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Environmental Sciences Quiz 61 (60 MCQs)

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1. Fires are important in this biome it helps many plant seeds to germinate and clears the area of overgrowth.
2. Which energy source is composed of atoms that decay or are split to produce heat?
3. Which statement best describes ecological succession and ecosystem changes?
4. Which of the following laws provided regulations for cancer-causing chemicals in food?
5. Acid rain is formed when nitrogen oxide or sulfur dioxide mixes with .....
6. What causes water to move between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere?
7. Oil, coal and gas
8. A negative ENVIRONMENTAL impact of fire suppression policy is .....
9. What is the term for the process of breaking down organic waste into soil?
10. All of the member of a particular species in the same area is an example of-
11. Which of the following is the most favored option in the waste disposal hierarchy?
12. This part of the Earth System includes the gases that surround the earth.
13. Agriculture related environmental issue in northern Africa
14. The 'Greenhouse Effect' is a natural phenomenon that:
15. The total area of land and water needed to produce the resources a person consumes and dispose of the waste a person produces is that person's
16. Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?
17. The Jones family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?
18. There is good Ozone and bad Ozone. Good Ozone absorbs almost all the ultra-violet radiation that reaches the Earth. Where is this layer of good Ozone located?
19. Which of the following gases IS NOT considered a greenhouse gas?
20. Pollution and the (30) ..... of waste are already critical issues, and the state of the environment is fast becoming the most pressing problem confronting us all
21. What triggered a chain of events that eventually cause the dinosaurs to become extinct?
22. What are the statues of Easter Island called?
23. One species benefits from its relationship with another species for whom the relationship does no harm nor good. This relationship is best described as
24. Hydropower uses ..... to turn turbines that run generators.
25. What part of the United States gets the most acid rain?
26. An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?
27. Specialised field of ecology connected with conservation and economic exploitation of organisms is called:
28. Earth's thin outer layer is the
29. Places where an organism usually lives are referred to as:
30. A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed
31. Which is a RENEWABLE resource?
32. What is a common trait of animals?
33. Which number represents the epicenter of an earthquake?
34. A process by which infrared radiation is absorbed and reradiated near the Earth
35. How does species diversity help maintain the health of ecosystems?
36. Sunlight may be blocked by which of the following in a pond?
37. Law trying to prevent brownfields
38. The greatest cause of biodiversity loss today is
39. A consumer that eats only producers .....
40. One theory states that by the year 14000, the axis of Earth will point toward the starVega. This is due to the very slow wobble of the axis of Earth. Which change is MOST likely to occur because of the movement of the axis?
41. A phenomenon in which there is an overuse of shared resources that harms society and/or the environment
42. What is the development of land for houses and other buildings near a city called?
43. Most of the United States' early environmental policies involved restrictions enforced by the government. These are known as
44. Which of the following is the NOT a scientific factors of sustainability:
45. What happens to air at the equator?
46. Get ready for a challenge! 🌍✨What groundbreaking step did Greta Thunberg take for our planet?
47. What is strip coal mining?
48. The lithosphere "rides" the convection currents that are occurring in which layer?
49. La Ni a is the ..... phase of the El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.
50. The number one reason for deforestation?
51. What happens if you remove all of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? The temperature:
52. Which of the following is an element not found in a chlorofluorocarbon?
53. A frog eats a fly. The frog is demonstrating .....
54. Which of the following items is biodegradable?
55. What chemical found in plant cells is able to use the Sun's energy to make food?
56. Which of the following is an interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected (+/0)?
57. Environmental factors related to soil are called:
58. The amount of good available
59. Organisms only hold on to ..... percent of the energy they ingest.
60. What is one negative environmental impact of F-gasses?
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