Environmental Sciences Quiz 440 (20 MCQs)

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1. Water that seeps into soil and enters through aquifers is called ..... ?
2. If a 100 W incandescent bulb uses 400 kJ of energy per hour. How much would a CFL use that is 3 times as efficient IN 30 MINUTES?
3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:▪ Warns of safe weather, conducts research, and guides protection of ocean resources.
4. Which organization conducts particle physics experiments to better understand the universe?
5. Biocentrism:
6. A poller bear has big nubs for ears.
7. I am going to eat 5 chocolate candies everyday for the next year and see if my weight changes, what is the dependent variable?
8. The type of reasoning where a person makes conclusions based on observations and patterns is called .....
9. Species critical to the functioning of an ecosystem
10. On a graph, which axis shows the dependent variable?
11. All the living things with which an organism interacts is called
12. The creation of dams and reservoirs has decreased the annual reliable runoff available for human use.
13. As one apple on a tree ripens, it releases chemicals that lead the apples next to them to ripen as well. These apples also release chemicals that influence the apples around them until the entire tree has ripe fruit. Which type of feedback is this?
14. Two-thirds of the sulfur dioxide that pollutes the air is produced by
15. What is the disease you get if you don't eat Vitamin B
16. ..... % of energy is release from each level through .....
17. ..... are organisms that use nonliving organic matter as a source of energy and raw materials to build their bodies.
18. How many plastic bottles were used last year?
19. Which condition would lead to the highest prices?
20. The definition of pollution is