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Environmental Sciences Quiz 34 (60 MCQs)

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1. What are the four interacting spheres that make up the Earth?
2. The ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem in which deer eat grass and coyotes eat deer is
3. Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, and adaptive management are three approaches to
4. This type of interaction is when both species benefit.
5. Out of all the animals listed below, which one is considered a primary consumer?
6. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred in .....,
7. Non-renewable energy can cause .....
8. What killed about 35, 000 people in Europe in 2003?
9. The independent variables in the "New Life Form Gizmos" was:
10. A pod of orca whales would belong to which level of organization?
11. ..... is the sum of all the conditions surrounding us (or another organism) that influence life
12. How can zoos, botanic gardens, and wildlife parks help save species?
13. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
14. Horses eat grasses and other plants in order to gain their nutrition. Horses would best be classified as-
15. Which action can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving?
16. A cost-benefit analysis balances the cost of an action against
17. This picture represents our field trip to?
18. A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce is a(n)
19. Which part of the water cycle occurs when ocean water is heated?
20. A resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate at which it is consumed
21. Residents of the US & Canada enjoy some of the lowest ..... taxes in the world.
22. Who was the Most Quoted Voice in the history of conservation, and in their writings, laid the groundwork for the field of environmental ethics?
23. A radioactive gas that can build up in homes.
24. Concerns over the wide use of synthetic pesticides include all of the following unintended effects EXCEPT
25. Which of the following can increase a person's ecological footprint?
26. Through the process of photosynthesis, plants pull CO2 from the air to make plant food for themselves.
27. What are some of the functions of proteins?
28. When energy is passed from one trophic level to the next, only about ..... of the energy is passed to the next level.
29. What cause land pollution?
30. Approximately ..... percent of Earth's water is freshwater.
31. Easter island is a territory of .....
32. Why is it important to preserve farmland?
33. We should eat foods that have good fats in them, like olive oil, fish, and eggs.
34. The amount of land and water needed to supply an individual or a population with renewable resources and to absorb/recycle wastes and pollution such resource use produces
35. Which of the following is not a likely component of soil formed during primary succession?
36. What is the correct order of the processes?
37. Organisms can tolerate any range of temperature, salinity, and pH. True or false?
38. The atmosphere contains ..... which traps radiated heat near Earth's surface.
39. Renewable energy sources are beneficial because they
40. How is nitrogen (N2) replenished?
41. What is one major difference between fossil fuels and biofuels?
42. Ozone (O3) is destroyed by what man-made chemical?
43. Garbage produced by households and businesses
44. Which best describes a characteristic of both lakes and estuaries?
45. This state of matter does not have a definite size or shape.
46. What is the type of water that moves underground?
47. How would a scientist categorize a testable explanation for an observation?
48. Which of the following are common sources of phosphorus?
49. What is the core made of?
50. Permanently frozen ground at high altitudes or latitudes.
51. Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
52. The first step in soil formation is
53. Ozone is formed in the
54. The San ANdreas Fault is an example of a
55. An area that receives very little precipitation and is hot all year.
56. Which of the followings is NOT an objective for environmental science?
57. Dissolved impurities in water consists of
58. The Joshua tree has 2 sets of root systems:one set of roots digs very deep underground and stores water, the other stays very close to the surface and spreads out far in all directions so it can gather water in a very large area. Because the Joshua tree is so good at catching and storing water it is very successful in this biome.
59. What is the relationship between groundwater and surface water?
60. Plates move towards one another at ..... boundaries.
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