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Environmental Sciences Quiz 94 (60 MCQs)

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1. Oil spills and trash dumping are examples of ..... pollution
2. Potentially the most dangerous to humans and most destructive to the environment, Forms when layers of hardened lava chunks alternate with lava, Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier are examples.
3. A group of the same species living in an ecosystem is referred to as a .....
4. What is the term for the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)?
5. A community of animals and plants interacting with their environment. Biotic and abiotic
6. In the town of Podunk, Alabama, the population at the beginning of the year was 4882. If 48 people were born and 12 people died, what is the growth rate of the town? Births-Deaths = then / Pop = then X by 100
7. When resources are not available a population will ..... in size.
8. Out of all the animals listed below, which one is considered a secondary consumer?
9. If you are testing the buoyancy (galleggiabilità) of a cotton ball and you leave one plain, cover one half in oil, and cover the third in oil completely then place each in water, what is the independent variable?
10. What happens when something is unsustainable?
11. Which layer of the atmosphere is most dense?
12. This law restricts the pollution of the atmosphere
13. Which type of selection would occur after a natural disaster such as a flood or an earthquake?
14. When layers of the Earth formed, the least dense layer .....
15. Is an undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms.
16. The most common source of carbon monoxide comes from .....
17. A testable explanation that is based on observations and research is known as a
18. This type of interaction is when one species benefits and the other is harmed.
19. Any significant change in measures of climate, such as temperature lasting for an extended period of a decade or longer.
20. What is the shape of an age structure diagram for the following:growing population?
21. A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
22. ..... means moving into a population.
23. Name that cycle:The one that gives plants their food via photosynthesis.
24. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
25. A negative feedback loop has an end goal of .....
26. Heat transfer due to density differences
27. These animals have specific diet and climate requirements
28. How do you think the previous picture is connected to the what happened in the Great Plains?
29. When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?
30. The very bottom of a body of water is called the ..... zone.
31. Biome characteristics are most affected by the ..... of a location.
32. This happens when there is a sudden unfavorable change in the characteristics of air, water, and land.
33. Which fossil fuel energy source does the world (and US) have the largest supply of?
34. This biome has plants with small, waxy leaves
35. Which sciences contribute to Environmental Science?
36. Number of deaths each year per 1, 000 people
37. Which atmosphere layer protects living things from the Sun's UV radiation?
38. Pollution can cause harm to the .....
39. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone?
40. Using fossil fuels reduce acid rain
41. Albedo can best be described as .....
42. Which structure is common to all 3 types of cells?
43. Which animal guards our house?
44. Which one of the following is an indicator of air pollution?
45. Collection and classification of data
46. Who provides assistance in managing forests for the private landowner as well as the commercial grower?
47. The study of life is
48. ..... The available supply of something that can be used.
49. An ..... has it's nourishment taken from it by a parasite.
50. Which profession works to eliminate invasive species of animals by utilizing safe, organic, non-hazardous pesticides in and around your environment?
51. Place the layers of the earth in the correct order.
52. What group of people are the most affected by air pollution?
53. Which of the following processes removes carbon dioxide from ocean waters?
54. The head office of IMD is at .....
55. A ..... source of water pollution is water pollution over a larger area, such as roadways, agricultural areas, and industrial sites.
56. In various physical and chemical forms, carbon cycles through different reservoirs on Earth. In which reservoir does carbon primarily appear as carbon dioxide gas?
57. How are sedimentary rocks formed?
58. A predictable series of change and replacement over time in a community.
59. Consumers that eat only producers.
60. Extreme hunger; starvation
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