Environmental Sciences Quiz 52 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which instrument is used to measure wind velocity?

Correct Answer: C) Anemometer.

2. What positive impact does ozone in the stratosphere have?

Correct Answer: D) Absorbs ultraviolet radiation.

3. Ozone formation can lead to photochemical smog, especially in areas that are ..... and have a lot of .....

Correct Answer: A) Warm and have a lot of traffic.

4. During which revolution did humans shift from moving around to live in communities, raise livestock, and plant crops?

Correct Answer: B) Agricultural.

5. Our Father's Father and Mother's Father are our and our Mother's Mother and Father's Mother are our?

Correct Answer: B) Grand Father, Grand Mother.

6. The UN stands for

Correct Answer: C) United Nations.

7. This period in history is when humans grew plants and animals were raised and harvested, the human population dramtically increased.

Correct Answer: B) Agricultural Revolution.

8. Have higher average incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, stronger social support systems.

Correct Answer: B) Developed Countries.

9. What stage of demographic transition has the highest population growth?

Correct Answer: B) Transitional.

10. Which type of pollutants cannot be broken down by natural processes?

Correct Answer: D) Nondegradable.

11. Sunlight falls on a semiconductor, causing it to release ..... in photovoltaic cells.

Correct Answer: B) Electrons.

12. Evolution typically happens .....

Correct Answer: B) Over millions of years.

13. Which of the following is NOT an environmental issue?

Correct Answer: A) What was the size of Earth's human population in AD 1650?.

14. It exist on every continent except in Europe.

Correct Answer: D) Desert.

15. Which of the following has wavelengths longer than microwaves?

Correct Answer: B) Radio waves.

16. The time period before Christopher Columbus came to North America is known as .....

Correct Answer: A) Pre-Columbian.

17. The ozone layer is a sublayer of the ..... layer.

Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere.

18. When the last member of a species dies, the species becomes

Correct Answer: A) Extinct.

19. How do introduced (invasive) species typically affect biodiversity?

Correct Answer: D) They lower biodiversity.

20. Which is the highest level of biodiversity?

Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem diversity.