Environmental Sciences Quiz 496 (20 MCQs)

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1. A habitat is a place or location within the ecosystem where an organism lives

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. Deposition is the process as

Correct Answer: A) Constructive.

3. The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type ofboundary is it?

Correct Answer: C) Transform.

4. The scientific method is a technique for testing ideas with observations and involves several assumptions and a series of interrelated steps.

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. In experimental design, which variable is labeled on the x-axis?

Correct Answer: A) Independent variable.

6. ..... is the development that meets human need without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Correct Answer: A) Sustainability.

7. Which of the following is a way people can reduce the emissions that contribute to smog and the greenhouse effect?

Correct Answer: A) Take public transporation.

8. What is an effect surface mining has on streams?

Correct Answer: C) Intermittent streams are destroyed.

9. This type of biome is located in the northern most part of the hemisphere

Correct Answer: C) Boreal forest.

10. Angiosperms called roses come in a variety of shapes and colors as a result of .....

Correct Answer: B) Artificial selection.

11. A species that colonizes an uninhabited area and begins the process of ecological succession is called

Correct Answer: C) Pioneer species.

12. What category of ecosystem services includes climate regulation and water purification?

Correct Answer: B) Regulating services.

13. All of the following make up the 3 major categories of environmental problems

Correct Answer: B) Overpopulation.

14. Coal is a

Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable resource.

15. Fossil fuels are included in:

Correct Answer: A) Organic resources.

16. The national process of the atmosphere heating through the trapping of re-radiated IR radiation is known as

Correct Answer: D) Green house effect.

17. Cellular Respiration involves the chemical breakdown of ..... to form ATP Energy

Correct Answer: C) Glucose.

18. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the light we see and can interfere with our natural rhythms and wildlife behavior?

Correct Answer: A) Light pollution.

19. An organism that eats only meat is classified as a .....

Correct Answer: A) Carnivore.

20. Geothermal energy

Correct Answer: B) Heat energy within the earth.