Environmental Sciences Quiz 462 (20 MCQs)

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1. Green buildings

Correct Answer: B) Reduce and save energy usage.

2. Human construction of buildings ad pavement affect the hydrologic cycle by

Correct Answer: B) Increasing evaporation and runoff.

3. Variable(s) that do not change during the experiment.

Correct Answer: C) Constant.

4. California experiences a large number of earthquakes. What plate boundary can you expect to find there?

Correct Answer: B) Transform.

5. What process occurs when coal, which is a fossil fuel, is used for energy?

Correct Answer: B) Combustion.

6. What event led to the birth of modern environmentalism?

Correct Answer: A) Publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring.

7. With clear evidence (A), his company couldn't deny(B) dump(C) a large quantity of toxins into the sea(D).

Correct Answer: C) C.

8. A substance composed of many molecules (that are composed of atoms from more than one element) held together by chemical bonds is a(n): .....

Correct Answer: B) Compound.

9. Which of the following units is not metric?

Correct Answer: A) Inches.

10. Biomass energy.....

Correct Answer: C) Can be created by microbial action or burned directly as wood or dung.

11. It is a fog combined with smoke and other chemical fumes.

Correct Answer: C) Smog.

12. Information that you collect using your senses.

Correct Answer: A) Observation.

13. Sulfur dioxide reacts with water vapor in the atmosphere to form

Correct Answer: C) Sulfuric acid.

14. What type of forest has the greatest biodiversity?

Correct Answer: B) Tropical Rainforest.

15. Which describes an "Endangered Species"

Correct Answer: A) Species has low numbers and are likely to become extinct.

16. Which of the following prevents UV rays from reaching Earth?

Correct Answer: A) The ozone layer.

17. Refers to the weather conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, and winds.

Correct Answer: B) Climate.

18. Which transfer of energy occurs mainly through the process of convection?

Correct Answer: C) Heated air in the lower atmosphere transferred upward by density differences.

19. Replaced relatively quickly by natural processes.

Correct Answer: C) Renewable resource.

20. *The organelle responsible for photosynthesis:

Correct Answer: B) Chloroplast.