Environmental Sciences Quiz 314 (20 MCQs)

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1. A pattern of eating that includes how much, what, and how often a person eats.

Correct Answer: B) Diet.

2. Which of the following is not a benefit of composting?

Correct Answer: B) Anything can be composted.

3. Humans have inadvertently promoted the evolution of insects that are resistant to insecticides by

Correct Answer: A) Trying to control pests with chemicals.

4. An increase in Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to which of the following?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

5. Which substance of formed when swamp plants are buried under pressure for a very long time?

Correct Answer: A) Coal.

6. Least amount of precipitation

Correct Answer: A) Coniferous.

7. The branch of biology that focuses on how living things and nonliving parts of the environment.

Correct Answer: C) Ecology.

8. Research Question:Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable?

Correct Answer: A) Type of gasoline.

9. Most of the nutrients in an arctic ecosystem come from

Correct Answer: B) The ocean.

10. Trees are considered ..... resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time.

Correct Answer: A) Renewable.

11. What is when something is added to the environment that is harmful or poisonous to living things?

Correct Answer: A) Pollution.

12. The layers of the atmosphere that get hotter with increased altitude are the

Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere and stratosphere.

13. All decisions to reduce human contributions involve .....

Correct Answer: B) Trade-offs between costs and benefits.

14. The air is an example of a

Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource.

15. The single MOST important factor contributing to the modern-day extinction of hundreds of species on Earth is

Correct Answer: C) Habitat destruction.

16. Your "carbon footprint" refers to the amount of carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) produced by

Correct Answer: D) All of your daily activities and lifestyle.

17. Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere?

Correct Answer: A) Part of the upper mantle.

18. Animal adaptation that allow animals to live in hot environments as they hunt and feed during the night.

Correct Answer: D) Nocturnal.

19. Supervolcanoes are the most dangerous type of volcanoes.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. Taking vitamins could extend a person's life expectancy. The dependent variable is

Correct Answer: B) How long people live.