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Environmental Sciences Quiz 207 (60 MCQs)

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1. How does the Sun power the water cycle?
2. The prefix "pseudo" means:
3. One of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid.
4. Which is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from human actions
5. Which of the following would occur if Earth were not tilted relative to the plane of its orbit?
6. In our plant experiment, which of these should be a constant?
7. The term Alpha biodiversity refers to
8. Biome without trees, where grasses and tough shrubs grow in the frozen soil; extends from the Arctic Circle to the North Pole.
9. Once in the atmosphere, CFCs
10. By examining ....., scientist can test predictions for situations in which it is impossible or unethical to use experiments.
11. Which steps are usually near the beginning of a scientific investigation?
12. What is the buildup of salts in the surface layers of soil?
13. Put something in a group or like items
14. Biome that is characterized by rainy seasons and long periods of drought.
15. Energy derived from the sun through nuclear fusion with hydrogen fuel
16. Which of the following lists the steps an igneous rock undergoes in order to become a sedimentary rock, in the correct order?
17. Water pollution can be caused by ALL the following EXCEPT
18. Peer scientists reviewing Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because
19. The raising of crops and livestock for food or for other products that are useful to humans
20. In an appropriately designed experiment, a scientist is able to test the effect of
21. What type of succession would occur after a flood and or earthquake?
22. A is the prefix that means .....
23. ..... economics agrees that economies are unsustainable if resource use is not made more efficient.
24. What is bitumen?
25. At this nuclear accident a valve accidentally shut and stopped feed water from cooling the reactor core.
26. What is moving from one place to another?
27. Which mineral has the distinctive property of reactivity to acid?
28. Oxide In industry, X is used as a wood pulp bleaching agent and to produce sulfuric acid. The formula for X is
29. Thermal energy ALWAYS moves from ..... to .....
30. A shift from energy sources, such as animal muscle and running water to fossil fuels, such as coal and oil.
31. This variable is the data that is collected during the experiment. It is what is measured. If the independent variable is the cause, this is the effect.
32. When experiments are impossible or unethical predictions are tested by looking at .....
33. Greenhouse gases trap heat and raise the atmosphere's average temperature.
34. What is the largest biome on Earth?
35. You can see statistics were?
36. You set up an experiment to see if the color of a bird feeder effects how many birds visit it to eat. Which of the following is a possible control?
37. The preservation ethic says that we should protect our environment in a pristine, unaltered state
38. Deforestation is the replanting of forest trees
39. Why is net primary productivity highest in the photic zone of aquatic ecosystems?
40. Examples of non-renewable energy are
41. Which of these is a large reservoir of nitrogen that is unusable by most organisms?
42. What effects does global climate change have on the water cycle?
43. A goal of Environmental Science ▪ Understand how animals actions impact the environment and how we can change negative effects.
44. Open pit used to mine materials near the surface
45. Goods that come from natural resources that ecosystems carry out that have financial value to humans
46. A severe storm that involves winds over 119mph and forms over water is:
47. Which kind of organism obtains energy only from producers?
48. Hurricanes move in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres due to .....
49. Which is the most important reason for maintaining clean water?
50. What type of consumer only eats animals?
51. Which type of food we should eat?
52. Houston is an example of a sustainable city.
53. Smoke coming out of a smokes stack is an example of what?
54. Which is NOT included in the key themes in Education for Sustainable Development.
55. How does the human body return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
56. Which layer of the atmosphere am I? I start at the Earth's surface and extend upward about 12 miles.
57. Who were the native habitants on Easter Island?
58. Which of the following is an example of fossils that can be used as climate data?
59. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, result in air pollution. What could be an outcome if the amount of smoke released is not regulated?
60. Which species have been reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park to balance out the ecosystem and increase biodiversity?
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