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Environmental Sciences Quiz 217 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?
2. What part of the nitrogen cycle deals with the conversion of nitrogen in waste products or dead organisms into ammonia?
3. What form of nitrogen is found in the atmosphere and then captured by nitrogen fixing bacteria?
4. Which of the following is an example of a producer?
5. A group of organisms of the same species
6. Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste Management Act
7. Which 2 ecosystems are aquatic?
8. What is secondary succession?
9. An interglacial period is
10. Which part of the body help us to digest the food?
11. A(n) ..... in species diversity is associated with a(n) ..... in the functions an ecosystem provides.
12. The sum total of all living things and habitats on Earth.
13. Which most likely occurs when a fast-moving cold air mass moves into a region of warmer, moist air?
14. The human population grows faster in ..... countries
15. Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?
16. How do wetlands help in maintaining the balance of the environment?
17. According to RA No. 9006:Segregation and collection of solid waste shallbe conducted at the barangay level specificallyfor biodegradable, compostable and reusablewastes.
18. Which type of organism makes its own food
19. Which type of succession starts with NO soil?
20. Animal Welfare Act of 1998
21. What are the different levels of biodiversity?
22. When attempting to make a sustainable decision, which of the following should be considered?
23. Non renewable resources experience limit of supply. Which environmental principle is being described?
24. The ..... is the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and give off heat
25. A (An) ..... is all the living and nonliving things in a particular area that interact with one another.
26. What revolution was introduced to greatly increase the yields of rice, wheat, and other crops?
27. What essential characteristics does a good experiment have?
28. Which of the following is an example of using an active solar heating system?
29. Science can never completely prove or disprove and idea.
30. This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted.
31. The capacity to do what is right even when tempted to do otherwise.
32. Choose the correct answer and fill in the missing content in the concept below? "Population quality is a reflection of the physical, intellectual and..... characteristics of the entire population"
33. Which of the following is the best definition of a natural resource:
34. Destroyed by CFCs
35. What can add dissolved oxygen to the water?
36. Adding data and dividing it by the number of objects
37. What causes elevated nitrates in an aquatic ecosystem?
38. Is the following statement true or false? "Fossil energy is a renewable energy resource."
39. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Wind
40. Earth consists of
41. Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians.
42. Which method of waste disposal was done in the past in the United States and is still done in developing nations?
43. Air occupies space and has .....
44. How does the Sun affect air?
45. Ted is looking at a map of Texas. He wants to know which direction is North. What part of the map should he look at to find his answer?
46. ..... are living parts of an ecosystem.
47. A species that is influential to the survival of many other species in its ecosystem is called a .....
48. Wrote the book, Silent Spring, which warned of the ominous effects of pesticide use.
49. Permanently frozen soil is:
50. Heat trapped by atmosphere nearEarth's surface
51. What is called when an industry removes water from a source and then returns the heated water to its source?
52. Women leader of "Chipko Andolan" was
53. Which of these contains no abiotic factors?
54. Fuel cells uses..... to produce electricity.
55. Afforestation refers
56. Fishing tuna at a rate of more than they can replace themselves is known as?
57. The point, within the earth, where an earthquake occurs
58. Red rocks are formed when this element is present.
59. Water that is relatively pure with few dissolved salts
60. What are the key characteristics used to identify waterfowl species?
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