Environmental Sciences Quiz 460 (20 MCQs)

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1. Biocapacity is .....

Correct Answer: A) The area where we can recover resources.

2. Ninety-seven percent of the world's water resources are found in

Correct Answer: C) Icecaps and glaciers.

3. Which of these studies to solve environmental problems.

Correct Answer: B) Environmental Scientist.

4. All of the following are benefits of GMOs EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: D) Less allergic reactions.

5. What is the average weather of an area over a long period of time?

Correct Answer: A) Climate.

6. Introduction of foreign substances into water that degrade its quality, limit its use, and affect organisms living in it or drinking it

Correct Answer: D) Water pollution.

7. Which of the following is NOT an abundant greenhouse gas?

Correct Answer: D) Ozone.

8. What exactly does biodiversity measure within an ecosystem?

Correct Answer: A) The number of different species within an ecosystem.

9. A tapeworm lives in the small intestines where it feeds and grows, robbing the human of essential nutrients. This is a ..... type of relationship.

Correct Answer: B) Parasitism.

10. In which situation are the cryosphere and geosphere interacting?

Correct Answer: B) A volcano release hot lava that causes a glacier to melt.

11. An accurate definition of Sustainability is

Correct Answer: B) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive.

12. What naturally occurring gas do trees absorb?

Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide.

13. .... grows in areas with low rainfall

Correct Answer: C) Bajra.

14. Acids have ..... concentrations of H+. Bases have ..... concentrations of H+.

Correct Answer: A) High; Low.

15. Consumers are organisms that

Correct Answer: B) Get their energy by eating other organisms.

16. Physical model

Correct Answer: A) A three-dimensional model you can touch.

17. Which human action can cause pollution?

Correct Answer: C) Mining.

18. The majority of earth's fresh water is found where?

Correct Answer: C) In glaciers/ice.

19. Horizon A is made up of ..... ?

Correct Answer: B) Topsoil.

20. An optimum range is

Correct Answer: C) An organism's comfort zone.