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1. Who studies insects like ants,
bees and butterflies?
3. Which of these are important
food crops?
5. What would happen if all the
snakes disappeared?
7. Which of the ways that people
use water is easiest to reduce?
A. entomologists
B. grocers
C. weather forecasters
A. corn, wheat, rice
B. daisies, tulips, daffodils
C. cotton, flax, hemp
A. water used for taking a bath
B. water used for drinking
C. water used for cooking
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A. numbers of mice and rats
would go up alot
B. numbers of plants would go
down
C. soil erosion would go up alot
1. Which crop would be most
affected by the disappearance of
pollinators?
3. What is clay soil mixed with
other materials, molded into
blocks and then fire-hardened or
air dried?
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7. What is kwashiorkor?
5. What is land capable of being
plowed and of growing crops?
A. protein malnutrition
B. starvation
C. a vitamin D deficiency
A. bricks
B. asphalt
C. gravel
A. arable land
B. fragile land
C. depleted soil
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
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2. Who stocks food and other
necessities for people to buy?
4. Which of these would be
affected the most if all the
pollinators disappeared?
6. Which of these are important
timber crops?
8. How many days worth of water
should you have on hand for
each person in an emergency
like a hurricane, tornado or
earthquake?
A. soybeans
B. corn
C. wheat
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CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
A. grocers
B. weather forecasters
C. electricians
A. fruit trees
B. pine trees
C. grasses
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A. oak, pine, walnut
B. daisies, tulips, daffodils
C. cotton, flax, hemp
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A. 3 days
B. 1 day
C. 7 days
6. What is critical for acting as a
solvent for metabolic processes
in organisms?
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A. water
B. calories
C. oxygen
8. What nutrient deficiency
disease has the symptoms of
bowed legs or knock-knees,
bone tenderness and easily
broken bones?
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2. Which federal agency helps
out in an emergency?
A. Federal Emergency
Management Administration
(FEMA)
B. US Department of Agriculture
(USDA)
C. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
CORRECT: A, A
4. What is it when overgrazing
and/or drought converts arable
land to desert?
A. desertification
B. deforestation
C. overgrazing
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
A. rickets
B. starvation
C. kwashiorkor
CORRECT: A, A
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9. Which temperature would be
unusual for Florida in July?
11. If a family of four people is
preparing for an emergency like
a hurricane, tornado or
earthquake, what is the least
amount of water it should it have
on hand? (use 1 gallon per
person per day for 3 days for the
estimate)
13. Who installs wires to carry
electricity?
15. Which kinds of food could
people do without if they had to?
A. grocers
B. electricians
C. entomologists
A. proteins
B. soda and candy
C. fruits and vegetables
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A. 12 gallons
B. 3 gallons
C. 4 gallons
13. What is a mixture of water,
aggregate and cement that can
be molded into hard solids of
different shapes?
22. Which global agency works
on eradicating hunger and
poverty, and on the sustainable
use of natural resources
11. Who designs buildings?
A. bricks
B. concrete
C. cement
A. architects
B. foresters
C. agronomists
CORRECT: B, B
A. US Agency for International
Development (USAID)
B. Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)
C. the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHRC)
A. 32°F (0°C)
B. 85° F (29.4°C)
C. 75°F (23.8°C)
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9. What are the structures and
services a society uses to enable
the movement of people, energy
and materials
A. infrastructure
B. parking lots
C. buildings
CORRECT: A, A
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CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: B, B
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10. What should you wear to play
outside if the temperature is 85°
F (29.4°C) and it is sunny?
12. A person breathes in 330
liters of air an hour. How many
liters of air are breathed each
minute?
14. Which of the ways that
people use electricity is easiest
to reduce?
16. What would happen if all the
fungi and other decomposers
disappeared?
A. electricity used for light after
the sun goes down
B. electricity used for
entertainment like watching tv
C. electricity used for keeping
food cold
A. the air would be cleaner
B. bodies of dead plants and
animals would pile up
C. nothing
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16. What is it when continued
irrigation leaves salty minerals in
the soil making it hard for plants
to grow?
A. a sun hat, t-shirt and shorts
B. a swimsuit
C. a rain coat and waterproof
boots
A. 3.3 liters
B. 5.5 liters
C. 10 liters
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10. Who manages forests for
different timber production,
wildlife and wateshed protection?
12. Which federal agency
regulates and protects public
drinking water systems?
A. foresters
B. agronomists
C. civil engineers
A. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
B. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
C. US Department of Agriculture
(USDA)
CORRECT: A, A
14. What is a semi-solid form of
petrolum used for surfacing
roads?
A. cement
B. asphalt
C. gravel
A. deforestation
B. salinization
C. desertification
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
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17. What is soil?
19. What does 'potable water'
mean?
21. What should you wear to play
outside if it is windy and the
temperature is below 32° F ?
23. Which of these needs is very
very difficult for a person to
change?
A. a sun hat, t-shirt and shorts
B. a heavy coat, a hat, gloves
and warm boots
C. a rain coat and waterproof
boots
A. the amount of water used
B. the amount of food eaten
C. the amount of air breathed
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23. Which federal agency
regulates and protects bottled
drinking water?
A. particles of broken down rock
B. a mixture of rock, organic
matter, air, liquids and organisms
C. a mixture of rock, sand and
water
A. water that is only safe for
flushing toilets
B. water that is safe to drink
C. water that is not safe for any
use
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17. How long can a human being
last without water - on average?
A. about 10 days
B. about 3 days
C. about 1 day
19. What nutrient deficiency
causes wasting and fatigue?
A. pellagra
B. starvation
C. kwashiorkor
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
21. Who improves crops through
breeding, biotechnology and
changing cultural practices?
A. architects
B. agronomists
C. civil engineers
A. US Department of Agriculture
(USDA)
B. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
C. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: C, C
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18. The average person uses 8
gallons of water a day for
drinking, cooking and washing.
How many liters woud that be?
(there are about 4 liters in a
gallon)
20. What can 'gray water' be
used for?
22. How can you find out what
the weather is going to be like
tomorrow?
24. Who predicts local weather
over the next few days?
A. about 15 liters
B. about 30 liters
C. about 68 liters
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18. What nutrient deficiency
disease has the symptoms of
muscle wasting, enlarged
abdomen and reddish hair?
A. rickets
B. kwashiorkor
C. pellagra
CORRECT: B, B
A. washing dishes
B. flushing toilets
C. drinking
20. How many upright studs do
you need to frame the walls of a
house 32' x 32'? Use this
formula: number of studs = ((wall
length in feet x 12") / 16") x 4
walls.
A. check the calendar
B. watch, listen to or read the
weather report in the news
C. look out the window
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15. What is it when all the trees
in a forest or woodland are
removed and not replanted?
A. 384
B. 96
C. 32
A. salinization
B. deforestation
C. Overgrazing
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
A. electricians
B. entomologists
C. weather forecasters
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24. What is limestone that has
been converted to calcium oxide
by heating, and then been
ground fine?
A. gravel
B. bricks
C. cement
CORRECT: C, C
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25. Which of these are important
fiber crops?
27. What would happen if all the
bats disappeared?
A. daisies, tulips, daffodils
B. corn, wheat, rice
C. cotton, flax, hemp
A. numbers of day flying insects
like butterflies and bees would go
up alot
B. nothing
C. numbers of night flying insects
like mosquitoes and moths would
go up alot
29. How much water should you
have on hand for each person for
drinking in an emergency like a
hurricane, tornado or
earthquake?
31. What should you wear to play
outside if the temperature is 65°
F (18.5° C) and there is a little
rain?
A. 40 gallons per day
B. 20 gallons per day
C. 1 gallon per day
A. a sun hat, t-shirt and shorts
B. a swimsuit
C. a rain coat and waterproof
boots
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27. What is it when the
movement of wind or water
carries away the upper layers of
soil?
29. What nutrient deficiency
disease has the symptoms of
rash, sores, swollen mouth, red
tongue, fatigue and memory
loss?
31. It takes about 1 ton of asphalt
to cover 1 foot of a four lane
highway. How many tons would
be needed for a mile of highway?
A. salinization
B. desertification
C. erosion
A. rickets
B. starvation
C. pellagra
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
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26. Which of these would be
affected the most if all the ants
disappeared?
28. Why is soil important to
plants?
30. How many gallons of water
are needed to flush modern
toilets?
32. Which temperature would be
unusual for Alaska in January?
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25. What is wood that has been
cut into beams, planks or studs?
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A. wood chips
B. cord wood
C. lumber
CORRECT: C, C
A. 1 ton
B. 10,560 tons
C. 5,280 tons
CORRECT: C, C
A. rocks
B. air
C. soil
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26. What is it when cattle, goats
or other livestock eat up most or
all of the plants in an area?
A. erosion
B. deforestation
C. overgrazing
CORRECT: C, C
A. it provides carbon dioxide for
photosynthesis
B. it provides energy for
photosynthesis
C. it holds their roots in place
and is a source of nutrients
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28. What is critical for providing
building blocks for enzymes
needed for metabolism?
A. water
B. iron
C. proteins
CORRECT: C, C
A. 5 to 7 gallons
B. 8 to 10 gallons
C. no more than 4 gallons
A. 32°F (0°C)
B. 10°F (-12.2°C)
C. 85° F (29.4°C)
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30. What is it when food is
scarce over a wide region?
A. a food shortage
B. crop failure
C. famine
32. Who designs and builds
roads, bridges, and sewers?
A. architects
B. foresters
C. civil engineers
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
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