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Environmental Sciences Quiz 40 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which weather tool measures wind?
2. What are two advantages of geothermal energy?
3. Which of the following is both a raw material and product at the same time of photosynthesis?
4. Salinity is constantly changing
5. What is the world's MOST abundant nonrenewable fossil fuel?
6. What causes the Philippines to experience frequent earthquakes and volcanic activities?
7. What 2 important nutrients are tested for in a body of water to check for eutrophication levels?
8. High nitrate content is present in which type of smog
9. What is surface water?
10. The disappearance of a population is known as a(n)
11. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science that includes both the natural sciences and the social sciences
12. In the nitrogen cycle, the important work is done by .....
13. What is the MAIN threat imposed on Deciduous Forests?
14. Has trees with leaves that are designed to help snow fall off, green all year long.
15. Acid precipitation can lead to all of the following EXCEPT .....
16. The Law of Supply and Demand describes .....
17. Information and measurements collected during an experiment.
18. All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called a(an)
19. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was passed in the year .....
20. Found below the surface zone of the Ocean, it is between 350 m and 700 m deep.
21. What type of energy is produced from the natural movement of the wind?
22. How much of the Earth's water is fresh water that is available to humans (not frozen or inaccessible)?
23. Comes from car exhaust, leads to eye, nose, and throat irritation, and lead to ozone formation and photochemical smog
24. What is the carrying capacity of the graph?
25. Brazilian rubber trapper that headed a conservation initiative driven by local, forest people.
26. What is the most common forest ecosystem in Wisconsin?
27. What is the primary source of energy in an ecosystem?
28. A pride of lions living the same area is considered a(n)
29. Twenty-one percent of Earth's atmosphere is made up of
30. The biome that is most productive and diverse on Earth is the
31. Elements essential for good health. e.g. Calcium, Iron, Potassium
32. If animals eat plants to get energy, where doplants get their energy?
33. What does the Law of Superposition tell us?
34. In which level of the atmosphere can life be found?
35. The biome with the highest species diversity is
36. Some species are so important to the functioning of an ecosystem that they are called
37. A kind of forest that consist of tall trees with minimal branches and considered as major source of timber and other major forest products.
38. The pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere are called
39. The diagram below shows a simple food chain. Which of the following animals might compete with the snake in this food chain?
40. Fossil fuel usage in the US is contributing to global warming because of the amount of ..... that is being released into the atmosphere.
41. ..... consist of a mixture of hydrocarbons with a low viscosity which cannot flow because the rock containing it is not porous.
42. Which profession do we rely heavily on when creating virtual platforms that can relay and contain information used to inform the public and private sectors of environmental issues, concerns, products and/or hot topics?
43. The policy of multiple use requires that national forests be managed for
44. An interaction in which one organism kills and eat another is .....
45. Inside the combustion chamber of a coal-fired power plant
46. Monocots DO NOT have
47. Chernobyl is a town located in present day Ukraine, formerly USSR. On Saturday, April 26th, 1986 at exactly 1:23 am, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. What caused the reactor to explode?
48. As water is heated, it changes into gaseous state known as water vapor and rises into the atmosphere
49. Matter that organisms require for their life processes are
50. What is the study of how living things interact with their environment?
51. Water underground is stored in .....
52. What are 3 benefits of wetlands?
53. Education moves from the home to formal schooling
54. The amount of water used for these essential services can be drastically reduce by using of water-saving fittings and fixtures
55. We are using freshwater unsustainably through waste and pollution, and do not charge enough for its use.
56. A mixture of smoke, fog and chemicals in the air is known as .....
57. Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
58. The shape of the feet of a bird depends on the
59. The process of heat changing water on Earth's surface into water vapor.
60. Naturally replenished resources over short periods of time.
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