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Environmental Sciences Quiz 136 (60 MCQs)

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1. In 1917 an act was passed that allowed us to establish vocational agricultural courses in high schools across the US
2. The process in nature where organisms better suited to their environment survive and produce more offspring.
3. Which type of mining would most likely be used if a resource is concentrated in deep pockets in ground that is safe for tunneling?
4. What is a relationships between an organism or population and abiotic factors
5. Tectonic plates moving apart form what kind of plate boundary?
6. Very large land masses are known as .....
7. How much is in the form of freshwater?
8. The threat to biodiversity that occurs when the homes of different species are destroyed
9. When a volume of air contains as much water vapor as it can at a given temperature is called .....
10. An organelle in plant and algae cells that converts energy from sunlight into chemical energy that the plant can use
11. ..... is another word for farming.
12. Individuals living in the zone of intolerance will .....
13. Populations of different species living in a particular place potentially interacting with each other.
14. Out of these options, which is a pioneer species?
15. Approximately what percentage of Earth's water is freshwater?
16. An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
17. The process of making nitrites and nitrates is .....
18. Which of these is a soil conservation practice?
19. The ..... is the layer of the biosphere where water exists on the surface, in the ground, and in the air, as Water vapor
20. What is the very next thing that happens after plants die in eutrophication?
21. What are the end products of photosynthesis?
22. Which of the following is an effect of globalization on the environment?
23. In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond to compare the algae growth to a pond that does not receive fertilizer. The input of fertilizer would represent a(n)
24. An endangered species is best described as any species that .....
25. Which component of soil makes up about 45% of its composition?
26. This type of wetland has water from several sources, submerged soil, dominant vegetation are trees and tall shrubs, nutrients are moderate in soil/water, the peat is wood rich and groundwater is mostly below the surface.
27. The difference between a point source and a nonpoint source of water pollution is:
28. Which of the following does a bacteria cell NOT have in common with a plant cell?
29. What is a benefit of the agricultural revolution?
30. If there is broken glass tell a teacher immediately so they can clean it up. Never touch broken glass.
31. Is the following statement true or false? "Mineral resources are renewable natural resources"
32. Where is the independent variable placed on a graph?
33. More than 24, 000 kilometers (15, 000 miles) of 1500 ..... have been converted to trails for walking, jogging, and biking.
34. Rain, sleet, snow or hail that has condensed from water vapor in the atmosphere and returns to the Earth's surface.
35. ..... is the variety of organisms in a given area, the genetic variation within a population, the variety of species in a community, or the variety of communities in an ecosystem.
36. In which main layer of Earth's atmosphere does most weather occur?
37. ..... is the water that collects in spaces and soil UNDERGROUND.
38. The Clean Water Act was created
39. Which graph correctly represents the pattern ofhuman population growth over the past 5000years?
40. Earth is a closed system with nothing entering or leaving
41. Your neighbor believes that the height of a person determines how much food they eat. He measured how many ounces of food people ate who were 4 feet tall, 5 feet tall, and six feet tall? What is the dependent variable?
42. An example of the 1st law of thermodynamics occurs when solar energy is converted into chemical energy which process during?
43. An organism eats berries and fish. It is a .....
44. What does A show?
45. When plates meet and slip and slide on each other, they are called
46. Most biomes tend to be at the same .....
47. Where does most of the fresh water we use come from?
48. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the Earth's solid outer layer, including soil and rocks
49. Non-renewable or Renewable:Wood
50. Internal combustion engines are run on
51. What happens to plastic that has broken into smaller pieces?
52. Listing both the benefit and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of a(n)
53. ..... is Established under MAB Programme of UNESCO
54. Match the Definition:A natural environment or area in which an organism lives.
55. This theory states that Earth's plates move on top of the mantle at a slow and constant rate due to convection currents
56. Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
57. UNDERSTANDING If the exponent is a negative number .....
58. CAUSES DISEASE-NO NUCLEUS
59. Which statement about changes in scientific thought is correct?
60. A comparison of what will be sacrificed and gained
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