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Environmental Sciences Quiz 8 (25 MCQs)

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1. _____ in the air combine with rain water to from nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
2. The following animals are common to which land biome? (polar bear, walrus, arctic fox, seal, penguin, snowy owl, caribou, arctic hare, musk oxen)
3. A material is biodegradable if
4. A species that is at serious risk of extinction is called
5. The amount of people living in a given area is described as population
6. The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them.
7. Plastic is most commonly derived from _____ and takes up to 1000 years to decompose.
8. Which of the following is likely to be researched by an environmental scientist?
9. The melting of land ice worldwide has what impact on ocean levels?
10. A factor that decreases the population or keeps it from increasing
11. The upper mantle is also known as the
12. A(n) _____ can trap smog close to the surface. It happens when a layer of cool, dense air stays near the ground and under a layer of warm air.
13. What type of vegetation would you expect to find on newly formed volcanic islands?
14. _____, or the complete loss of a species, is a natural event that can be accelerated by human actions.
15. There is a plan to establish an 8000-kilometer-long strip of land across eight southeast Asian countries to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat. This is an example of a
16. Pick the letter of the term or phrase that best matchesthe descriptionsources include plastics, carpets, cleaning fluids, radon, and asbestos
17. Environmental damage to wilderness areas
18. Which is the most important reason that the recycling of carbon is essential to living organisms?
19. Careful use of resources to reduce damage to the environment is called what?
20. Which of the following groups of environmental science careers are most similar?
21. Fission is to splitting atoms as _____ is to combining atoms.
22. How is ozone helpful?
23. When scientists formulate a testable idea about their scientific questions, they have formed a(n)
24. Population growth and fertility rates are lowest in
25. The role that organisms play in creating a healthful environment for humans
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