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Environmental Sciences Quiz 69 (60 MCQs)

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1. Modern understandings of sustainable development hold that sustainability occurs when:
2. A gap in the sequence of sedimentary rock layers caused by erosion.
3. You are managing a large lot of cattle. A pharmaceutical company wants you to try a new antibiotic to treat Shipping Fever in newly arrived cattle. The company claims that it is less expensive and more effective than the current antibiotic you are using. You will measure the temperature of the cattle to see whether or not it works. WHAT IS A CONTROLLED VARIABLE (CONSTANT)?
4. How is a sustainable world characterized?
5. Explaining the color of a chemical would be what kind of observation?
6. Any physical structure (body part or covering) or behavior that helps an animal survive
7. You are studying a forest with an average tree density of 8 trees per 100m2, an invasive pest insect infests the forest reducing the tree density by 25%. How many trees would you find if you were to count them in a 10m by 10m plot?
8. About half of the electricity used in the United States is generated by
9. Fertilizer, sewage, and animal feces can wash in to water, leading to .....
10. The ..... is an example for a coastal environment.
11. Icecaps and glaciers is where most of the ..... on Earth is located.
12. What is the following sentence an example of?Two out of three high school students fail to get enough sleep.
13. Oaks and maple trees are examples of .....
14. Changes in ..... takes place for short periods of time.
15. Which biome has the highest rainfall?
16. Removing trees so that native prairie grasses can grow again is an example of
17. Which of the following is a human impact on the water cycle?
18. Environmental science is the study of .....
19. Most land animals are dependent on ..... for food.
20. A type of pollution found both indoors and outdoors, which includes pollen, dander, soot, carbon, and dust.
21. What problems did rabbits cause on the farms and ranches in Australia?
22. Ensuring resources will be available for future generations
23. What green plants need to produce their food
24. Define renewable resource:
25. What is the source of most ocean pollution?
26. The weather conditions in any biome is called .....
27. Most of the gases contributing to climate change are released by burning ..... to create electricity.
28. What are the different methods used for wildlife population monitoring?
29. Bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
30. The pursuit of knowledge about the workings of the environment and our interactions with it is known as .....
31. The geosphere gives the planet the mass it needs to keep the atmosphere from escaping into space
32. A stable community that "completes" the succession process.
33. Which of Earth's spheres consists of the layers of gases surrounding our planet?
34. One of the easiest ways land is converted to farmland is by using what technique?
35. Every time you move through a food web and up the energy pyramid the biomass and energy .....
36. A(n) ..... is an area in which the temperature is several degrees higher than that of the surrounding area.
37. As this nutrient is stored underground for long periods of time it can turn into coal and natural gas.
38. Why is it important to conserve water?
39. Determine the type of reasoning:Every even number is divisible by 2. 1986 is an even number, therefore it is divisible by two.
40. One way that city planners put their decisions into practice is
41. People get fresh water from
42. What do you call all of the different populations that live together in an area?
43. True or false. Acid rain caused in one country can cause problems in other nearby countries
44. How many variables should you change in an experiment?
45. Open oceans are high in salinity or dissolved salt concentrations.
46. Composed of all the liquid water on or near the earth
47. Decomposers convert organic matter into inorganic matter.
48. Funds posted before a mining project begins
49. A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid
50. This type of boundary creates rift zones and shallow earthquakes
51. ..... is when human needs are met so that the population can survive indefinitely.
52. What resource is finite?
53. What are the main biomes of the world?
54. Which statement best describes the process of evolution?
55. What is an ecosystem which is characterized by a unique climate and community of organisms?
56. A series of steps scientists follow to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
57. Which of the following renewable resources does emit greenhouse gases?
58. Our legs and feet help us to
59. Sustainability in Environmental Science refers to
60. I am an animal with long neck. I don't have a voice. I am a .....
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