Environmental Sciences Quiz 473 (20 MCQs)

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1. The process by which sediments move from one place to another from wind or rain is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Erosion.

2. In which group are there animals that can fly, run or swim?

Correct Answer: A) Birds.

3. You observe a leaf that has a number of leaflets arranged in two rows facing each other along the midrib. You would describe this as a ..... leaf

Correct Answer: C) Compound leaf.

4. Which of the following is NOT a claim?

Correct Answer: C) The school year began on August 18 and will end on June 4.

5. Which of the following is the best example of prey?

Correct Answer: C) Worm.

6. Which contributes to the formation of hurricanes during the late summer?

Correct Answer: C) The interaction between ocean water temperatures and warm air masses.

7. Acid rain is caused due to the atmospheric release of gases-

Correct Answer: A) Sulphur dioxide, Nitrogen oxides.

8. Scientists have found fossils of tropical plants in Antarctica. How could tropical plants have grown in Antarctica?

Correct Answer: B) At one time, Antarctica was located closer to the equator.

9. This layer is the farthest layer from the Earth.

Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere.

10. The phosphorus cycle is the only cycle that doesn't involve movement of nutrients into the

Correct Answer: A) The atmosphere.

11. What do you call the part of the investigation that is NOT manipulated?

Correct Answer: A) Control.

12. What are materials and energy found naturally that we can use to survive? Both renewable and non-renewable

Correct Answer: C) Natural resources.

13. What would happen to the carbon dioxide levels on Earth if all photosynthetic organisms suddenly died?

Correct Answer: A) There would be an increase in the atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide.

14. Is greater for cold air, causing cold air to push warm air up

Correct Answer: B) Density.

15. What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity.

16. Why is there a high amount of rain at the equator?

Correct Answer: C) Warm air rises and condenses leading to rain.

17. Though extinction is a natural process, it has become a problem because

Correct Answer: C) The rate of extinction has increased dramatically.

18. What type of organism has the biggest species diversity?

Correct Answer: D) Insects.

19. Any factor in the environment that limits the size of a population

Correct Answer: A) Limiting factor.

20. Determine the type of reasoning:Every president of the United States has been male. The next two presidents will be male.

Correct Answer: A) Inductive.