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Environmental Sciences Quiz 128 (60 MCQs)

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1. How can we conserve virtual water use?
2. Within this time, population (26) ..... hugely and people
3. Completed in 2005, this is the most comprehensive assessment of the condition of the world's ecological systems and their capacity to continue supporting us
4. A logical interpretation of the data based on prior knowledge and experience
5. What are "apex predators?"
6. Increasing quantities of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be .....
7. What causes the seasons?
8. What occurs at tectonics plate boundaries that collide and separate from one another?
9. Hyrdo Power is a ..... energy resource.
10. The dependent variable is graphed on the
11. What term describes the increase in the Earth's average temperature
12. On our field trip to the Ecocenter, we learned that the ..... is the 2nd most biodiverse river system in the world.
13. An ethic that insists on taking care of the Earth's ecosystems and ecology as they have intrinsic value.
14. The movement of earth around its axis
15. Which of the following is a push factor that leads to urban growth?
16. ..... is an problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit a common resource and destroy it.
17. The most important dissolved elements in ocean water are
18. Environmental Science includes many fields of study making it a/an
19. A team has assembled and data has been collected about the overuse of commodities like Corn in Nebraska. The professional who would have prepared all of the data and studied the trends would most likely be:
20. An archer is shooting at a target. She wants to hit the bulls-eye every time but instead her arrows consistently land in a tight group outside the bulls-eye. What can we say about her attempts?
21. The ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere absorbs most of this specific type of solar radiation.
22. The principle framework for national, state, tribal, and local efforts to protect air quality in the United States is found in .....
23. In nature, the reaction between nitrogen and oxygen (in thunderstorms accompanied by lightning) is the beginning of the process of creating and providing what type of fertilizer to plants?
24. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the air and gases surrounding the planet.
25. Which energy source use the movement of air to turn turbines to generate electricity?
26. Most of Earth's incoming ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by
27. Which of the following ISN'T made with carbon?
28. How is heat transferred when boiling a pot of water on the stove?
29. Areas of farmland have shown signs of soil erosion and contamination, which results in dead crops. Which discipline may help environmental scientists study this problem and develop practical solutions?
30. A life form that heavily impacts an entire ecosystem. The loss of this species would be detrimental.
31. Which sense organ help us to see rainbow?
32. ..... is a closest star to the earth.
33. The free floating, tiny marine algae called phytoplankton are extremely important because they make how much of the world's oxygen.
34. Which gases contribute to the greenhouse effect?
35. Characteristic that allows a species to live successfully in its environment
36. Which of the following best describes the movement of nitrogen between reservoirs in the process of assimilation?
37. Which macromolecule is composed of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus
38. There are only cirrus clouds in the sky today.
39. What is a characteristic of renewable resources?
40. Which of the following statements is TRUE of nonmetallic minerals?
41. Evaporites most commonly form in
42. What is the name of this animal that is NOT native to Georgia?
43. What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?
44. Which accurately describes the process stars use to convert matter into energy?
45. What do smart grid systems optimize?
46. Immigrants to neighboring countries due to war, famine, or natural disasters
47. Scientists have discovered the fossils of tropical organisms in Antarctica. How could these organisms have survived on Antarctica in the past?
48. Another term for producer
49. Which of the following statements best describes the process of science?
50. Which of these is in both the carbon cycle AND the phosphorous cycle?
51. How many surveys did they release
52. Which of the following is NOT true about fossil fuels?
53. Formula to determine an Ecological Deficit or Reserve
54. The main difference between the water cycle and all the other biogeochemical cycles is that water .....
55. What do you call the non-living parts of an environment?
56. What does the Endangered Species Act do?
57. What is the correct order of Earth's layer starting from the surface?
58. The northern United States and Southern Cnanada are characterized by forest of deciduous trees that lose their leaves in winter and coniferous trees that are evergreens. This area is a transition between which 2 major biomes?
59. Which of the following is NOT related to biodiversity?
60. All the biotic and abiotic things with which organisms interact is called .....
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