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Environmental Sciences Quiz 164 (60 MCQs)

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1. The Earth Summit was
2. In which step of the nitrogen cycle do plants absorb nitrogen?
3. Vehicles and industries are the two main sources of pollution in
4. When done cutting up vegetables in the kitchen, the way to have the least impact on the environment and local ecosystems is to:
5. Include high levels of diversity and specialized organisms which create buffers for river and stream preservation
6. Gathering information, considering values, exploring consequences & making decisions are all part of the
7. The carrying capacity of an area refers to the amount of buildings it can support
8. A change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next is known as .....
9. How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
10. Carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compounds are.....
11. What level of biodiversity is most commonly equated with the overall concept of biodiversity?
12. The systematic removal of rock or other substance for financial gain.
13. Ques. No 3. Water sphere" that includes all the water of the earth system is known as .....
14. What is caused when the tectonic plates slip?
15. What does the term ecological footprint mean?
16. A scientific ..... is a broad explanation for events that is widely supported and accepted as true.
17. ..... :harvesting of trees before they have reached maturity.
18. Producers are organisms that eat other organisms or their products.
19. The one thing that is changed in an experiment. *Can only have 1
20. Forms when small pieces of magma are ejected into the air then fall back to Earth and pile up around a vent
21. Solar, wind, and geothermal energy are all examples of .....
22. Which layer contains the ionosphere, a layer of charged particles, that interact with solar winds to cause the auroras?
23. What is the content of our atmosphere?
24. The "Tragedy of the commons" describes the problem between
25. This type of experiment is conducted in a laboratory setting.
26. Pollution that has a known single source is
27. You can tell an area on a contour map has a steep slope because
28. Glaciers are part of which sphere?
29. Air in the atmosphere is 78%
30. Other instances of unregulated resource consumption. Tragedy of the Commons examples
31. What percent of insect pollination are bees responsible for?
32. Rain soaks into the ground
33. What is the study of how humans interact with the environment and vice versa
34. The term to describe how water in plants enters the atmosphere
35. Trees nicknamed evergreen
36. Humans would be classified as:
37. Photochemical smog results from the interaction of ..... in the presence of .....
38. A forest fire will prompt ..... The ecosystem will experience regrowth from remaining soil.
39. Symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected
40. Which of the following is an example of a mutualistic relationship?
41. Which has been regulated in an attempt to reduce the depletion of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere?
42. Don't have to pay taxes if green choices are made
43. The largest area of old-growth forest in the world is located in
44. What type of plate boundary give rise to the ocean trench?
45. ..... exist in the coastal areas of northern California, Oregon, and British Columbia.
46. The place where animals receive protection is called .....
47. Which type of forest is found in the Northern islands in the Bahamas?
48. What is an example of a limiting factor that is caused by the environment?
49. Which is an example of a CHANGE in the interaction of the hydrosphere (water) and geosphere (land)?
50. A lava lamp with putty which heats, flows to the top, cools, then flows to the bottom is an example of:
51. Many agencies have been created to enforce regulations. For example, the ..... enforces the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
52. What caused fossil fuel use to increase dramatically in the 1800s?
53. Organisms, like bacteria and earthworms, that break down dead organisms are called
54. A subject that covers multiple fields of study
55. Which of the following offers the greatest conservation of water?
56. Which observation is quantitative?
57. Ques. No 5. The study of the population is called .....
58. In his essay, "The Tragedy of the Commons", one factor that Garrett Hardin failed to consider was
59. This microscope makes 3D images of a sample
60. Water that has been used by people in some way
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