Environmental Sciences Quiz 204 (20 MCQs)

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1. Requires no harm to threatened and endangered species

Correct Answer: E) The Endangered Species Act.

2. Living things and their interactions with the environment and each other.

Correct Answer: B) Biotic factors.

3. One example of a question that can be addressed by science is

Correct Answer: B) What percent of people prefer roses to tulips.

4. A type of symbiosis in which both species are helping each other is called:

Correct Answer: A) Mutualism.

5. Abiotic environment does not include:

Correct Answer: D) Plants.

6. A change in state from a vapor to a liquid

Correct Answer: D) Condensation.

7. Most of the mass of the atmosphere is contained in the

Correct Answer: A) Troposphere.

8. What does evenness measure in an ecosystem?

Correct Answer: A) The population sizes of each species relative to each other.

9. Someone drains used car oil and anti-freeze onto the ground. What type of pollution would this cause?

Correct Answer: A) Toxic.

10. A flat area that surrounds a river or stream.

Correct Answer: C) Floodplain.

11. This process occurs in mitochondria.

Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration.

12. Forest wildfires could cause which type of succession?

Correct Answer: B) Secondary.

13. If rain has a ph of 9, is it more basic or acidic?

Correct Answer: B) Basic.

14. The factory was fined for having dumped a huge amount of rubbish into the river.

Correct Answer: C) Compensated.

15. The Mariana ..... is the deepest known place on Earth

Correct Answer: D) Trench.

16. In succession, moss and lichens are examples of .....

Correct Answer: B) Pioneer Species.

17. Some landfills (including Houston's biggest!) capture ..... to create electricity.

Correct Answer: A) Methane.

18. Eats only producers

Correct Answer: A) Herbivore.

19. When succession occurs in areas where previous growth has occurred, its called?

Correct Answer: B) Secondary succession.

20. The "Tragedy of the Commons" describes the conflict between .....

Correct Answer: C) Individuals and society.