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Environmental Sciences Quiz 20 (60 MCQs)

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1. An area of land with a similar climate that includes similar plants and animals.
2. Possible long-term effect of air pollution
3. How many gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef?
4. It is the study of microorganisms
5. The transformation of landscapes into desert areas where plants and animals can hardly live, is called: .....
6. Living Factors that affect living organisms in an ecosystem
7. Vitex parviflora
8. Where is Easter Island located?
9. Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
10. Which of these is not an example of carbon sequestration?
11. Results published in ..... are the most respected in science because they have passed through a rigorous evaluation process involving feedback from multiple source.
12. Environmental organization, from least to most, might be listed as
13. In aquaponics, plants provide nitrogen for the fish.
14. Chemical reactions involving sunlight, air, car exhaust, and ozone cause which of the following to form?
15. What process is most responsible for the formation of new oceanic crust?
16. The boundary where new oceanic crust is formed
17. "Turbidity" is the measure of a body of water's .....
18. What are some ways to protect habitats and the organisms living in them?
19. In which situation are the atmosphere and geosphere interacting?
20. What does the chloriform count measure?
21. What type of energy comes from heat generated deep inside the earth from items like hot rocks, hot water and steam?
22. Which of the following might occur as a result of plastic trash accumulating in the ocean?
23. Where does the energy from an ecosystem come from?
24. Which biome has more salinity?
25. All the parts of Earth that life exists:water, land, atmosphere
26. Stopping excess ..... and runoff loaded with fertilizers, pesticides, or other pollutants is the most effective way to maintain a healthy pond or lake.
27. The organisms most likely to belong to the same species are
28. ..... are small floating or weak swimming protozoa and animals that feed on phytoplankton.
29. A region of transition between two biological communities.
30. A rock layer that stores & allows the flow of groundwater
31. The warm, top layer of ocean water
32. Which pollutant or pollutants are most likely to create eutrophic areas?
33. The major goal of environmental science is to:
34. ..... have reduced air pollution from internal combustion engines.
35. The study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment.
36. When we breathe in oxygen, the ..... is interacting with the .....
37. Which of the following would not be a consequence of a rise in global temperature?
38. Is the following concept true or false? "An aging population is when the number of people aged 60 or older accounts for 20% or more of the total population"
39. Often generates wastes that are more toxic than the original substance
40. Which of these contains steps in the right order?
41. Among the choices below, which best defines the word ecosystem?
42. Which of the following processes is a part of the rock cycle?
43. Industrial Revolution:Agricultural Revolution::
44. An earthquake of magnitude ..... would be 31.7 times stronger than an earthquake of magnitude 6.
45. In which layer of the atmosphere do we live and weather occurs?
46. Which is referred to as an ordinance of reason promulgated by for the common good by Him who is in charge, according to St. Augustine?
47. Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
48. A focus of environmental science NOT studied in ecology is the
49. A specific statement about what will happen if a hypothesis is true
50. In the respiration process, plants take in .....
51. Removing a mountaintop to reach the ore that lays underneath.
52. The ..... Revolution was characterized by a shift from human and animal power to fossil fuels.
53. Some prokaryotes developed a unique chemical process that allowed complex forms of life to develop. They were able to use sunlight to make simple sugars and oxygen out of water and carbon dioxide. The process is called
54. When the nuclei of certain isotopes (atoms) are unstable and spontaneously decompose, this is called .....
55. Why is the Simpson's diversity index useful?
56. When the animal dies, what do you call those organisms that break them down?
57. Who reviews articles for peer-review journals?
58. The nuclear fuel cycle has a low net energy yield.
59. What percentage of the Earth's Water is salt water?
60. If you conduct an experiment where you place 5 of the same red candies in different types of soda, all in the same amount of liquid and same type cups the indipendent variable is what?
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