Discussion Posts, etc…. Confidential & Secure services. Tutors are available for all subjects! Email now at: tutorjean01@gmail.com