Environmental Sciences Quiz 44 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the two "revolutions" that changed the human population?

Correct Answer: B) Agricultural Revolution and Industrial Revolution.

2. During photosynthesis, carbon is moved from which reservoir (sink) to which reservoir (sink)?

Correct Answer: A) From the atmosphere to the terrestrial biosphere.

3. TRUE or FALSE? Invasive species grow quickly due to the lack of predators. This leads to a decline or extinction of the native population.

Correct Answer: A) True.

4. The disappearance of a particular population from a given area, but not of the entire species globally, is called

Correct Answer: A) Extirpation.

5. Which of the following is/are true about environmental impact statements?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

6. What is the basic unit of matter?

Correct Answer: C) Atoms.

7. Select true or false:Nuclear power stations use uranium as fuel to make electricity.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. Volcanoes ..... gases to the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: A) Add.

9. Photosynthesis, water cycle, nutrient cycling, habitat formation, soil formation and services that promote life on Earth are examples of?

Correct Answer: D) Supporting services.

10. What is energy flow in an ecosystem?

Correct Answer: A) Energy flow in an ecosystem refers to the transfer of energy from one organism to another through food chains and food webs.

11. In a food web / food chain, what do you call an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms?

Correct Answer: B) Consumer.

12. What year was the Clean Water and Air Act created?

Correct Answer: A) 1948.

13. What % of freshwater is on Earth?

Correct Answer: C) 3 %.

14. What is the term for a thin layer of gas in the upper atmosphere that protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun?

Correct Answer: A) Ozone layer.

15. According to the webquest we did in class, a place in which scientists are not finding a diverse population of organisms is .....

Correct Answer: D) The coral reefs in the Bahamas.

16. The warmest temperature zone of the ocean is the

Correct Answer: D) Surface zone.

17. The entire group studied is called the

Correct Answer: B) Population.

18. THE FASTEST MEANS OF TRANSPORT IS?

Correct Answer: A) AEROPLANE.

19. The overuse of pesticides and antibiotics has led to the rise in .....

Correct Answer: A) Resistance.

20. Consumers that eat only plants

Correct Answer: C) Herbivores.