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Environmental Sciences Quiz 152 (60 MCQs)

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1. The mantle "flows" because of large differences in temperature from the bottom to the top, which create convection currents.
2. The scattering of light by colloids is called .....
3. Suburban areas have ..... public transportation than urban areas.
4. Which of the following is a population?
5. What does a marine biome have to have in order to be considered "marine" ?
6. The continuous movement of water from the earth into the atmosphere
7. Bacteria in landfills perform anaerobic respiration as they decompose materials very slowly. This process creates
8. Which continent will see the greatest decline in population over the next 50 years?
9. Removal of a forest or stand of trees, which are then used for nonforest purposes
10. What is the biggest problem with pollutants when they enter estuaries?
11. Grow medium is used in hydroponics and aquaponics in place of soil.
12. The remains of ancient organisms that changed into coal, oil, or natural gas.
13. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Sunlight
14. Tropical grasslands are also known as
15. The new house your parents are building is on a lot that contains a rare species of lizard. The individuals concerned about protecting this lizard would likely have what type of ethical worldview?
16. Where are the youngest rocks on Earth found?
17. This agency is managed by the US Department of Agriculture and manages the 155 National forests and 20 National grasslands.
18. Which of the following is something that can create new land?
19. ..... make their living by feeding of another organism.
20. Which word means "land based" ecosystem?
21. Which of these energy sources have no harmful byproducts?
22. Ocean, pond, lakes, and river systems are examples of ..... ecosystems.
23. Red soil is a type of soil that develops in a warm, temperate, moist climate under mixed forest
24. What do we call declining number and variety of the species in an area?
25. The water table is:
26. In general:Which industry is most affected by environmental damage?
27. Precipitation is considered acid if its pH is .....
28. By 2050 how many humans will be displaced by climate change?
29. Which of the following describes the term, "ecological footprint" ?
30. Water flows through permeable materials ..... than impermeable materials.
31. A ..... is the paper record upon which the seismic waves are recorded in a seismograph.
32. The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph wind, a high temperature of 52 degrees and a pressure of 720 mb. What three instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction?
33. What eats meat only?
34. Which of the following is a consequence of synthetic fertilizer usage?
35. People in developing nations are more likely than people in developed nations to die from
36. These ponds are permanent storage for the processed rock ore ('slurry') which contain sulphites.
37. Different ..... have different composition and contain whatever elements and gases were in the rock or rocks that melted.
38. Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by all of these ways EXCEPT .....
39. Exercise, improved health, brain function, creativity, sense of wonder are all benefits of?
40. Which of the following industries is the largest producer of primary air pollutants in the United States?
41. The Industrial Revolution .....
42. Predation and disease are all factors of
43. ..... includes all the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
44. Which revolution allowed people to live in one place, instead of living nomadically?
45. It is the study of how living things interact with each other and with the non living environment.
46. The solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle.
47. An explanation a scientist makes that is MOST LIKELY correct, but has not been 100% proven is called a .....
48. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted ..... the Sun in Summer.
49. What part of chlorofluorocarbons is destructive to ozone?
50. A Columbian tropical rainforest food chain includes the following set of feeding relationships:fig leaves $\rightarrow$ leaf cutter ants $\rightarrow$ anteater $\rightarrow$ jaguar Approximately how many pounds of ants would support one 300-pound adult jaguar?
51. Withdrawing freshwater from deep aquifers amounts to mining a nonrenewable resource.
52. Coal, Natural Gas and Oil are known as .....
53. The amount of energy that water takes to boil will change with the volume of water. What would you graph on the X axis for the above statement?
54. A chemical compound made up of one or more simple sugar e.g. bread, rice, pasta
55. What is the source of energy for all producers?
56. Area of land on the Earth's surface from which groundwater originates
57. Working together as a community to sustainably use resources.
58. Stratosphere:troposphere::
59. What is produced by a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell?
60. Areas that have widely scattered vegetation and receive very little rain
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