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Environmental Sciences Quiz 172 (60 MCQs)

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1. An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals without the need for internal digestion
2. Septic tank leaking and contaminating groundwater.
3. Explains something we see in the natural world that has been verified through repeated experiments or testing.
4. PAGASA:weather:; PHIVOLCS: .....
5. True or False:Lichens convert carbohydrates into fossil fuels.
6. What Is Arable Land?
7. Carbon-containing fuels, or fossil fuels, formed millions of years ago from the remains of
8. Urban areas having higher than average temperatures than surrounding rural areas due to absorption and retention of passive solar energy are known as
9. The layer beneath the topsoil that is frozen.
10. A possible consequence to humans from a thinning ozone layer
11. Land used to graze livestock and wildlife
12. In a landfill leachate forms over time. What is leachate?
13. ..... is any waste that is a risk to the health of humans or other living things.
14. According to the food web, which of these is an omnivore?
15. Production of fossil fuels from shale rock has a lower net energy yield than does the fossil fuel produced from conventional oil deposits.
16. Coniferous trees are .....
17. How do plant roots respond to their environment?
18. Which of the following is not an example of biotic resources?
19. How many mass extinctions have occurred on Earth?
20. Biological diversity can best be defined as
21. An explanation a scientist makes that we can test to see if it is true or not is a .....
22. What do you call the part of the investigation that should be the same in every investigation?
23. Which of these is NOT part of the hydrologic (Water) cycle?
24. ..... is essential for all plants and animals to survive because plants need it to synthesize chlorophyll during photosynthesis to make their food and energy.
25. What type of energy resource is solar power?
26. Where is Interview Island Wildlife Sanctuary?
27. What percentage of Earth's water supply is ocean water?
28. Which of these FOSSIL FUELS burns the cleanest?
29. ..... A decision-making process that involves using the results of risk assessment, weighing possible responses to the risk, and selecting appropriate actions to minimize or eliminate the risk.
30. Who converts N2 into a usable form?
31. Which of the following is not affected when soil is removed from a surface mine?
32. The 3rd largest desert in the world is the
33. Beautiful part of a plant.
34. ..... is the variety of different species, genetic variability among individuals within each species, variety of ecosystems, and functions such as energy flow and matter cycling needed for the survival of species and biological communities.
35. Particles of carbon that enter the air when wood or coal are burned are called .....
36. When you cut your skin, platelets stick to the wound opening and send signals out that more are needed to close the wound. This leads to more platelets being brought to the injury site. Which type of feedback is this?
37. This sphere contains all Earth's water in the ground, on the surface and the air
38. Freshwater ecosystem
39. Hardin's essay "Tragedy of the Commons" addressed conflicts related to .....
40. The atmospheric gases in the greenhouse effect help-
41. Which activity would reduce human sources of greenhouse gases?
42. The biosphere includes
43. What decision was eventually made regarding Hetch Hetchy?
44. Which type of engineer is vital during the design process and often works with architects to make sure that their design visions can become a reality? This engineer can help design structures such as buildings and roads or roller coasters and bridges (for example)
45. This atmospheric compound is critical to the planet in its protection against UV radiation, but when found close to the ground is part of photochemical smog that can cause serious health problems.
46. What is an item that cannot be recycled?
47. A molecule made up of three oxygen atoms
48. The mantle is .....
49. A student hypothesized that the amount of sunlight a palm tree receives determines the number of coconuts the tree produces. In their experiment, the number of coconuts produced is the .....
50. Why is soil an important natural resource?
51. Who is the largest purchaser of ground beef in the United States?
52. ..... is observed as 'World Meteorological Day'.
53. This layer of Earth's atmosphere contains nearly 90% of all of the atmospheric gasses.
54. Which percentage represents the amount of Earth's water that is found in oceans?
55. One rotation of Earth is equal to
56. Varying sizes and shapes of beaks on different Galapagos Islands occurred in finches over generations due to .....
57. What is ozone made up of?
58. To get an accurate result, a sample size must be
59. Law to clean up old brownfields
60. The smallest level of ecological organization consists of ONE living thing called an .....
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