Environmental Sciences Quiz 522 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which is higher quality matter?

Correct Answer: A) Liquid gas.

2. ..... affect the climate through the gases and dust particles thrown into the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: B) Volcanoes.

3. What percentage of energy is lost as you move up a trophic level?

Correct Answer: C) 90%.

4. The study of how the environment and humans affect one another is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Environmental Science.

5. How humans are involved in the environment.

Correct Answer: C) Environmental Science.

6. In the story of Easter Island, what was considered the commons?

Correct Answer: C) The trees.

7. Animal(s) which is/are active at night.

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

8. Has some trees and supports large herbivores

Correct Answer: A) Savanna.

9. The collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items is

Correct Answer: D) Recycling.

10. Giraffes, lions, zebras, hyenas, and all the other living things of the Serengeti make up a(n)

Correct Answer: C) Community.

11. A nurse.....

Correct Answer: A) Takes care of those who are not well.

12. Some human activities release contaminants into the air that degrade its quality; this is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Air pollution.

13. Why is the increase in greenhouse gasses an issue

Correct Answer: A) It causes climate change and increase in the global temperature.

14. What type of growth is the human population experiencing today?

Correct Answer: A) Exponential growth.

15. When people began to grow crops, raise domestic animals, and live in villages

Correct Answer: B) Agricultural revolution.

16. In 2000, the level of ammonia in a river was 63ppm. In 2004, the level was 112ppm. what is the percent increase since 2000?

Correct Answer: A) 77%.

17. In December 1970, EPA Agency officially opened in D.C.

Correct Answer: A) True.

18. In a negative feedback loop, each action creates a consequence that ..... the other action.

Correct Answer: A) Decreases.

19. Pest populations that damage plants

Correct Answer: D) Become resistant to pesticides via natural selection tagsSEV4.

20. Which aquatic ecosystem is adversely affected by runoff?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.