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Environmental Sciences Quiz 203 (60 MCQs)

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1. The temperate forest comprises mostly broad-leaved and deciduous trees-trees that shed their leaves during autumn.
2. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Carrots
3. Electrons are not included in the weight of an atom because
4. Since the Cretaceous-Paleocene extinction what classification of life has evolved most successfully to dominate niches within the food web?
5. What is happening to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
6. How many tons of trash is dumped into the ocean every year?
7. Nuclear reactors produce energy through the process of
8. Why do hikers put thick clothes when climbing a high mountain?
9. Which of the following is not one of the layers of Earth's geosphere?
10. Winter Solstice is
11. Which is not a layer of the atmosphere
12. One of the following mineral properties can be determined by observing, rather than doing something to a sample.
13. Which type of succession takes place following a major disturbance, such as a fire or flood.
14. The amount of land and water that individuals use to meet their resource needs and absorb the waste that they produce.
15. Herbivores are referred to as ..... consumer.
16. The ..... the human population, the ..... the amount of resources being used.
17. ..... is a possible consequence to humans from a thinning ozone layer.
18. When was the first news of the ozone hole first published?
19. Without detritivores and decomposers dead organisms would break down in other ways.
20. Which of the following best describes the effect of a mountain range on the climate of a region?
21. We are in the middle of a honeybee crisis; they are dying at a rapid rate
22. About ..... % of the solar energy received at the top of the atmosphere passes through to the earth's surface.
23. What is the original, and primary reservoir of inorganic phosphate (PO43-)in terrestrial ecosystems?
24. What happens to the amount of available energy in the pyramid as it moves up through the different levels?
25. Phenotypic plasticity is
26. As altitude increases, the air pressure
27. Advantage of landfills
28. Which statement about mass transit is true?
29. China, Brazil, Thailand, and Mexico
30. Which meaning goes with the Latin prefix Hydro-
31. The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the .....
32. Force = mass x gravity
33. A consumer that eats only plants is called .....
34. 'listening to and understanding workplace information' is an example of which employability skill?
35. What happens to the density (thickness)/ air pressure of the air as you increase in altitude?
36. ..... is an undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms or by excessive wastes, heat, noise, or radiation.
37. Which process breaks down organic matter and adds it to soil?
38. Which is an example of how the atmosphere interacts with the hydrosphere?
39. What type of succession occurs after humans have restored an area after we messed it up?
40. One advantage of nuclear energy is that it does not produce any .....
41. Which device helps clean car exhaust
42. A row of trees planted to help block wind
43. The centre part of your leg that bends is called knee
44. Digestion begins fro which part .....
45. What is algal bloom?
46. Plants need ..... to survive.
47. A field called ....., the study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and social sciences
48. What is it called when energy is transferred from one organism to another through predation?
49. What happens after a scientist submits results for publication in a scientific journal?
50. What is the definition of environmental economics?
51. The process of removal of forests cover is known ad
52. The situation in the previous question (ground water resources are depleted) may cause farmers to make a decision as to whether they will stay in this farming profession or find a new career. This type of decision is primarily based on
53. What is migration away from an area?
54. Ecology was coined by
55. Flocculation is .....
56. Which of the following areas of the United States are considered biodiversity hotspots?
57. What's the full form of IUCN?
58. A collection of all the organisms that live in an area together with their nonliving environment is a(n)
59. A way of using natural resources at a rate that does not deplete them
60. The policies that focus on rewarding good behavior is which type of environmental policy?
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