Environmental Science DSST Review Questions and 100% Correct Answers

Producer Plants Ex. of a Decomposer Bacteria, worms, bugs Ex. of a plant that is NOT a consumer Mushroom Troposphere The first or lowest layer of the atmosphere Consumers Anything that consumes something else as its source of food Mass Transit Busses, trams, subways Water is what percentage of the earth? 75% Energy for all producers and consumers begins with what? The sun Omnivores Eat both plants and animals Population An interbreeding and reproducing group Aquatic Succession When lakes gradually turn into forests Herbicides Chemicals that kill plants Carnivores Only eat other animals Carrying Capacity The amount of organisms that can be supported in a given area long term The Greenhouse Effect says what makes the earth hotter? Trapped gasses Insecticides Chemicals that kill insects DDT was used to control? Malaria and body lice Ogallala Aquifer A water table located beneath the Great Plains