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Environmental Sciences Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. According to most scientists, what is the ultimate cause of most mass extinctions?
2. A marsh and a swamp are both types of wetlands.
3. How does weathering differ from erosion?
4. Which of the following is NOT a fuel source?
5. What is the term for organisms, including plants and algae, that create their own food?
6. Biodiversity or biological diversity
7. What happens when there is a spring tide?
8. We get solar energy from the .....
9. The higher the temperature, the more dissolved oxygen in water.
10. Scientists think people have directly caused the extinction of some species through .....
11. What is a lack of physical, social, or economic access to safe and nutritious foods called?
12. ..... roots help give support to tropical palm trees growing in shallow, wet soils.
13. What year did the Paris agreement happen?
14. Producers are organisms that can make their own food from their non-living environment
15. The deepest point in the ocean is where
16. How did the industrial revolution affect the environment?
17. Factors that are influential only when population density reaches a certain level .....
18. Pollution that cannot be traced to a single point because comes from many sources
19. Which definition is artificial selection?
20. Which item is not tied directly with US Environmental Policy?
21. Which statement best explains why polar regions are colder than tropical regions?
22. Uses collectors to capture sun's energy
23. Which of the following is NOT a potential source of sustainable energy?
24. The ..... is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.
25. Materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive are called .....
26. Which of the following is NOT a downside caused by growing cities?
27. Which of the following is often used to remove poisonous gases from industrial emissions before they are released into the atmosphere?
28. Which gas does NOT trap heat as part of the greenhouse effect?
29. What factor would cause animals of the same species to begin competing with one another?
30. True or False:The Clean Water Act (CWA) and The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) are the same thing.
31. The US federal agency with a mission to protect human health and the environment.
32. What is the process plants use to make sugar and oxygen from light, water, and carbon dioxide?
33. It is the study of the Earth's Water Resources
34. "Clear-cutting" a forest means
35. Below are the things that plants need in order to grow, except .....
36. This means the careful use and protection of natural resources.
37. A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste
38. What type of weather will you see along a cold front?
39. Carbon footprint
40. Subarctic forest dominated by conifer trees
41. Broader explanation that applies to a wider range of situations and observationw
42. Threat against a river ecosystem
43. Surface currents circulate in different directions depending on the ..... in which they occur.
44. Predict the effect ocean currents have on the climate of coastal areas.
45. Which technique was one of the earliest ways that land was converted to farmland?
46. Living things are organized from the smallest to the largest unit in the following ecological levels:
47. In a(n) ..... study, all variables are kept constant except one.
48. It refers to the removal of salt from ocean water
49. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of monocropping?
50. The study of economics as a component of ecological systems
51. What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect?
52. Increase in nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem
53. What is the importance of plants in the water cycle?
54. If a population could grow in perfect conditions with no limiting factors, it would reach its .....
55. A bird eats caterpillars. What type of organism is a bird?
56. (a) selection is when wild organisms who are best adapted to their environments are more likely to survive
57. Which of the following is NOT a problem that Lake Erie continues to struggle with?
58. The largest level of ecological classification
59. In a desert environment, cactus wrens (a bird) often build their nests in cholla cacti to avoid predators. This behavior does not hurt the cacti. Which type of relationship do cactus wrens and cholla cacti demonstrate?
60. The ..... was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.
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