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Environmental Sciences Quiz 176 (60 MCQs)

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1. The study of interrelationship between biotic and abiotic components and among biotic component is known as
2. Sand, gravel, and crushed rock
3. The result of an earthquake in the ocean is a .....
4. This leader encourages group members to participate, but retains the final say over the decision-making process.
5. What characteristics differentiated troposphere from the layers of atmosphere?
6. Explain the importance of wetlands in the environment.
7. What is land called that is suitable for farming?
8. What is immigration?
9. Emphysema, heart disease and lung cancer are ..... of air pollution.
10. The Hetch Hetchy dam construction was one of the first debates between the anthropocentrist and ecocentrist environmental philosophies. What decision was eventually made regarding the dam?
11. The release of water vapor from plants is called
12. A small bird lands on a hippo and eats the ticks off the hippo's back. This helps the bird by giving it an easy meal and helps the hippo by removing annoying pests from its skin. Which type of symbiotic relationship do the bird and hippo share?
13. Evidence of fertilizer use
14. The gradual increase in average global temperatures due to higher concentrations of gases is known as:
15. Taiga or great north woods
16. How many mass extinctions have happened BEFORE the current one?
17. What causes ocean trenches to form?
18. Strontium-90 has a half-life of 29 years. If a site held 2000 kg of this isotope, approximately what mass of Strontium-90 would be left after 116 years?
19. Photosynthesis and ..... are important processes in the carbon-oxygen cycle.
20. Species that normally lives and thrives in a particular area.
21. ..... is a tool that helps us create cost-effective ways to protect our health and the environment
22. Which of the following is not present in the air.
23. A carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things is called .....
24. When solar energy reaches Earth, it is in the form of
25. Dark, cooler than average regions on the Sun's surface are known as .....
26. What does an eco-footprint represent?
27. Which is true of parasitism?
28. The ..... is how an organism makes it's living.
29. What is the primary pollutant responsible for the secondary pollutant acid rain?
30. The amount of oxygen in the water, measured in parts per million (ppm)
31. A hole dug or drilled into the ground to provide a supply of water.
32. The ability of ecosystem to provide the necessities to allow an ecosystem to function.
33. Selects only favorable discoveries
34. What type of correlation is shown in the graph?
35. .... a noise, I turned around.
36. The rate at which water flows through the soil is called soil percolation or .....
37. There is a lot of ice in a ..... environment.
38. Large scale air pollution byburning fossil fuels creates global environmentalproblems including
39. ..... means "two lives."
40. Which of the following gases is an important greenhouse gas?
41. In a centrally planned economy, the government and individuals play a role in the direction the economy takes
42. When did the Clean Water Act pass?
43. If rain has a ph of 7, is it more basic or acidic?
44. The plastic bottle holds two liters of soda. Is this a Qualitative Observation or Quantitative Observation?
45. Siberian Tigers living on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains are separated from other mountain regions in which the tigers could live. The mountains are an example of a(n)
46. How does pollution affect the environment?
47. Biomes found up to 30 degrees north or south of the equator are often .....
48. In order to meet human needs, solutions need to:preserve ecosystem services, protect water/soil/climate, and help people meet their needs. These are characteristics of which of the following?
49. Coastal biome with a Mediterranean climate and low-lying vegetation.
50. Base on the diagram of four stages of a biological process and on your knowledge of succession, stage IV will persist until it is altered by
51. Area flooded with water at least part of the year
52. What concept highlights that the poor and minorities are often exposed to more pollution, hazards, and environmental degradation?
53. A group of interacting species along with their physical environment
54. What biome is highlighted here?
55. Which particle form bonds with other atoms?
56. These are traces of organisms that lived long ago.
57. What is a nonliving part of an ecosystem called?
58. It is produced when dimethyl sulfide reacts with oxygen.
59. ..... Any addition of matter or energy that degrades the environment for humans and other organisms.
60. The Earth provides humans with an unlimited amount of fossil fuels. They are considered renewable.
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