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Environmental Sciences Quiz 8 (60 MCQs)

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1. What does the orange line represent on the climatograph?
2. This energy source uses heat from the ground.
3. During the ..... period(s), humans altered their habitats
4. Traps pollution in air over cities
5. Which of the following is an example of a method for managing whole ecosystems and habitats?
6. The ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, values, and learned ways of life shared by a group of people is called
7. When creating your graph, where do you place the independent variable?
8. "If I don't use it someone else will"
9. People in suburban areas tend to have ..... health than urban areas.
10. Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
11. An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms.
12. Natural resources are resources that exist without any actions of humankind.
13. The process of water vapor changes back into liquid water.
14. Approximately how many people are there in the world?
15. Where do the seeds of a gymnosperm come from?
16. Convert 17 m to cm:
17. Sometimes, our actions endanger everything that surrounds us, including ourselves.
18. During ..... upwelling occurs off the coast of Peru.
19. Oil deposits that can be extracted profitably at current prices using current technology.
20. The water cycle is the
21. How does the ozone layer benefit living things on Earth?
22. Energy efficiency is the percentage of energy put into a system that .....
23. Family does not provide security from the outside conflicts.
24. A tropical climate in the US would be?
25. A treeless biome that has permafrost
26. The different seasons of the year are due to
27. High levels of photochemical smog are due toI. nitrogen dioxide.II. sulfur dioxide.III. VOCs
28. Which of the following human activities contribute to an increased green house effect?
29. A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
30. The impact that any organism has on its ecosystem is called .....
31. For ..... to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is "naturally selected for" must reproduce.
32. What causes ocean tides?
33. What is NOT a natural cause for global climate change?
34. Factor in an experiment that is tested or changed.
35. A society that uses plows and draft animals in growing food
36. The use of synthetic fertilizers can increase crop yield, but also
37. Some organisms are more likely to survive because they
38. International agreement to protect endangered species
39. What is the purpose of wind turbines?
40. In which ocean zones do crabs, mussels, anemone, barnacles, and sea stars live?
41. Plants giving off moisture and releasing water into the air
42. The sun is the main source of energy that fuels the water cycle.
43. How can you make the equation for photosynthesis and respiraton represent eache other?
44. Source of pollution that can be traced to back to a single source.
45. What formula can you use to determine the volume of a regularly shaped object?
46. Which trophic level would be able to feed the most people?
47. Which was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution?
48. The type of plankton that produces most of the food in an aquatic ecosystem is called
49. Climate is a (an) ..... factor in an ecosystem.
50. Which two biomes are the most similar with regard to rainfall?
51. True or False:There is no difference between pastures and rangeland.
52. China and India have a large TOTAL Ecological Footprint like the United States (they are the three highest). The main reason the Ecological Footprint for China and India being that high is:
53. The effects of habitat loss on biodiversity are .....
54. Atoms of different types that have been chemically combined are called
55. What kind of natural disaster helps some forest communities by allowing some trees to release their seeds, by clearing away deadwood, and by encouraging new growth?
56. The agricultural revolution was .....
57. A beehive depends on pollen from flowers to survive. Flowers depend on bees to pollinate them. Humans tend bee hives, offering the bees a place to live in exchange for some of their honey. The relationship among these three sets of organisms is
58. Since carbon dioxide is one of the atmosphere greenhouse gases, its removal has a negative impact on global warming.
59. Everywhere life can exist on earth
60. The percent of energy that is passed from one trophic level to another (the rest is lost as heat).
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