Environmental Sciences Quiz 423 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Independent variables depend on experimental conditions.

Correct Answer: B) FALSE.

2. ..... is the frozen water part of the Earth system.

Correct Answer: D) Cryosphere.

3. Which of the following ISN'T a fossil fuel?

Correct Answer: C) Uranium.

4. Limestone islands in the sea built by coral animals.

Correct Answer: D) Coral Reef.

5. What drives oceanic currents?

Correct Answer: A) Wind.

6. What is species richness?

Correct Answer: C) Number of different species in a given area.

7. Nitrogen is essential for living organisms to make:

Correct Answer: C) Proteins.

8. A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular place.

Correct Answer: B) Population.

9. A carpenter makes .....

Correct Answer: D) Tables and chairs.

10. What do you call a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit?

Correct Answer: C) Mutualism.

11. Troposphere

Correct Answer: E) The layer of Earth's atmosphere closest to the surface.

12. What is the Lincoln Index also known as?

Correct Answer: B) Mark, release and recapture.

13. Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 ways humans are currently combating deforestation?

Correct Answer: D) Encouraging clear cutting.

14. True or False:Surface water always moves from higher elevation to lower elevation.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. An organism's job, or way of life, is its

Correct Answer: B) Niche.

16. Variable that depends on the conditions set up in the experiment.

Correct Answer: A) Dependent Variable.

17. A front is

Correct Answer: C) A line where two different air masses meet.

18. The ..... climate has cool summers, bitterly cold winters and permafrost.

Correct Answer: D) Tundra.

19. Deposits of natural gas are most numerous in .....

Correct Answer: D) USA and Russia.

20. The function of Structural Enzymes, and the forming of muscles/skin/organs .....

Correct Answer: C) Proteins.