Environmental Sciences Quiz 201 (60 MCQs)

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1. The area of land that is drained by a river systemgroundwaterwater that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
2. On a climatogram the LINE part of the graph represents ..... and the BAR part of the graph represents .....
3. How does eating less meat help the environment?
4. As part of the ....., plants use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen into the atmosphere.
5. Where rivers flow into the ocean, mixing freshwater with saltwater, brackish ecosystems occur which are called
6. Accurate measurements
7. Which of the following is not a reason why rain forests are cleared?
8. Sundar Lal Bahuguna is associated with
9. Which of the following is NOT an example of a sustainable resource?
10. Developed countries have:
11. Is the systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding about it
12. I am a huge bird. My eyes are bigger than my brain. I am an .....
13. Tragedy of the Commons results in what type of ownership?
14. Sicyopus cebuensis is declared as extinct by DENR (2015), was first documented in Naga, River in 1998 by Chen and Shao. Type of Goby fish that is considered to be one of the smallest in the world. The fish thrive in?
15. What is the biocapacity for the United States?
16. A home is built with clear glass panels that allow sunlight to pass through. This is an example of
17. Oil and natural gas result from the decay of ..... that accumulated on the ocean floor.
18. Which sense organ helps us to smell flowers?
19. Why are autotrophs the base of all food chains and energy pyramids?
20. What element is often used as a power source of nuclear energy?
21. Which type of coal is formed from exposure to the lowest temperatures and pressures?
22. Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of a hypothesis?
23. When you examine a scientific value in making an environmental decision, you
24. Vegetation slowly returns after a woodland was destroyed by fire. This is an example of
25. A Living thing in the environment that belongs to a species.
26. Result in stabilization of a system
27. Which of the below is an example of renewable energy?
28. Sea stars live in saltwater ecosystems. Some species live in shallow tidal pools, while others live in the deepest parts of the oceans. This is a description of the ..... of sea stars.
29. The law that describes the relationship between an item's availability and its value is .....
30. Has frozen soil called permafrost
31. Name the part that help you breathe .....
32. UV rays stand for
33. One of the most important characteristics of a hypothesis is that it is:
34. Scientific theories do not change once they have been written down.
35. The following are advantages of which type of energy? Emits no CO2 Offers independence from imported oil High energy density, ample supply
36. What is the majority of food made from?
37. Ecology is the study of both types of interactions.
38. Where are denitrifying bacteria found?
39. Global populations contribute to which of the following?
40. The pieces that compose the lithosphere
41. The manipulated variable in an experiment
42. What is the Earth's densest layer?
43. Fertilizers have the potential to interfere with the balance of an ecosystem because
44. The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment is .....
45. Examples of conventional type of renewable resources may be
46. Scientists often use ..... to generate predictions when they cannot observe a phenomenon directly.
47. Air Temperature is measured with a .....
48. Susan said, "If I fertilize my geranium plants, then they will blossom." Which step of the scientific method is this?
49. The process of obtaining information by using the senses; the information obtained by using the senses
50. Smelting is a process used during
51. Which are the three DRY climate biomes?
52. Do plant cells have both, chloroplasts and mitochondria?
53. Ozone is a type of toxic chemical
54. What is an infrared radiation?
55. In some years, the month of February has 29 days instead of 28 days. Why is it necessary to sometimes add a day to the calendar?
56. Why do people in suburban areas have worse health than those in urban areas?
57. Species likely to become endangered if protective measures are not taken immediately
58. ..... :collecting of trees after they have matured.
59. An observation is NOT based on our 5 senses.
60. Which of the following items has the highest albedo?