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Environmental Sciences Quiz 92 (60 MCQs)

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1. The three main categories of waste include municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, and:
2. The birth rate and death rate determine a country's
3. ..... carries water and food to all the parts of the plant.
4. Why do thunderstorms most often occur in the summer months?
5. Which of these statements BEST describes (explains) temperature as elevation in the atmosphere increases?
6. To plow up the soil
7. What percentage of our power comes from renewable energy sources?
8. Materials in the environment that are useful to people
9. Plants that require little water
10. The reactants in photosynthesis are
11. ..... can change continuously.
12. ..... means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
13. What do humans do that releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere?
14. Conversion of nitrate ions to gaseous nitrogen by bacteria is .....
15. In environmental science, what is a nutrient?
16. One word that explains hunger is .....
17. Most of the freshwater is underground.
18. The movement of individuals away from a population
19. ..... are natural resources that are naturally replenished or renewed over short periods of time.
20. Union of two nuclei creating energy when combined
21. Which of the following is an important foundation of environmental science?
22. How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?
23. It is the direct use of living green plants for in situ (in place) removal, degradation, or containment of contaminants in soils, sludges, sediments, surface water and groundwater.
24. How would you write 35 trillion in scientific notation?
25. A joint family has four members.
26. The one variable in an experiment that is purposely changed by the scientist is the .....
27. Where is the benthos located?
28. What is the term used to describe the area where thin oceanic plates spread apart, releasing magma and creating new oceanic crust?
29. Which is an example of direct use of fossil fuels?
30. Gasoline leaks on the highway are an example of
31. When addressing livelihoods we are speaking about
32. When a government gives cash to an industry to support an activity of the industry, that is an example of which incentive?
33. Pollution is .....
34. Temperature in the stratosphere warms as altitude increases.
35. Raksha Bandhan means a bond of .....
36. Which species was not originally in the ecosystem?
37. What does CITES stand for?
38. Weaher forecasting has improved recently in part because of
39. The diagram shows the difference in sunlight reaching Earth at Points 1 and 2.Based on the diagram, what is another difference between Points 1 and 2?
40. Temperature decreases with height in the ..... because the heat from the surface rises and cools.
41. Antarctica is this biome
42. What does the term anthropogenic mean?
43. The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of .....
44. In a controlled study, all variable are controlled except two
45. Which one the following is NOT a branch of science, but a pseudoscience because it is not testable, repeatable and measurable.
46. Interdisciplinary science is .....
47. What do you call the agency that responsible for the conservation, management, and development of the country's environment and natural resources.?
48. The process of SUPPLYING WATER to areas of land to make them suitable for GROWING CROPS
49. Conditions in the atmosphere at a particular place and particular moment
50. Conservation is the act of conserving, or protecting the environment, plants, and animals. What are some things you can do to help conserve our environment?
51. When oceanic and continental crust collide what feature would form?
52. A long ridge of sand or narrow islands that lies parallel to the shore
53. Operating in such a way that a society has enough resources for their needs and for the needs of people in the future.
54. Earth can be divided into how many physical layers?
55. In NL, most people refer to any wet area with vegetation a 'bog'
56. The word environment is usually understood to mean the surrounding conditions that affect organisms, but a broader definition would include everything that affects an organism during its lifetime
57. When hydrogen is "fused" together on the Sun, what new element is created?
58. The variable you (the scientist) changes during an experiment
59. Can lead to allergic reactions to fungi and mold
60. What is the term for an organism that primarily eats meat?
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