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Environmental Sciences Quiz 35 (60 MCQs)

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1. The geosphere is
2. The most important function of the ..... is that they act as a filter to help clean the water.
3. Which of these is a disadvantage of hydrogen fuel cells
4. The boundary where strike-slip faults are formed
5. What will happen if we use resources globally at an unsustainable rate?
6. How do large bodies of water affect the climate of an area?
7. Device that converts mechanical energy into electric energy
8. Sources of ocean pollution include
9. The first phase of population growth is
10. When you investigate an environmental problem, the final step is to
11. If rain has a ph of 0, is it more basic or acidic?
12. Most life decisions involve a consideration of 2 factors ..... and .....
13. The largest terrestrial biome in the world
14. Bred for human use
15. A good hypothesis should be .....
16. Which of the climate zones gives us four seasons?
17. Genetic engineering relies on placing a gene that codes for a desired trait into the ..... of a different organism from the organism where the gene was originally harvested
18. Which is the most common method of hazardous waste disposal?
19. What is the main way in which Eubacteria and Archaebacteria are different from the other kingdoms?
20. A hurricane or a volcano eruption would be considered ..... inrespect to Earth Spheres/ Systems.
21. Passed the American Antiquities Act to establish national parks, reserves, and monuments.
22. What are the two ways nitrogen gas is turned into a form plants and animals can use?
23. Which describes what can happen as a result of radiation?
24. About how many calories should a kid your age have each day?
25. Which process uses glucose as aprimary source of chemical energy?
26. Climate change has increased the rate of coral bleaching worldwide, due to what changes in the ocean?
27. Which process in the hydrologic (water) cycle describes the loss of water from the leaves of plants:
28. The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter is the ..... variable.
29. If you consider what will add to our understanding of the natural world in making an environmental decision, you are examining a (n) ..... value.
30. Which of the following is not a renewable source of energy?
31. A bog is a wetland that
32. What is the definition of environmental science?
33. Lack of water in human body makes people .....
34. When water goes from being a gas (water vapor) to a liquid, that process is called
35. During the period of human history known as the ....., human populations grew rapidly because of advances in farming methods.
36. A human-centered view of our relationship with the environment
37. The Amazon rainforest is also known as the Earth's ..... ?
38. Energy is released
39. During his presidency, the EPA was created and the CWA and CAA was passed,
40. Though they cover only 6% of Earth's land, rain forests contain what percent of Earth's species?
41. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan played a leading role for which revolution?
42. A sphere of solid metal, mostly iron
43. What year was the outdoor code published in the scout handbook?
44. Which practice would most likely deplete anonrenewable natural resource?
45. What feature of the Earth allows us to experience seasons?
46. Why has only one-half of the Moon ever been observed from Earth?
47. During what event do winds in the western Pacific Ocean strengthen and push warm water eastward.
48. Which is an example of an interaction between the atmosphere (air) and the geosphere (land)?
49. The ..... is all the water on the surface of the Earth, underground, and in the atmosphere.
50. How does ozone in the atmosphere help organisms?
51. What do we call it when we let other people try our experiment to see if they get the same results we did?
52. What is the full form of BOD?
53. What will happen after fossil fuel reserves peak if demand remains the same?
54. Source of carbon monoxide
55. What has resulted along floodplains from channelization and loss of vegetation?
56. This science focuses on interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment.
57. Nonnative species tend to thrive in new ecosystems because they lack natural predators.
58. Our exploits of natural resources is not harming Earth, It is harming biodiversity.
59. Is the following statement true or false? "Forest resources are renewable natural resources"
60. Which of the following compounds is not needed for the process of photosynthesis
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