Environmental Sciences Quiz 147 (20 MCQs)

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1. How do warm-water currents affect the coastal areas along which they flow?
2. When water changes from a liquid to a solid it is known as .....
3. In Australia the farmers had a problem with beetles eating the sugar cane. So they introduced the cane toad to control that population. Instead of eating the beetles, they ate the source of food and other organisms. What would be a possible consequence of this?
4. Which of the following is not an example of an omnivore?
5. H2O
6. The cyclic movement of phosphorus in different chemical forms from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment.
7. The climate becomes colder as you move up the mountain. What are the causes for this?
8. As you travel from the North Pole toward the equator, you would expect to see
9. True or False:Euclidean zoning is a separation of land use by type into specific areas of a city.
10. As altitude increases, what happens to temperature?
11. The ozone layer
12. Forest fires are very bad for the environment. We should do all that we can do to prevent them.
13. Oil, natural gas, and coal are called ..... resources because they are not easy to replace.
14. What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
15. Volcanoes occur at tectonic plate boundaries that are
16. In the western United States, at the southern edge of their range, moose are sometimes so severely infested with ticks that they die. The tick/moose relationship is best described as
17. This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.
18. Which is the rainiest country in the world?
19. Any natural material used by humans is referred to as a ..... ?
20. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use.