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Environmental Sciences Quiz 180 (60 MCQs)

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1. Groundwater is found underground in the zone of
2. Which component of the Earth's ecosystem includes all the living organisms on the planet?
3. ..... gases in the atmosphere, including ....., trap radiated heat and help maintain surface air temperature.
4. Which of Earth's Spheres includes all of the rocks and minerals that make up the Earth plus the interior of the Earth
5. Which of these is not a renewable resource
6. ..... is a term that describes the number and variety of species that live in an area.
7. Where did the hole in the ozone layer form?
8. Which of these is NOT one of the 3 main stages of human history?
9. Ocean's cover what percent of the Earth's surface?
10. Rain coats and gum boots are used in season
11. Energy from sources that are constantly being made is called?
12. In an ecosystem, abiotic factors include-
13. What is the sphere that surrounds Earth by a mixture of gases such as nitrogen and oxygen?
14. When is a substance called a limiting nutrient?
15. The water in an estuary is
16. Which energy source uses organic matter such as wood, corn, and soybeans to generate power?
17. The major downside to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is that
18. Any area where surface water soaks into the ground and reaches the aquifer below
19. THE VECHICLES THAT DOES NOT USE FUEL?
20. On the pH scale higher numbers indicate
21. All living things need ..... and ..... factors to survive.
22. What is the 2nd layer of the atmosphere?
23. You are collecting information on the number of moose in a particular location, so you put out a motion-activated game camera to capture pictures of the moose that pass. When you are finished, you tally the number of moose photographed per day. What type of information is this?
24. When the media puts certain stories on the front page of the newspaper, or show certain news stories first, it is bias by
25. What year was the EPA created?
26. We use the Ph scale to measure how acidic or basic something is.
27. Once theory has been tested thoroughly and is accepted, it becomes a scientific law
28. Reasons for preserving biodiversity include all of the following except
29. Besides the risk of vehicular collisions, how else do roads harm wildlife?
30. What is the name of the treaty nations signed to try to reverse the effect of CFC's on the ozone layer?
31. What is a characteristic of a stable environment?
32. Which type of radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer?
33. WHO IS KNOWN AS WATER MAN OF INDIA
34. Pollination, decomposition, seed dispersal, and water purification are examples of?
35. What were the two major booms in human population?
36. How is fresh water used in industry?
37. In recent years what has happened to our human population?
38. Examples for renewable resources
39. The scientific method can best be described as
40. We can use our stomach to breathe.
41. Carrot is a ..... of a plant.
42. Which of the follwoing statements about the nitrogen cycle is not true?
43. A diorama is an example of a ..... model.
44. Identify the kingdom ..... Multicellular organism with cell walls made of chitin found growing on a decomposing manure pile.
45. What do you call a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits, and the other species is unaffected (in other words, it is neither helped, nor harmed)?
46. What is water vapor?
47. The Earth uses this method to constantly recycle rocks.
48. "Providing the present needs of current people in ways that don't jeopardize the needs of future people" best describes what term?
49. Drivers must drive on the ..... side of the road.
50. Urban areas tend to have more opportunities for
51. Genetic variation:
52. The dog's name in The Biggest Little Farm was .....
53. When a plant is eaten by a caterpillar and the caterpillar is eaten by a frog, and the frog is eaten by a snake, the snake belongs to
54. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the sound we hear and can cause stress or hearing loss?
55. One type of organism is responsible for "fixing" nitrogen or helping to put it in a form so other living things can use it. That organism is
56. Sponge-like formations of rock, sand, or gravel that hold water under Earth's surface
57. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
58. Releases hydrogen in an aqueous solution.
59. Using materials in a manner that maintains them for long term is said to be a ..... way of using our resources.
60. Water is called the ..... because it can dissolve more substance than any other liquid.
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