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Environmental Sciences Quiz 75 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the period in history is when humans grew plants and raised and harvested animals? (the human population also dramatically increased during this time period)
2. What is one advantage surface coal mining has over other mining techniques?
3. What are the main reservoirs of carbon in the carbon cycle?
4. Changes in a gene pool over time
5. An Act to Prohibit the Cutting of Tindalo, Akle, or Molave Trees
6. Ques. No 4. A ..... is the flow of energy from one organism to the next and to the next.
7. The impact of a person or community on the environment is known as .....
8. Which type of mining would NOT be used to mine coal?
9. What type of mining would most likely be used when a mineral resource is spread evenly and deeply throughout a rock formation, but the ground is not safe for tunneling?
10. What is it called when a group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time?
11. A ..... is an explanation for a natural event or process. there is disagreement over the validity or correctness of the idea.
12. Which of the following is responsible for hard-coating on the exterior of shellfish?
13. Which of the following is a contaminant which cannot be traced back to a specific point?
14. The Earth absorbs this amount of solar energy.
15. Snakes and earthworms have no legs.
16. A group of ecosystems that share similar abiotic & biotic conditions is called a
17. Urbanization has a negative impact on:
18. What is NOT an example of qualitative data?
19. Which of the following is NOT a major type of forest?
20. How does the energy produced by the sun travel to Earth?
21. What role do natural resources play in socio-economic development?
22. A sudden increase in the number of producers in an ecosystem would first
23. If you increase the amount of spinach you eat, then you will increase the iron in your blood. What's the dependent variable?
24. A law that regulates the release of hazardous substances into the air, soil, and water by mining operations
25. Biotic factors in an environment include?
26. Which sphere would satellites orbit the Earth?
27. Which of the following is NOT protected or managed by regulation?
28. Snow forms when the temperature is below freezing.
29. These plants spread their branches on the ground.
30. The base of the ocean's food chain is usually:
31. Which is an example of competition?
32. Which is not a part of our body?
33. What is the idea that geologic processes are occurring now are the same as those that occurred in the past?
34. An organized procedure used by scientists to test a hypothesis.
35. Which statement about water pollution is TRUE?
36. The spinning of a planet on its axis is called
37. If a natural disturbance occurs and a species undergoes a bottleneck effect, the resulting genetic diversity will be .....
38. Environmental science is?
39. These countries typically have simple, agriculture-based economies
40. The study of Earth's atmosphere and climate.
41. Consumer that eats only other animals
42. How do hybrid and electric vehicles contribute to sustainability?
43. The attempt to slow climate change is made difficult by
44. What type of heterotroph only eats producers?
45. Which point on the curve in the diagram below best represents the carrying capacity of the environment for the population shown.
46. How much energy is transferred to each new trophic level in an energy pyramid?
47. Energy from the Sun, water, wind, and wood are
48. The four main concerns or issues in Environmental Science are
49. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of biomass fuel?
50. Which is the world's largest coral reef system famous for its biodiversity and marine conservation efforts?
51. Approximately how long is the Amazon River?
52. The Phosphorus cycle is important because phosphorus is contained in
53. Which object is NOT carried by runoff into streams and rivers?
54. These are the plants that can live for several years and may produce seeds each year but do not die with seed production.
55. A(n) ..... is an activity designed to test the validity of a prediction or a hypothesis.
56. When human needs are met so that the population can survive indefinitely.
57. Which nutrient cycle starts through the erosion of rocks?
58. The step of the scientific method that would come after testing is:
59. Environmental advantage of no-till agriculture
60. Below are the natural phenomena that cause the environmental changes, except .....
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