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Environmental Sciences Quiz 177 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following can water NOT dissolve?
2. How are trees beneficial to climate?
3. The stem of a leaf can also be called?
4. Which gas is produced at landfills?
5. Under water, photosynthesis by aquatic plants and phytoplankton is mostly limited by the amount of ..... available.
6. Simple organisms colonize the barren lava produced by a volcanic eruption. This is an example of
7. What type of succession occurs after a natural process such as an effusive volcanic eruption?
8. Is the transfer of thermal energy through the movement of a liquid or gas.
9. What type of water is found in oceans and seas?
10. What are the two main types of freshwater wetlands?
11. An interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, environmental problems, human impacts on the environment and the solution of environmental problems.
12. The major gas in "natural gas" is
13. Which of the following organisms would you find in a Littoral Zone
14. What could be happening if a macroinvertebrate no longer lives in a stream?
15. Climates are classified according to which two major factors?
16. When is it safe to cross at a zebra crossing?
17. Which of the following phrases describes the term biodiversity?
18. ..... is a secondary air pollutant that forms when NOx and VOCs react with heat and sunlight
19. What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?
20. Which of these is NOT a cause of habitat loss?
21. What is a tree plantation?
22. It is okay to taste material used in labs.
23. Which of the following is not a sphere of Earth
24. The most appropriate use of rain water harvesting is
25. What is the main benefit of using wind turbines to generate electricity?
26. The eastern USA is primarily what type of biome?
27. Extrusive rock is formed .....
28. Genetic diversity is coded by genetic information and includes how the same species can vary in colors.
29. What growth model has an J-shaped curve?
30. Is the assessment right or wrong? "Forest resources are considered the earth's giant natural CO2 absorber"
31. ..... is a substance inside a plant's cell that gives leaves their green color.
32. The removal of soil by water, wind, ice or gravity
33. When plants take up groundwater, what does the term evapotranspire mean?
34. Association used to study a subject when using an experiment is impossible or unethical is a(n)
35. Weather is a region's A) long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions B) number of seasonal daylight hours C) atmospheric conditions on a given day D) lack of ocean currents
36. What is a positive feedback system?
37. Which factor has the greatest influence on beach erosion in a hurricane?
38. What is the most important function of pioneer species?
39. Groundwater is the water found in the ground.
40. Increased carbon dioxide levels, agal blooms, and rising sea levels are all potential problems associated with
41. Single, identifiable source from which pollutants are discharged
42. What is the order of the layers of the geosphere when starting from Earth's center and moving outward?
43. Who is responsible for overseeing and managing logging operations?
44. "Organisms that have moved to a location that does not naturally support them."
45. Which best explains how livestock farming contributes to global warming? Animals .....
46. Which organism below is an invertebrate?
47. Which of the following represents ozone gas molecule:
48. Which is a chemical indicator of soil quality?
49. Is a human considered abiotic or biotic?
50. When a plant is eaten by a grasshopper, the grasshopper is called
51. A negatively charged subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom
52. What layer is a shell of liquid iron nickel that creates the Earth's magnetic field?
53. The organism that a predator feeds on is often referred to as .....
54. A process for producing empirical knowledge by observing natural phenomena
55. Which is not part of correcting sick building syndrome
56. Pollutants that are NOT broken down by natural processors are .....
57. If an island is closer to the mainland, how will this impact the biodiversity?
58. Changing a gas to a liquid is called
59. How can global warming cause sea levels to rise? Choose the best answer.
60. Describes how many individuals of different ages make up a population
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