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Environmental Sciences Quiz 114 (60 MCQs)

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1. In this sequence, which diagram represents a climax stage?
2. The forest shown in the picture can be found in the
3. A set of symptoms, such as headache, fatigue, eye irritation, and dizziness, that may affect workers in modern, airtight office buildings is called ..... (this is believed to be caused by indoor pollutants)
4. A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation
5. Animals might not return to a replanted deciduous forest because of its
6. The process of using resources wisely is called?
7. Industrialized society
8. The model of a dinosaur is an example of what kind of model?
9. ..... describes the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
10. Nitrous oxides enter the atmosphere from .....
11. People breathe this into their lungs
12. After the main sequence, a low mass star becomes a
13. Cycling of life-giving nutrients/chemicals between organisms and environment.
14. Where do things like vegetables, copper, and water come from?
15. How many mass extinction events has earth survived?
16. A barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of water.
17. Which of the following is an inexhaustible resource?
18. A ..... source of pollution is a water pollution source that happens in a specific area, such as a spot where chemicals are being directly dumped in the water.
19. UNDERSTANDING If the exponent is a positive number .....
20. What percentage of our atmosphere is made up of other gases such as argon, water vapor, and carbon dioxide?
21. Why is it called Easter Island?
22. Bottom of a body of water, inhabited by decomposers, insect larvae and clams.
23. What products are created by the process of photosynthesis?
24. What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
25. Which is NOT a unique property of water?
26. Pollution:is a change in the non-living nature.
27. Where does the alligator get its food molecules?
28. What is silviculture?
29. What is used to explain different symbols represented on a map?
30. What kind of information can we get from an ice proxy?
31. This happens when climate changes.
32. Coldest layer just above the stratosphere
33. What is an example of bioremediation?
34. What is the first layer of atmosphere an astronaut passes through during reentry from space?
35. In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond in order to compare the algae growth to a pond that does not receive fertilizer. The amount of algae that grows would represent a(n)
36. The layers of the atmosphere are separated according to this change.
37. ..... are natural resources that are naturally formed much more slowly than we use them. Once they are completely depleted, they are gone forever.
38. Imagine dropping a basketball. When would it have the most gravitational potential energy?
39. Selective breeding is .....
40. Which of the following is not a way that hunter-gathers had a negative impact on the environment?
41. Which trophic level is affected most drastically by bioaccumulation of toxins within their tissues?
42. The process by which the scientific community examines a paper before its publication is called peer review.
43. Why the native population decay on Easter Island?
44. Algae are plantlike ..... that can make their own food using the energy from the sun.
45. The term for multiple ecosystems that share similar characteristics, such as amount of annual sunlight, precipitation, temperature but that are located in different parts of the planet
46. The world's deepest freshwater lake, known for its unique aquatic life and pristine waters.
47. Which monomer is the basic building block of a protein?
48. Meat Farms produce a lot of .....
49. It is the study of how humans interact with the environment.
50. Choose the correct definition and example of a fossil fuel.
51. In an ecosystem, the higher an animal is up the food chain, the ..... you have of them in the ecosystem.
52. Why is carbon so basic to life?
53. What is bycatch?
54. An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals (or both)
55. Infrared radiation is associated with
56. As streams and rivers move across the land, they form a flowing network of water called a/an
57. Greenhouse gas emissions from industries have a total upper allowed limit and permits that can be sold to other nations if the limit is not met. This is an example of:
58. What animal can be found in a temperate grassland biome?
59. Information you obtain through your senses, such as touch, sound and sight.
60. The major greenhouse gasses are .....
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