Environmental Sciences Quiz 454 (20 MCQs)

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1. A method for studying the natural world is .....
2. Temperature inversions can create
3. Cellular Respiration is a chemical reaction in which living organisms take in oxygen and glucose (sugar) from the environment and are converted to carbon dioxide, water, and ATP (energy). These products are then later outputted to the external environment. This is an example of a:
4. Which fossil fuel can be stored underground until use or transported through pipelines and liquefied?
5. The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
6. In a rain forest, plants called THIS use the entire surface of a tree as a place to live.
7. Which sector of the US uses the majority of energy resources?
8. A social movement advocating for protection of the natural environment.
9. A factor that responds to the changes the experimenter makes on the y-axis of a graph
10. The long term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region
11. Fishermen have harvested certain fish to the point where the population of that fish is decreasing. This level of direct harvesting could cause
12. Oceans are responsible for 40% of all photosynthesis that occurs on Earth
13. Canada has one of the largest estuaries in the world
14. What is one human action that may have caused global ozone depletion?
15. All organisms that swim actively in open water, independent of currents
16. Which of the following is NOT one of the three types or levels of biodiversity?
17. Which biome is found on the mountain above the tree line?
18. What does climate mean?
19. How many periods is US Environmental Policy divided?
20. Which scenario is most likely to be a direct impact of a growing human population on the environment?