Environmental Sciences Quiz 71 (60 MCQs)

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1. Carbon monoxide can replace oxygen in the blood.
2. Complete the following statement by selecting the correct answer:Non-renewable energy comes from natural resources that are not naturally replenished, such as ..... and coal.
3. These animals might be in trouble if their habitat changes
4. Which of the following is NOT responsible for increasing human populations?
5. What are three of the main environmental problems today?
6. ..... is the portion of renewable resources that can be used sustainably.
7. Organisms in the soil are needed to help plants use
8. An ecological foot print is?
9. Earth is surrounded by a mixture of gases called the
10. A(n) ..... species is one that moves into an ecosystem as a result of human intervention.
11. Which title best summarises the main idea of the passage?
12. Resources that cannot be replaced quickly
13. Organisms that live in this zone must be adapted to constant changes that occur as daily tides and waves alternately submerge and expose the shore.
14. The study of how humans interact with the environment
15. What is labeled D?
16. Tornadoes are most likely to form from which condition?
17. Ozone acts as a .....
18. An example of a ..... feedback can be how your brain regulates temperature. If you are too cold, you start shivering and put on more clothes, then you warm up. If you are too hot, then you start sweating and cools your off.
19. Oil and natural gas result
20. Eutrophication is caused by what?
21. What happens at a convergent plate boundary?
22. Humans ..... atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by a third since the Industrial Revolution began.
23. Several species of tree frogs can live in the same tree ONLY because they
24. Scientific law and a scientific theory are similar in that both
25. Period with below-average precipitation
26. Large groups of ecosystems that share the same climate and similar types of communities.
27. Drought, soil loss, and problems with food distribution in a region can cause
28. Which UN Goal addresses the doubling of agricultural productivity of small scale farms to help address this goal.
29. A natural resource that is used at the same rate that it is replenished is called a resource.
30. What does NOT cause the movement of tectonic plates?
31. The science that studies the inter-relationships between the various components of air, natural cycles, geological movements of the earth and climate is called .....
32. Fracking is thought to be responsible for ..... leaks that have contaminated groundwater supplies.
33. What are non renewable resources?
34. A single black widow spider could be classified at what level of ecological organization?
35. Acid precipitation can be traced back to
36. How do food webs represent the flow of energy in the model?
37. Why do mountains become lower in a long term?
38. During Kind Edward I's reign, why did he impose a death penalty?
39. What causes geologic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the creation of mountains?
40. I decided to see if feeding my fish dead insects would speed up their growth. I had 20 guppies so I put 10 in one aquarium and 10 in the other. One tank was fed the normal fish food. The other tank got the dead insects. What are the fish that got the dead insects?
41. The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem
42. Which of the following is not a type of fossil fuel?
43. What does domestic mean?
44. What step in the water cycle occurs when a water turns into water vapor?
45. A consumer that can eat both plants and animals.
46. Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity?
47. The ideal level for ammonia in an aquaponics system is .....
48. An underground system that contains groundwater is called an .....
49. Ocean waves crash on a large rock wearing away its jagged edges. The ..... is interacting with the .....
50. What is a climate proxy?
51. Why are deserts in the South West?
52. Read the statement below and answer if it is a positive or negative feedback loop?As Earth warms, upper layers of permafrost melt, producing waterlogged soil above frozen ground:* Methane gas is released in an toxic environment * Greenhouse effect is enhanced * Earth warms, melting more permafrost
53. Which of the following definitions best describes adaptation?
54. Which of the following has a ( +, -) relationship?
55. Zero degrees latitude is known as
56. How can we conserve natural resources?
57. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem is called:
58. What process removes a oxygen gas from the atmosphere?
59. Which type of coal was exposed to the highest temperature and pressures for the longest time?
60. The image an example of a .....