What is the goal of an industrial ecologist?

A. to increase expenditures in industry in order to generate more landfill space
B. reduce the waste in industrial systems
C. to save endangered species
D. to make industry more profitable regardless of environmental impact


Answer: B. reduce the waste in industrial systems

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Organisms that live in estuaries like the one pictured below must be able to



A) survive for part of their life in a lentic system and the other part of their life in a lotic system.
B) tolerate a wide range of salinities.
C) survive in both the epipelagic and hadal zones.
D) derive energy when living near deep-sea thermal vents.

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Which of these septic tanks is most likely to spread contaminated groundwater far away from the septic tank, and why?

A. the left septic tank because it is in sand B. the right septic tank because it is in limestone with caverns C. the right septic tank because it is lower in elevation D. the left septic tank because it is higher in elevation

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Anthropogenic global warming is that warming which is attributed to

A. animal husbandry. B. changes in solar energy. C. plate tectonic activity. D. human activity.

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