Environmental Sciences Quiz 14 (25 MCQs)

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1. Weather occurs here

2. The place that contains everything an organism needs is its

3. Plants in this biome are adapted to poor soil, extreme temperatures and less than 25 centimeters of rainfall per year.

4. What is considered to the hardest type of coal?

5. During which period in human history were most of our modern environmental problems introduced?

6. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan played a leading role for which revolution?

7. The flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct contact is known as?

8. Warm water being discharged into a lake is what type of pollution?

9. Air pressure is lowest in which of the following places:

10. _____ can make up 4 percent of the atmosphere by volume percent by weight.

11. Define environmental science

12. How many KINGDOMS of life are there?

13. Hardins Tragedy of the commons essay addressed conflicts associated with which environmental challenge?

14. Producers are plants, which produce food through the process of.

15. Jacques Cousteau pioneered SCUBA technology and made many documentaries about underwater ecosystems. He was a very famous _____

16. Which of the following is studied in environmental science?

17. What type of vegetation would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that has remained undisturbed for 150 years?

18. Invasive species have a negative impact on _____

19. The process of burning fuels that releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

20. _____ of the population of the world is devoid of clean drinking water, in spite of abundance of water on the Earth.

21. Most of the current population growth is found in _____ countries

22. Which of the following would help forest communities to release their seeds, clear away deadwood, and encouraging new growth?

23. An example of a density dependent factor

24. What do herbivores eat?

25. What event in the mid-1700s significantly changed human population growth?