Environmental Sciences Quiz 528 (20 MCQs)

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1. All living things are made of these

Correct Answer: D) Cells.

2. What was the Deep Water Horizon?

Correct Answer: C) An oil rig.

3. One group of gases that is responsible for destroying ozone in the ozone layer is

Correct Answer: A) CFCs.

4. What is a major advantage of mass transit over private vehicles?

Correct Answer: A) Reduces congestions on roads.

5. Loss of biodiversity is the number and variety of species.

Correct Answer: B) True.

6. An organism that can make its own food

Correct Answer: B) Producer.

7. Effective scientists are always ....., meaning that they do not simply accept what they hear from others.

Correct Answer: D) Skeptical.

8. Nitrogen compounds are converted back into atmospheric N2 by bacteria and burning of fossil fuels through this process

Correct Answer: D) Denitrification.

9. What happens to rain that falls through a polluted atmosphere?

Correct Answer: B) It becomes acid rain.

10. What do invasive species do to the habitat they move into? (paragraph 2)

Correct Answer: A) Crowd out local plants and animals.

11. Toxins accumulation in the tissues of organisms as they pass through a food chain/web is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Biomagnification.

12. Ocean currents are powered by

Correct Answer: B) Convection.

13. The variety of all living things on Earth is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity.

14. What is the weathering process in which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces (sediments) and do not change the rock composition?

Correct Answer: D) Mechanical weathering.

15. What is most likely to occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned in a relatively straight line?

Correct Answer: D) A larger-than-normal height difference between low tide and high tide.

16. The Joro spider is an invasive insect species that came from Japan. These insects can upset natural ecosystems because they .....

Correct Answer: D) Increase competition for food with native spiders.

17. This characteristic of a mineral means the substance is not made by an organism.

Correct Answer: C) Inorganic.

18. Which time period was characterized by a shift from human/animal power to fossil fuels?

Correct Answer: D) Industrial Revolution.

19. Mutations are generally harmful, unless they:

Correct Answer: C) Gives the individual a better chance to survive.

20. What gas is most prevalent in our atmosphere?

Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen.