Environmental Sciences Quiz 235 (20 MCQs)

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1. Environmental Science uses multiple branches of science to solve environmental science and is therefore called

Correct Answer: B) An interdisciplinary science.

2. Which of these is an example of nonpoint source pollution?

Correct Answer: D) Runoff from feedlots.

3. A true statement about greenhouse gases is that they

Correct Answer: C) Trap heat that is radiated upward from Earth.

4. To prevent groundwater contamination, sanitary landfills are:

Correct Answer: B) Lined with plastic and clay.

5. Which of the following is a strategy for biodiversity conservation?

Correct Answer: B) Habitat restoration.

6. What is being tested in a Claim, Evidence Reasoning (CER) problem?

Correct Answer: D) Claim.

7. Two primary causes of sprawl are population growth and ecological restoration.

Correct Answer: B) False.

8. A situation in which individuals with access to a public resource act in their own interest and, in doing so, ultimately deplete the resource.

Correct Answer: A) Tragedy of the commons.

9. Which environmental perspective prevailed in the US between the 1700s and the 1800s?

Correct Answer: C) Frontier attitude.

10. Which of the following are indicators of healthy water systems?

Correct Answer: B) Low temperatures, high dissolved oxygen, and neutral pH.

11. Any material that comes from the Earth and is used for human needs is known as ..... ?

Correct Answer: B) Natural resource.

12. Erosion

Correct Answer: D) When soil is washed away.

13. Protective layer in atmosphere that shields earth from UV radiation.

Correct Answer: A) Ozone layer.

14. To use less of something is to

Correct Answer: A) Reduce.

15. Sustainable use of a resource means

Correct Answer: B) Using the resource more slowly than it replenishes.

16. Which of the following is the most geologically active region on the surface of Earth?

Correct Answer: C) Boundaries between tectonic plates.

17. The density of a population is

Correct Answer: D) The number of individuals per unit area.

18. The clean, relatively low-cost energy source from the Sun is referred to as

Correct Answer: A) Solar energy.

19. Which best describes the concept of net primary production?

Correct Answer: C) Energy captured minus energy lost.

20. ..... is climate change caused by humans.

Correct Answer: A) Anthropogenic Climate Change.