Environmental Sciences Quiz 98 (60 MCQs)

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1. Type of heat flow that involves the transfer of heat from one molecule to another molecule
2. What is the water footprint?
3. The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is .....
4. The following animals are common to which land biome? (anaconda, gorilla, monkey, toucan bird, red-eyed tree frog, python, jaguar, three-toed sloth, anteater, macaw bird)
5. Where are most ocean trenches located?
6. Which process is believed to initiate the increase in oxygen in our atmosphere?
7. What period of US Environmental Policy was the National Park System created?
8. True or False:All plants produce flowers.
9. Which is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them?
10. An animal that eats both plants and animals is a (an)
11. Organisms that eat only plants are .....
12. Which agricultural practice helps in reducing the runoff of pesticides into water bodies?
13. We do not use..... for drinking.
14. Water continuously moves between oceans, the atmosphere, and land.
15. We use ..... to generate electricity.
16. Which of the following would be a way to conserve geological resources?
17. Which weather tool measures air pressure?
18. A group made of different species
19. T8-A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate. On what axis will the type of exercise go on?
20. Plants take in carbon-dioxide and releases oxygen through tiny openings called .....
21. Which of the following has caused an increase in the per capita land consumption?
22. Depletion of ozone layer is a concern because it absorbs .....
23. Food webs are made of many overlapping .....
24. An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere (especially sustained increase that causes climatic changes) is called .....
25. Ms. Palma needs your help:She needs to find the constant variables for her experiment. She is trying to determine what shampoo makes her hair least frizzy. Which variable would be a constant?
26. Which of the following is not a problem caused by the establishment of human communities?
27. Plants that spring from the earth to blossom and absorb sunlight belong in what sphere?
28. The following is a characteristic of a developed country.
29. The distance in degrees north and south of the equator is called
30. Which variable goes on the x-axis?
31. RTWQ consists of water sampling equipment with sensors to record physical and chemical components of water.
32. Which of the following does not reduce CO2 in the atmosphere?
33. In what ways could we help our environment in the face of global warming?
34. Increases or speeds up original change
35. Which would produce the most severe earthquake damage along the surface of Earth?
36. This warning exhibits bright coloration among organisms that act as signal to their predators that they are poisonous or distasteful.
37. Any factor in an ecosystem that is currently living or has once lived is called?
38. What is the correct formula for the compound, lithium oxide?
39. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a example of a nonliving thing in our environment?
40. This is the study of the interaction of humans and the natural environment.
41. Habitat destruction, overexploitation, pollution, introduction of foreign species
42. Organic Compound
43. Which of the following refers to a population reaching a size that can no longer be supported by available resources in the surrounding environment?
44. Oceans, polar ice caps, and groundwater would all be considered part of Earth's .....
45. Which part of the plant soaks in the sun to help feed the plant?
46. Wind, geothermal, and solar energy are all what type of energy resources?
47. A resource that can only be used once and cannot be replaced once used is called a .....
48. The main use of fossil fuels by humans is to use the thermal energy they contain to produce .....
49. What's the main macromolecule in peanuts?
50. Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or a slowly growing population?
51. Which answer best defines evaporation?
52. Environmental pollution has a negative impact on which of the following aspects?
53. The following animals are common to which land biome?(polar bear, walrus, arctic fox, seal, penguin, snowy owl, caribou, arctic hare, musk oxen)
54. This part of the Earth System includes the crust, mantle, and core.
55. States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
56. Farthest from Earth's surface
57. Renewable natural resources examples are
58. What percentage of the atmosphere is made up of nitrogen
59. When we use renewable resources with care, ensuring that they are not depleted for future generations, we are following a practice called
60. Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called?