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Environmental Sciences Quiz 109 (60 MCQs)

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1. True or False:Symbiotic relationships are always beneficial for both species involved.
2. What creates an El Nino condition?
3. This is a firm structure that protects and gives shape to the cells of plants.
4. What is the main goal of sustainable agriculture?
5. The introduction of Alien species affects biodiversity negatively if the alien species;
6. Describes a human centered view of our relationship with the environment
7. Which type of environmental scientist is likely to study methods of water conservation and decontamination?
8. As the Earth warms, ice cover melts, exposing soil or water. Albedo decreases (albedo is the fraction of light that is reflected by a body or surface). More energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface. Global temperature rises. More ice melts.
9. Organisms who feed directly on producers are called
10. Urban areas consist of ..... % of the population.
11. (a) selection is when tame organisms are bred to produce specific traits
12. What causes Tides?
13. In nuclear fission, a large atom like U-235 splits into two smaller atoms releasing a large amount of energy. What causes U-235 to split into two smaller atoms?
14. Which feature most makes the deep sea biome different from all others?
15. When a building has bad air quality, it has something called
16. The molten rock that is found in the upper mantle is .....
17. The effects of water pollution on ecosystems
18. Select an example of a renewable resource
19. Relies on bacteria; involves the process of nitrogen fixation
20. This boundary is described as two plates moving past eachother ALONG THE EDGES horizontally. These boundaries will get stuck or lock against eachother causing earthquakes when they slip and release.
21. India is in the Northern Hemisphere and Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere.In June, it is summer in India and winter in Australia. What is the main reason theseasons are opposite in the two countries?
22. An uncontrolled fission reaction
23. The world gets MOST of their energy through all of the following sources EXCEPT
24. Which of the following is NOT true about nations that have the largest ecological footprints?
25. A value that is not usually included in the price of a good or service
26. Which of the following would result in the greatest savings of gasoline? Assume all trips are same distance in the same location.
27. If you went diving in a freshwater lake you would not see rooted aquatic plants after a certain depth. What limits plant growth in deeper water?
28. The time period when machines began to replace tools powered by humans or animals?
29. In the 1970s, the United States introduced the ..... which calls for a recovery plan to be created for each endangered species.
30. Toxic, corrosive, or explosive material
31. Which type of environmental policy is often the most expensive because it requires significant governmental enforcement?
32. What is located at 0$^\circ$ latitude?
33. Making sure there is always vegetation planted in soil will
34. Most of the atom's mass is found here.
35. ..... is waste obtained from plants and animals.
36. An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food or energy
37. The amount of a product people will buy at a given price if free to do so is .....
38. The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes is called
39. A ..... community is is the first to colonize bare rock.
40. What do you call it when new communities form after a major disturbance like a flood, a fire, falling trees, etc.?
41. What are the two types of trees?
42. What is the collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items?
43. What is the largest source of US greenhouse gases?
44. The world population has surpassed 7 billion and is continuing to increase dramatically. Select the factor that has demonstrated an inverse relationship to population growth.
45. Which part of the water cycle occurs immediately after condensation?
46. What describes a food web?
47. What do greenhouse gases do in our atmosphere?
48. One problem for captive breeding programs is that .....
49. A species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established.
50. Environmental science is the study of the interaction of humans with the environment. Which of these would NOT be included as part of the environment?
51. What is the relationship between a rock and a mineral?
52. What structures surround adn protect the cell?
53. All of the following are ways that CO2 is returned to the atmosphere except which one?
54. Which layer of the atmosphere has meteors?
55. What did farmers do to prepare the land to plant crops such as wheat and corn?
56. An example of typical pioneer species, that is one that appears in the earliest stages of ecological succession is:
57. A pesticide used for mosquitoes which is a persistant chemical.
58. What is the term for the practice of using less water to save resources?
59. Which ecosystems are considered standing freshwater ecosystems?
60. Which of these can be polluted?
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