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Environmental Sciences Quiz 133 (60 MCQs)

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1. Sometimes when a bee pollinates a flower, this action is beneficial to humans. Bees are the main pollinators of many plants that humans eat, such as blueberries, potatoes, apples, celery, and strawberries. What are the benefits that humans receive from the ecosystem called?
2. Which of these form the upper limbs?
3. An example of a city that is not sustainable is
4. Pollutant that CAN be broken down
5. "Clear-Cutting" harvesting is when you only take one or two trees out of a stand?
6. How do you measure the data from an investigation?
7. What type of GDP shows the average level of wealth in a country?
8. Enforces Clear Air Act
9. What is the most Important part of a food chain?
10. What does EDGE species stand for?
11. The abundance of each species in an area is called
12. When you are using your 5 senses to gather facts and information, you are .....
13. True or false. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
14. Which term best describes two predators living in the same habitat who feed on the same prey?
15. Most of water's properties occur because it is (a)
16. The creation of large amounts of arid land as a result of over-farming or overgrazing is called:
17. A group of interacting populations is a(n)
18. Large windows on south side of building
19. What part of TAILS is missing from the above graph?
20. Everything in the universe is composed of energy and matter. Which one of these examples does not represent matter?
21. Invasive species like the lantern fly are annoying but do not really cause any environmental problems
22. How does pollution impact the water cycle?
23. During the carbon cycle, carbon in ocean reservoirs appears primarily as
24. What would be the most useful adaptation for a rabbit in the snow .....
25. Which is one cause for Global Warming we discussed today?
26. Which renewable resource gets its direct energy from the sun?
27. Where can we find micro-plastics?
28. Electric cars could reduce
29. Full form of GEF
30. Identify environmental factors that impact human health.
31. The independent variable is graphed on the
32. Cost-Benefit Analysis is .....
33. A lion, captures and eats other animals. What is he considered?
34. In which country is the average citizen likely to be using the greatest amount of natural resources?
35. What is the benefit of electric bicycles (E-bikes)?
36. Tropical Savannas and Temperate Grasslands are both grasslands. What differentiates them is the fact that .....
37. A community's drinking water has been tested and determined to contain toxic levels of chemicals. There is no infrastructure in place and no plan by the leaders of the community to fix this health crisis. Which professional would be responsible for lobbying on behalf of the community members and leaders to higher government officials for funding and clean water distribution?
38. 🌍✨ Rohan is on a mission! He's determined to understand and tackle the challenge of soil erosion. Which scientific field should be his go-to guide?
39. What is causing the pollinator population to decline?
40. Comes from many different sources and can be more difficult to identify. An example would be a river polluted by runoff from any of the land in its watershed
41. ..... is the line in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0$^\circ$, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England.
42. The scientific study of natural environments.
43. A ..... is made up of different living organisms that are not all the same species.
44. The height of an object above sea level.
45. An abiotic factor of an environment includes
46. Which is considered biotic?
47. In predation, this is the organism that kills another organism.
48. "Climate" is driven by what?
49. About what percent of the Earth can actually be lived on? What percent is habitable?
50. What two things are required to turn decaying plant material into coal?
51. Which of these is NOT a way in which nitrogen may enter the soil?
52. Brown soils are associated with moderate organic matter levels and iron oxides.
53. Butterflies around the world are declining due to pollution, both in species evenness and species richness. What do we call such a species?
54. In a food web / food chain, what do you call an organism that makes its own food (typically through the process of photosynthesis)?
55. In temperate rain forests, trees such as cedars and spruces, which do not lose their leaves at any time of year, are called
56. Anthropocentrism describes a worldview in which all components of an ecosystem have value.
57. A hurricane could cause a bottleneck effect because
58. As water vapor rises, it enters into a colder atmosphere, causing the water to condense into liquid water and clouds are formed
59. Acid rain is associated with which geochemical cycle?
60. Environmental designers design structures to match the environment.
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