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Environmental Sciences Quiz 9 (60 MCQs)

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1. In a forest, the covering of tall trees whose intertwining branches absorb a great amount of sunlight and shade the area beneath.
2. Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?
3. Organisms that have a large effect on the abundance and type of organisms in an ecosystem
4. Convert to scientific notation:520, 000, 000
5. Birds make their nests to
6. Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):
7. Since 1950, what percentage of Earth's rain forests have been lost to deforestation?
8. ..... is the fair treatment of all people concerning environmental problems.
9. A source of groundwater contamination in coastal areas is saltwater intrusion.
10. Which statement about scientific views is correct?
11. Carbon dioxide is released through ..... processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions and through ..... activities such as deforestation, land use changes, and burning fossil fuels.
12. What is the term for when adaptations occur because of survival of the fittest?
13. In a forest ecosystem, the abiotic factors include .....
14. Which of the following is an example of natural capital
15. Wind and rain going across the surface of the Earth causes .....
16. Water resources cover what percentage of the earth's surface?
17. Sustainable development is
18. Balance this chemical reaction ..... ? ..... H2O2 $\rightarrow$ ..... H2O + O2
19. A method in which decision makers compare what will be sacrificed and gained by taking a specific action
20. Sediments are removed and transported by water, wind, ice, or gravity in a process called .....
21. A wolf pack hunts, kills, and feeds on a moose. In this interaction, the wolves are
22. The great diversity of rain forest organisms has led to
23. An area in the ocean where most marine organisms cannot survive
24. The environment includes .....
25. When the wolves were returned to Yellowstone National Park they changed the way many animal and plant species exist in the park. Just one species coming back affected many species. The wolves are acting like a
26. Aquatic ecosystem in which fresh water from rivers mixes with water from the ocean forming a nutrient trap.
27. Body of water with very little nutrients
28. Pollutants that can be broken down by natural processes
29. Which gas makes up the largest portion of air?
30. Includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact
31. What do we call the layer of gases surrounding the Earth?
32. All of the following are considered renewable energy sources EXCEPT-
33. Which of these is a non-renewable energy source?
34. Polar Ice Caps are melting due to an increase in Earth's temperature. This lowers the albedo of Earth, which in turn increases Earth's temperature. This is an example of what type of feedback?
35. Involves producers, consumers, and decomposers; processes include photosynthesis, and cellular respiration
36. It is an area formed where freshwater from a river or stream merges with saltwater from the ocean.
37. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of incinerating waste?
38. A statement that explains a phenomenon or answers a scientific question
39. The three numbers on a bag of fertilizer represent all of the following EXCEPT
40. Get ready for a weather wizard challenge! 🌬️🧙‍♂️ A3.2Imagine you're looking at a weather map, and you see an air mass cruising down from the chilly northern oceans. What's your wizardly interpretation of this phenomenon?
41. In compound leaves the blade is divided into smaller sections called?
42. True or False: "Tragedy of The Commons" also relates to people putting harmful producs into our waterways?
43. In paragraph 2, the word "enormous" is closest in meaning to .....
44. Which layers of the atmosphere contains ozone layer?
45. An ecological footprint shows the productive area of Earth needed to support ..... in a particular country.
46. What type of energy is able to be regenerated in a short amount of time or are continuous?
47. What part of a river system has salty water?
48. Mathematical models can be useful for researching ecosystems that are otherwise difficult to study, such as .....
49. What causes clouds to form?
50. ..... variables are kept constant in a scientific study.
51. The organization of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada that promotes sustainability in higher education is called
52. Trees that lose their leaves every year.
53. Where the ocean meets the land:
54. When a spruce tree is harvested so the wood can be used to build a house, the tree is providing
55. What did hunter-gatherers do to alter the environment?
56. Which statement is a part of the cell theory?
57. This Earth system covers about 70% of the Earth.
58. When P waves leave the inner core and enter the outer core, they .....
59. What is the definition of "Greenhouse Effect?"
60. What needs to be done first before proposing a solution to an environmental problem?
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