Environmental Sciences Quiz 293 (20 MCQs)

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1. A negative feedback loop has an end goal of .....

Correct Answer: A) Stability.

2. Heat transfer due to density differences

Correct Answer: B) Convection.

3. These animals have specific diet and climate requirements

Correct Answer: C) Specialists.

4. How do you think the previous picture is connected to the what happened in the Great Plains?

Correct Answer: A) It shows the movement of people Homesteading the Plains of Idaho.

5. When plants draw nutrients from the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres?

Correct Answer: D) The biosphere and the geosphere.

6. The very bottom of a body of water is called the ..... zone.

Correct Answer: B) Benthic.

7. Biome characteristics are most affected by the ..... of a location.

Correct Answer: B) Temperature.

8. This happens when there is a sudden unfavorable change in the characteristics of air, water, and land.

Correct Answer: C) Pollution.

9. Which fossil fuel energy source does the world (and US) have the largest supply of?

Correct Answer: B) Coal.

10. This biome has plants with small, waxy leaves

Correct Answer: A) Chaparral.

11. Which sciences contribute to Environmental Science?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

12. Number of deaths each year per 1, 000 people

Correct Answer: D) Death rate.

13. Which atmosphere layer protects living things from the Sun's UV radiation?

Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere.

14. Pollution can cause harm to the .....

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

15. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone?

Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere.

16. Using fossil fuels reduce acid rain

Correct Answer: B) False.

17. Albedo can best be described as .....

Correct Answer: C) The amount of solar radiation reflected.

18. Which structure is common to all 3 types of cells?

Correct Answer: C) A cell membrane.

19. Which animal guards our house?

Correct Answer: A) Dog.

20. Which one of the following is an indicator of air pollution?

Correct Answer: A) Lichen.