Environmental Sciences Quiz 564 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the 3 main categories into which environmental problems can be grouped?

Correct Answer: A) Resource depletion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity.

2. Thermal inversions

Correct Answer: B) Trap high concentrations of pollution at ground level.

3. Units for mass

Correct Answer: A) Grams.

4. This consists of a series of steps used by scientists to identify and answer questions.

Correct Answer: C) Scientific method.

5. The study of human population dynamics and statistics

Correct Answer: C) Sociology.

6. Which of these was established in 1970?

Correct Answer: C) The Environmental Protection Agency.

7. Groundwater is found underground in the zone of

Correct Answer: B) Saturation.

8. Which component of the Earth's ecosystem includes all the living organisms on the planet?

Correct Answer: D) Biosphere.

9. ..... gases in the atmosphere, including ....., trap radiated heat and help maintain surface air temperature.

Correct Answer: B) Greenhouse, water vapor.

10. Which of Earth's Spheres includes all of the rocks and minerals that make up the Earth plus the interior of the Earth

Correct Answer: B) Geosphere.

11. Which of these is not a renewable resource

Correct Answer: C) Natural gas.

12. ..... is a term that describes the number and variety of species that live in an area.

Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity.

13. Where did the hole in the ozone layer form?

Correct Answer: C) Above Antarctica.

14. Where is the majority of fresh water found on Earth?

Correct Answer: B) Ice caps and glaciers.

15. Which of these is NOT one of the 3 main stages of human history?

Correct Answer: C) Cambrian.

16. Ocean's cover what percent of the Earth's surface?

Correct Answer: A) 70 %.

17. Rain coats and gum boots are used in season

Correct Answer: B) In rainy season.

18. Energy from sources that are constantly being made is called?

Correct Answer: A) Renewable energy.

19. In an ecosystem, abiotic factors include-

Correct Answer: C) Sunlight, water, temperature, and soil.

20. What is the sphere that surrounds Earth by a mixture of gases such as nitrogen and oxygen?

Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere.