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Environmental Sciences Quiz 186 (60 MCQs)

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1. In the United States, most people live in ..... areas.
2. An area where freshwater feeds into saltwater.
3. Which was the first book that helped the public become more environmentally aware?
4. When all the resources are used and no more resources such as space or food are available, a ..... must stop growing.
5. What are the 3 key ingredients needed for photosynthesis
6. In which layer do virtually all-weather phenomena take place?
7. Which best describes the ozone layer?
8. In parasitism, this is the organism that benefits.
9. Which of these is a biotic factor
10. Which of the following does not produce carbon dioxide?
11. Why is it that Africa's population is set to explode in the next 50 years?
12. In ..... countries, millions of people are starving.
13. Earth is essentially a .....
14. Philippine Bare-backed fruit bat Dobsonia chapmaniwas recorded in Cebu and Negros only and thought to be extinct in Cebu when it was rediscovered in Mt. Kapayas Carmen, Cebu in 2001 and is currently declared as ..... endangered bat species.
15. Recent increases in acid deposition in the western United States are due to
16. Flooding of habitats, disruption of ecosystems downstream, and reduced productivity of farmland are disadvantages of
17. If too much fertilizer is used, runoff can occur. If this excess fertilizer gets into an aquatic ecosystem, which of the following will happen?
18. While terrestrial biomes are shaped by air temperature and precipitation, aquatic systems are characterized by factors such as
19. Discuss the impact of climate change on wildlife and their habitats.
20. The layer of the atmosphere in which weather change occurs is the
21. Define Lithosphere:
22. You can change the settings on your platform by .....
23. Area of land covered by water that is drained by a river.
24. Which of the following is a primary cause of acid rain?
25. What substance was discovered when Joseph Priestly performed the mouse in a jar experiment?
26. Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
27. Explain why the rock sandstone contains water.
28. Preserves natural resources forfuture generations
29. This includes living plants and animals on Earth.
30. What is being tested in an experiment?
31. Which of the following would cause the greatest increase on your ecological footprint?
32. Which things help the birds to fly?
33. Doubling time can be calculated using which formula?
34. A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called
35. When we look at the sun, what layer are we viewing?
36. When succession occurs on a new volcanic island or land created by a lava flow, its called?
37. Clothes we wear in winter
38. What is the correct spelling of .....
39. Which describes and "Extinct Species"
40. The atmospheric layer that humans live in is known as the .....
41. What type of energy is being used when cars and trucks are powered by ethanol?
42. Which organisms act as a bridge between the nitrogen in the atmosphere and the nitrogen on land?
43. Layers of the atmosphere include
44. Where is the main site of photosynthesis on a plant?
45. Which biome is characterized by plants whose leaves drop off in the winter time?
46. Eco:.....::logy:.....
47. Which elements are in fertilizer?
48. The primary source of CH4 emissions is .....
49. A widely accepted and well tested explanation of one or more cause and effect relationships that has been extensively validated by a large amount of research. In science, a theory is not speculation or a hypothesis
50. Which of these global warming mitigation strategies would be classified as geoengineering?
51. Lower death rates
52. What are the two types of continental margins?
53. ..... is a type of urban agriculture that is helping to provide locally grown food to people in cities without the requirement of additional land.
54. About ..... percent of all the water on Earth is in the form of salt water.
55. How does increasing nitrates impact stream health
56. All of the following is true about a niche generalist EXCEPT
57. What do you call the process of drilling and injecting fluid into a ground at a high pressure in order to break or fracture the shale rocks to release natural gas inside?
58. What is the process by which rock is broken down into smaller particles by exposure to the elements?
59. Developed Countries have a high Human Development Index (HDI) as compared to Developing Countries.
60. What age group has the greatest sensitivity?
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