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Environmental Sciences Quiz 123 (60 MCQs)

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1. According to the US Energy Consumption graph. Approximately, what percentage of the energy used in the US comes from non-renewable resources?
2. The U.S. Census Bureau defines an urban area as an area that contains more than
3. African elephants are hunted for
4. A person holding a sign during a protest against clearing the Amazon rainforest with fire would be an environmental scientist.
5. ..... is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior-good and bad, right and wrong
6. The author of the Tragedy of the Commons
7. Which one is NOT a biome?
8. What does nocturnal mean?
9. Human waste is an example of what type of water pollution?
10. A soil made up of clay, silt, and sand; considered best for growing crops
11. One of the five layers of the atmosphere, extending from the Earth's surface to about 10km above the surface
12. ..... is a body of water, partly enclosed by land, that occurs where fresh water meets the water of an ocean or inland sea.
13. Choose the consumer.
14. As the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, which occurrence is most likely a long term result?
15. An example of an item made from renewable resources would include .....
16. Get ready for a challenge! 🌪️ vs 🌍Imagine you're a weather wizard! What disaster would you conjure with a hurricane that you couldn't with an earthquake?
17. Human interaction can increase the rate of species extinction
18. Due to losses in wheat sales because of draught and wildfires, a farmer has to make a decision as to whether they will stay in farming or find a new career. This type of decision is primarily based on
19. What is a cost-benefit analysis?
20. What type of pollutant is the result of a chemical reaction?
21. Human-centered view of the world in which humans and human welfare given the highest value
22. Research by social scientists suggests that it takes ..... of the population of a community, a country, or the world to bring about major social and environmental change.
23. Forests have ..... percent of earth's Biodiversity
24. The parts of the world thathumans have made
25. The diagram below shows a marine food chain. The zooplankton in this food chain are
26. Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere
27. Above ground areas that have fresh water available for humans to use are called .....
28. Can clouds block out all UVA radiation?
29. Recently under the leadership of Hon'ble PM of India, 8 Cheetahs have been released in .....
30. Choose the examples of Fossil Fuels
31. Approximately what percentage of solar energy that passes through the atmosphere reaches Earth?
32. Communities of bacteria have been found living hundreds of feet underwater. Which is proper conclusion to draw from this?
33. How does the Moon give off light?
34. In an experiment where different fertilizer is tested on the growth of strawberry plants, each plant receives 1/2 cup of water per day. This amount of water is a .....
35. What happens at a transform plate boundary?
36. Which energy source is composed of volatile hydrocarbons and formed between layers of rock?
37. The study of matter and energy.
38. A disadvantage of nuclear energy is that it creates .....
39. Abandoned railroad tracks are overgrown with weeds. Ten years later there are small aspen trees growing in the middle of the tracks. This change is an example of:
40. Which ecosystem has the highest level of salinity?
41. A closed system energy enters the system but matter does not.
42. What 2 things does toxicology depend on?
43. 2nd layer of atmosphere; extends from 10 to 30 miles up; location of ozone layer; absorbs 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature increases with altitude increase.
44. Genetic engineering of plants is a faster way of producing the same results as
45. How is soil affected by insecticide and pesticide?
46. Two or more metals that are combined
47. Which organism is an apex predator?
48. An open system exchanges both matter and energy between a system and the surrounding environment?
49. System that exchanges matter or energy with environment.
50. The chemical Equation CO2 represents which molecule?
51. After studying finches' beaks in the Galapagos island, Darwin proposed that:
52. How do landfills effect the environment?
53. In what ways do organisms get the elements from the biogeochemical cycles into their systems?
54. ..... energies don't run out.
55. In plants and animals, carbon cycles through molecular processes that store and release energy in various molecular forms. In these plant and animal molecular processes, carbon is found in
56. What is a debt for nature swap?
57. Normal rain water has a pH of about
58. A plant makes its food in it's
59. True or False-The Greenhouse Effect is a bad thing
60. Describes a group of living things that are no longer living.
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