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Environmental Sciences Quiz 212 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which is a reason why renewable energy is NOT a primary energy source around the world?
2. This type of agriculture relies on human and animal labor.
3. The laws to protect resources in natural areas called for a National Park Service to " ..... " the scenery and other resources .....
4. Organisms that eat cows obtain less energy from the cows than the cow obtains from the plants they eat because the cows .....
5. Naturally formed much more slowly than we use them
6. Goods taken directly from ecosystems or made from their natural resources
7. The scientific method always involves asking a question
8. If an ecosystem changes, animals must
9. Rocks being eroded in a river. Which two spheres are these?
10. Most of Earth's weather occurs in the
11. What determines the types of animals that are able to live in a terrestrial biome?
12. Ecosystem boundaries are usually defined by easily identifiable changes in plant and animal life
13. Which country uses the least amount of energy per person?
14. Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it .....
15. People can reduce waste by using products that are
16. A Heterotroph is another name for a .....
17. Witch of these is not related to environmental science
18. Which is a natural indoor air pollulant
19. What is one property that may be used to distinguish metallic from nonmetallic minerals?
20. A large amount of the world's drinking water comes from desalination.
21. Water flowing over the land, carrying nutrients and pollution as it drains into larger rivers and the ocean is called
22. What unit do scientist use to record the mass of a solid?
23. How might two lithospheric plates interact with each other?I. They can collide with each other.II. One plate may slide under another plate.III. They can slide past each other.
24. When water falls from the sky and makes its way back to a river or an ocean
25. It's okay to change the directions of an experiment without asking the teacher.
26. Cells, Tissues, Oragns, Systems Of Organs, ....., Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere
27. Smart growth encourages building .....
28. During the 21st century, what are the main environmental factors?
29. The gradual downward flow of water that soaks into surface
30. Any form of water that falls in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail is considered to be .....
31. Which of the following correctly lists the levels of biological organization from LEAST complex to MOST complex?
32. The layer of leaves that blocks most of the sunlight from reaching the ground is
33. The ..... is made of ALL the rock at and below the Earth's surface.
34. Fish dying when the pH goes too high are an example of:
35. Name the species interaction:A decorator crab camouflages itself with sponges. Sponges are unaffected.
36. In the water cycle, the process of plants losing water through their leaves is called .....
37. What are some natural solutions for climate change issues?
38. What type of data would be required to show that the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels for energy can be reduced by using renewable resources?
39. Nitrates and phosphates cause an overgrowth of:
40. Ecosystems provide the conditions for growing food.
41. What is a forest?
42. When surface currents meet continents they?
43. Which pair of biogeochemical cycles are most associated with inorganic fertilizer and sewage waste?
44. The level of the food chain which contains the least energy are the:
45. Which of the following is the primary external source of energy behind the water cycles?
46. In general, what happens to the climate (of the Earth) if more greenhouse gases are released (through human activities and natural occurrences) into the atmosphere?
47. Hydrogen fuel is..... energy source.
48. Which of the following characteristics of a rock is affected by the cooling rate of magma?
49. How many people are there on Earth?
50. A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning
51. The biological transformation of ammonia or ammonium to nitrites and nitrates.
52. This describes the average atmospheric condition in area.
53. Name that cycle:The one needed for the building of cells.
54. A rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment
55. During the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration,
56. Which trophic level in a food web would accumulate the LEAST amount of a toxin, such as methylmercury or DDT?
57. Human population growth can lead to increases in species extinctions by reducing the habitat available for many species.
58. The final and stable community that is formed during ecological succession is known as a .....
59. Scientists collect data on climate all around the world. They then input this data into a mathematical or computer-based model to simulate real-world conditions.
60. What is the definition of environmental policy?
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