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Environmental Sciences Quiz 145 (60 MCQs)

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1. Below are the human activities that cause the environmental changes, except .....
2. A secondary pollutant
3. Tsunamis are caused by .....
4. Minamata disease was first detected in ..... ?
5. The number and variety of a species that live in a given area is the .....
6. The easy way to pick out an experiments responding (DV) variable is to look for:
7. Species are threatened asforests and other habitats are cleared andpolluted.
8. All the water on, in, and surrounding the earth
9. The major source of noise pollution worldwide is due to:
10. How does the air move in a land breeze?
11. All organisms that cannot swim actively in open water, they are consumed by other living creatures
12. A species is considered endangered if it .....
13. A method for studying the natural world is .....
14. Temperature inversions can create
15. Cellular Respiration is a chemical reaction in which living organisms take in oxygen and glucose (sugar) from the environment and are converted to carbon dioxide, water, and ATP (energy). These products are then later outputted to the external environment. This is an example of a:
16. Which fossil fuel can be stored underground until use or transported through pipelines and liquefied?
17. The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
18. In a rain forest, plants called THIS use the entire surface of a tree as a place to live.
19. Which sector of the US uses the majority of energy resources?
20. A social movement advocating for protection of the natural environment.
21. A factor that responds to the changes the experimenter makes on the y-axis of a graph
22. The long term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region
23. Fishermen have harvested certain fish to the point where the population of that fish is decreasing. This level of direct harvesting could cause
24. Oceans are responsible for 40% of all photosynthesis that occurs on Earth
25. Canada has one of the largest estuaries in the world
26. What is one human action that may have caused global ozone depletion?
27. Which of the following is NOT one of the three types or levels of biodiversity?
28. Which biome is found on the mountain above the tree line?
29. What does climate mean?
30. How many periods is US Environmental Policy divided?
31. Which scenario is most likely to be a direct impact of a growing human population on the environment?
32. When you heard loud and unpleasant sound, you block your?
33. The? is the plastic (slowly flowing) layer made of solid rock in the mantle
34. This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
35. TRUE or FALSE?Each biome also has a characteristic set of organisms that are adapted to living there.
36. Potentially explosive or chemically reactive
37. What causes an Earthquake?
38. Is the following statement true or false? "Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world"
39. What is the estimated temperature of Earth's core?
40. A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
41. How do pioneer species compare in primary and secondary succession?
42. Most geologically active region on the earth occurs where?
43. Which among the following can feed on deers?
44. All of the following disciplines are major contributors to the field of environmental science EXCEPT
45. Organisms with differences/variations that are helpful will .....
46. What is an example of nonpoint source pollution?
47. ..... science is the interdisciplinary field that includes both scientific and social aspects of human impact on the world
48. Which career helps the environment by studying insects? These professionals are utilized heavily with development of foods, medicines, chemical pesticides and speciation.
49. The rapid growth of algae in bodies of water produces a condition called .....
50. Forests composed mainly of indigenous trees not deliberately planted
51. Relationships in which one organism lives inside or on another organism and harms it are called:
52. How do plants remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
53. Is the science by which matter and energy are made useful to humans in structures, machines, and products.
54. By the end of the century how many degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature on Earth expected to increase? (prediction)
55. During the industrial revolution, the population grew in what type of area?
56. In order to fix the pollution on the Tijuana River, the United States needs to .....
57. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as being regulated?
58. The study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and social sciences is known as
59. Which devices trap suspended particles in air by spraying water and other liquids?
60. An organism that gets its energy requirements by consuming other organisms is known as a/an
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