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Environmental Sciences Quiz 24 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which central Asian body of water has shrunk drastically as a result of irrigation?
2. Ecosystem services are services that are supplied by a healthy ecosystem for free to help and support human life.
3. Humans have the ability to cause temperature change.
4. Lands managed by agencies of the government
5. In an Ecological Pyramid, which of the following would be at the bottom?
6. The majority of earth's surface is covered by what?
7. Boundary between warm and cold water in an ocean or a lake
8. What are some factors that can decrease a population's size?
9. What is the main source of energy for all organisms except those living deep in the ocean?
10. Meteors burn up in this layer
11. Mr. S. sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the dependent variable.
12. The movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations.
13. Shivering in response to being cold is an example of
14. What do we call the natural surroundings in which plants and animals live?
15. Rainwater harvesting was introduced in India in this State
16. Takes account of all new discoveries
17. More ..... exist on Earth than any other type of animal.
18. The study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and social sciences:
19. Streamlike movements of water that flow very slowly along the ocean floor
20. Which president created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
21. An event in which a large percentage of all living species become extinct in a relatively short period of time.
22. What scales can environmental problems occur on?
23. How are human affecting the balance of carbon in the atmosphere?
24. A large natural or artificial lake created by a dam that is used as a source of water supply.
25. Study of inter-relationship between organisms and their environment is
26. Name the process by which aviation fuel is obtained from its raw material.
27. Devices that convert the sun's energy directly into electricity
28. Consumer that eats only plants
29. The maintenance of human conditions, their values, and their traditions
30. Stone Mountain Park in Georgia has installed interlocking concrete pavers with areas of small stones. What makes this parking surface more environmentally responsible?
31. Where is pollution found on the earth?
32. The ozone layer is located in the
33. Water movements in the ocean that are driven by the wind
34. What is a negative consequence of overgrazing?
35. ..... :thinning of a forested area by removing smaller, lesser quality trees which may hamper the growth of trees used in commercial settings.
36. A catalytic converter helps .....
37. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents
38. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
39. In which atmosphere layer does weather occur?
40. Which side represents the light independent reactions?
41. A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by a natural process
42. The ozone layer protects living organisms on Earth by
43. What is typical "household" waste?
44. What is the smallest unit of matter?
45. Water leaving plants through their leaves called
46. What are the coefficients that would properly balance this equation? ..... Al + ..... O2$\rightarrow$ ..... Al2O3
47. What is the maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources?
48. Sunburn is caused by ..... It can't be felt as heat.
49. Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for biological evolution?
50. Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
51. Which period in human history occurred prior to the others listed below.
52. Which of the below are examples of fossil fuels?
53. WHAT PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS ALL OF THE BODIES OF WATER
54. The stratosphere is the atmospheric layer above the
55. Which is NOT an adverse effect of high levels of UV light?
56. State in which a human population can survive indefinitely.
57. The variable in an experiment that responds to the changes in the manipulated variable
58. The Sun warms the atmosphere and drives convection currents because-
59. The rainforest ecosystem provide special services for the entire world
60. Which cycle DOESN'T have an atmosphere component (part)?
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