Environmental Sciences Quiz 265 (20 MCQs)

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1. The place where two plates come together is known as a .....
2. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on which of the following dates?
3. Earth warms and glaciers and ice caps melt and dark terrestrial land is exposed. The dark land absorbs sunlight.
4. With respect to matter, Earth is mostly
5. The study of good and bad, right and wrong
6. Do plants grow better in natural light or under fluorescent light? What is the independent variable?
7. Organisms which harness the sun's energy directly are referred to as .....
8. What is one way to reduce the carbon emissions from passenger cars?
9. "A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question" is the definition of a (n)
10. Movement out of an area
11. All the members of one type of species in a specific area.
12. When multiple organisms seek the same limited resource, this is referred to as?
13. This type of threat to biodiversity involves cutting down forests, draining wetlands, or generally changing a habitat so much that is is no longer usable by organisms that live there
14. A scientist is conducting research on mealworms. Which of the following pieces of equipment should be used by the scientist to determine the mass of each mealworm?
15. The variety of genetic variation, variety ofspecies in a community, or a variety ofcommunities in an ecosystem
16. Atoms of the same type that have been chemically combined are called .....
17. What is the main cause of forest destruction?
18. Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?
19. In a desert biome, which abiotic factors are primarily responsible for low vegetation?
20. The reactants of this process are glucose and oxygen.