Environmental Sciences Quiz 433 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?
2. Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength
3. Among the levels of organization, in which level do spinal cord belongs?
4. A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that .....
5. The buildup of soil in aquatic ecosystems
6. What is causing many animals, such as the box turtle's habitat to be fragmented?
7. How did they transport the statues around Easter Island?
8. Bees pollinating our crops would be considered what type of ecosystem service?
9. Fill in the blank:Sun $\rightarrow$ ..... $\rightarrow$ Consumer $\rightarrow$ Decomposer
10. The organisms rank on the pyramid is the .....
11. Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth's surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?
12. Water supply to the reservoir should be the following:
13. Look at the Vocab Picture, "Survivorship Curve" What organism is in the middle of Juan's graph?
14. Which of the following is NOT a way to combat climate change?
15. ..... Observations are factual descriptions or Measurements.
16. The gene pool of two populations is separated. The populations may develop into a new species and this is called .....
17. Which type of plate boundary is located at the San Andreas Fault?
18. Which is a major source of air pollution created by humans?
19. Climate change and the warming of our oceans will likely make global inequalities worse, partially because catches in tropical regions are expected to decrease
20. The total effect of a large number of people exploiting resources and degrading them due to each person thinking their little waste, pollution doesn't matter is known as the 'The Tragedy of Commons'.