Environmental Sciences Quiz 505 (20 MCQs)

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1. How is a hypothesis tested?

Correct Answer: D) Completing an experiment.

2. Which period involved raising crops and livestock for food?

Correct Answer: A) Agricultural Revolution.

3. ..... is the guess and consistency of a measurement.

Correct Answer: D) Precision.

4. A final, stable community in equilibrium with the environment.

Correct Answer: D) Climax Community.

5. Which is not a scientific factor of sustainability?

Correct Answer: C) Political science.

6. A technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, or prairie restoration to improve habitat and reduce wildfire risk.

Correct Answer: B) Controlled Burn.

7. T.A.I.L.S is a way to remember all the components of a good graph. What does the "T" Stand for?

Correct Answer: B) Title.

8. Where solid waste disposal is regulated and controlled

Correct Answer: A) Sanitary landfill.

9. How would a scientist go about TESTING their hypothesis?

Correct Answer: A) Perform an experiment.

10. ..... Addition through movement into a population

Correct Answer: A) Immigration.

11. A species that is not native to an area is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Invasive Species.

12. Scientist use this to study and learn about the interior of the Earth.

Correct Answer: B) Seismic waves.

13. When the author of an article has a huge influence on how the article is biased it is

Correct Answer: D) Bias in the source.

14. In order to power machines, the energy in fuels is often converted into ..... energy

Correct Answer: A) Electrical.

15. What do the Milky Way galaxy and other galaxies in the universe have in common?

Correct Answer: D) They have similar elements.

16. What is the largest reservoir of water in the hydrologic cycle?

Correct Answer: B) Oceans.

17. Which rock is formed form the cooling of volcanic ash on Earth's surface?

Correct Answer: C) Extrusive igneous.

18. Organisms which cannot manufacture their own organic food are called:

Correct Answer: C) Heterotrophs.

19. What effect does the sun have on surface water?

Correct Answer: D) It causes it to evaporate.

20. From producer to secondary consumer, about what percentage of enerty is lost?

Correct Answer: C) 99 percent.