Environmental Sciences Quiz 130 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the product of Melting?
2. A local park in your city is home to several species of birds and insects. It also provides a place for people to exercise and relax. What type of ecosystem service does this park provide?
3. The majority of the sea ice is located
4. A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's surface.
5. What is the term for the measure of demands made by one person or group on global natural resources?
6. An atom that has a different number of neutrons than protons is called?
7. In an ecosystem, some plants may convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia through a process called
8. Biome with trees that lose their leaves to save water
9. Which of the following energy sources has the lowest negative environmental impacts?
10. True or false:As populations grow, the tragedy of the commons will become more of a problem.
11. Which of the following is NOT a list of steps in the carbon cycle?a. Combustion,
12. Which statement correctly defines wind?
13. Weeds growing in a recently burned patch of forest represent the first stage in
14. The 2016 International Children's Peace Prize nominee started talking at community events about the importance of protecting Canada's water at just 8 years old and has spoken before the UN General Assembly
15. A resource that can be used more than once
16. Before starting an investigation or lab procedure, you should
17. The biggest environmental problem is related to the Sun's rays and heating of the Earth. It's called: .....
18. Anything that occurs in nature that humans use or need is called a(n)
19. If we buy from local farmers, we are practicing sustainability at what level?
20. Which type of succession occurs on freshly formed on barren land?
21. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
22. Which of the following product is not obtained from animals?
23. Which biome would have the highest net primary production?
24. Below are the things that we need to do when an earthquake hits, except .....
25. Removal of which organism would affect all other organisms in the food web?
26. During the Precambrian period, how did the evolution of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria influence the Earth's climate?
27. Which are species that do not actually live in the habitat?
28. Each step of a food chain is called as
29. A chameleon altering its skin to blend in with the tree branch that it lives on is known as a ..... adaptation.
30. The coniferous forest is South of the tundra biome.
31. A. campaign B. balance C. methane D. carbon
32. One or more equations that represents the way a system or process works.
33. The oceans make up 70% of Earth's surface. They regulate the overall temperature of the earth by absorbing a great deal of solar energy and heating up slowly. What is true about the oceans' release of heat?
34. Which of the following is NOT a gas found in the atmosphere?
35. Another term for a consumer:
36. Programs that combine what is known about the atmosphere and oceans to simulate, imitate climate processes are called .....
37. A worldview that focuses on all ecological systems and the relationships among them would be considered .....
38. Genetic diversity in a population is important to an ecosystem because
39. What are organisms living on, near, or in the sediment of lakes called?
40. Limestone ridges built by tiny animals
41. When was the first Earth Day?
42. Which category of ecosystem services includes soil formation and nutrient cycle?
43. What is the process of plants taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen called?
44. In parasitism, this is the organism that is harmed.
45. What do you call ONE species all living in the same place?
46. Characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants and animal communities
47. Marshes, swamps, and bogs are examples of
48. Another word for a living thing is a:
49. What is the relationship between the Gulf Stream and the global conveyor belt?
50. The more bonds a molecule has, the more .....
51. The littoral zone of a pond or lake is:
52. The periodic table of elements is made up of different ..... ?
53. Sick-building syndrome is caused by ..... in a building.
54. The content of the soil, its depth and texture significantly influence agricultural activity
55. ..... is the joining of the nucleus of two atoms.
56. The process that begins when another community has been partially destroyed, but not all living things or organic matter in the soil.
57. This micronutrient is needed for animal muscles and brains to keep functioning.
58. Which of the following is not a method of disposing of hazardous waste?
59. What is environmental justice?
60. The following are pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions of which type of energy? Radioactive waste Emissions from uranium mining