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Environmental Sciences Quiz 30 (60 MCQs)

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1. The flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact
2. Energy Resources. Pick the ODD ONE OUT. *
3. What would NOT make an energy resource with a low net energy more competitive in the marketplace
4. In a proper experiment, how many variables should be changed at a time?
5. Which of the following rocks is formed by regional metamorphism?
6. Liquid matter takes the shape of .....
7. Which of the following is a sink for carbon?
8. Which of the following ecological levels of organization are arranged from largest to smallest?
9. Groundwater is stored in underwater reservoirs called .....
10. Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones
11. Succession is the process of change in a community:*In primary succession the process starts with bare rock and its pioneer species are-
12. The humane care and treatment of animals by providing adequate housing, sanitation, nutrition, water, and veterinary care is called:
13. Which is not a factor that influences daily weather?
14. A forest protection plan guides a landowner who
15. The 'outputs' of a chemical reaction. Located on the right side of a chemical equation.
16. Transportation systems, communication systems, water services, power supplies, and schools are all examples of
17. A species with a restricted tolerance for environmental conditions is
18. Product made from the refining of crude oil
19. Symbiosis is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species
20. Which period in time impacted the environment with deforestation?Deforestation is the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
21. What is a way hunter gatherers affected their environment?
22. What type of system is Earth?
23. Mr. Varner brings in his famous home made cookies to share with the class. He hands the plate to students in the first row and tells everyone they can take as much as they want, and then pass the plate along ..... however by the time the plate makes it to you, all of the cookies have been taken. This is an example of .....
24. Which of the following terms includes all of the others?
25. What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
26. Which is a consequence of an increase in greenhouse gases?
27. The conversion of nitrate to nitrogen gas is called what?
28. The primary source of radon is
29. An important effect that hunter-gatherer societies may have had on the environment was
30. Which of the following statements BEST describes nuclear fusion?
31. Cutting down, burning, or polluting the forests cause: .....
32. Sprawl affects which of the following?
33. As a result of climate change food prices could
34. Volatile organic compounds
35. One of the uses of biomass in a ..... country is to burn wood for heating and cooking.
36. Between what years was the Baby Boomer generation born?
37. What is the scientific method?
38. ..... is the contamination of air, land, and water.
39. What is a main cause of water pollution?
40. A change in state from a liquid to a gas
41. To create less waste in the first place is to .....
42. Latitude strongly influences climate because ..... solar energy falls on areas that are closer to the equator than to the poles.
43. Natural resources that cannot be replaced in our lifetime. Ex:coal, oil (petroleum), natural gas, and metals such as Uranium to power nuclear energy.
44. This act was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.
45. What constitutes "safe" water is the same for all uses.
46. Discarded electronic devices are considered hazardous waste because they
47. About what percent of the Earth's water is found in oceans and seas?
48. True or false:Most phosphorus on Earth is stored in the atmosphere.
49. Phytoplankton are tiny marine algae.
50. The direction of the arrows on a food chain indicate
51. Energy that exists within the nucleus of an atom
52. In the United States, more coal is used for ..... than for any other use
53. The trees in this biome are characterized by needle-like leaves that are called conifers
54. Three-dimensional models you can touch are referred to as
55. What is the benefit of geneticially modified organisms?
56. Increasing our use of fossil fuels like oil and coal is ..... in the long term.
57. Which of the following is true about the lithospheric plates?
58. A thermostat in a central heating system can determine the temperature of your living room. It switches the air conditioner on when the temperature increases to a predetermined level and shuts it off when it cools to another level. The room temperature remains within a comfortable level regardless of the temperature outside
59. Which is true of air pollution and human health?
60. Which is more likely to have higher temperatures due to the urban heat island effect?
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