Environmental Sciences Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. (a) selection is when wild organisms who are best adapted to their environments are more likely to survive
2. Which of the following is NOT a problem that Lake Erie continues to struggle with?
3. The largest level of ecological classification
4. In a desert environment, cactus wrens (a bird) often build their nests in cholla cacti to avoid predators. This behavior does not hurt the cacti. Which type of relationship do cactus wrens and cholla cacti demonstrate?
5. The ..... was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.
6. What is an advantage of incineration over other waste disposal methods?
7. How much waste does the average American produce per day?
8. Plants are green because of the presence of a pigment called:
9. The temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, settlements, or other uses
10. You should always wash your hands after a lab.
11. Define the term non‑renewable.
12. Eutrophication of a body of water is often caused by the addition of
13. This is the largest biome in the world.
14. This occurs when one or more organism uses the same resource at the same time
15. The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
16. Which layer is the thinnest?
17. This type of growth, represented with an S curve, is growth with limiting factors that bring the population near carrying capacity
18. ..... tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment.
19. Models used by scientists include
20. A re-creation of an event that enable an investigator to support or disprove a hypothesis.