Environmental Sciences Quiz 108 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which process uses glucose as aprimary source of chemical energy?

Correct Answer: A) Cellular Respiration.

2. Climate change has increased the rate of coral bleaching worldwide, due to what changes in the ocean?

Correct Answer: B) The ocean is becoming warmer. and more acidic.

3. Which process in the hydrologic (water) cycle describes the loss of water from the leaves of plants:

Correct Answer: B) Transpiration.

4. The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter is the ..... variable.

Correct Answer: C) Independent.

5. If you consider what will add to our understanding of the natural world in making an environmental decision, you are examining a (n) ..... value.

Correct Answer: D) Scientific.

6. Which of the following is not a renewable source of energy?

Correct Answer: C) Nuclear energy.

7. A bog is a wetland that

Correct Answer: A) Is entirely covered in thick, floating mats of vegetation.

8. What is the definition of environmental science?

Correct Answer: A) The study of human interaction with the natural environment.

9. Lack of water in human body makes people .....

Correct Answer: C) Dehydrated.

10. When water goes from being a gas (water vapor) to a liquid, that process is called

Correct Answer: A) Condensation.

11. During the period of human history known as the ....., human populations grew rapidly because of advances in farming methods.

Correct Answer: B) Agricultural Revolution.

12. A human-centered view of our relationship with the environment

Correct Answer: C) Anthropocentrism.

13. The Amazon rainforest is also known as the Earth's ..... ?

Correct Answer: C) Lungs.

14. Energy is released

Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration.

15. During his presidency, the EPA was created and the CWA and CAA was passed,

Correct Answer: C) Richard Nixon.

16. Though they cover only 6% of Earth's land, rain forests contain what percent of Earth's species?

Correct Answer: C) 90%.

17. Which is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen.

18. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan played a leading role for which revolution?

Correct Answer: C) Green revolution.

19. A sphere of solid metal, mostly iron

Correct Answer: C) Inner core.

20. What year was the outdoor code published in the scout handbook?

Correct Answer: A) 1955.