Environmental Sciences Quiz 570 (20 MCQs)

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1. A law of economics that states that the demand for goods or services increases, the value of the good or service also increases

Correct Answer: C) Law of supply an demand.

2. -cone bearing shrubs and trees (pines).

Correct Answer: A) Coniferous.

3. Which statement is true about oceanic crust?

Correct Answer: B) It is the thinner than continental crust.

4. All of the following derive from solar radiation EXCEPT

Correct Answer: D) Solar petroleum.

5. Choose the correctly written hypothesis for "What is the effect of putting Pam Cooking Spray on the bottom of a sled?"

Correct Answer: C) If I put Pam Cooking Spray on the bottom of my sled, then I will slide faster.

6. How could the removal of trees and other vegetation impact an enviroments?

Correct Answer: D) By increasing erosion.

7. Which of the following is not a mechanism of energy transfer?

Correct Answer: D) Condensation.

8. Yearly income and material goods are factors used to determine

Correct Answer: C) Standard of living.

9. Select the ethical perspective that best fits the following description:Costs and benefits are measured only according to their impact on people.

Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentrism.

10. The three major global uses of fresh water are

Correct Answer: D) Residential, agricultural, and industrial uses.

11. Which statement best describes the relationship between global winds and the Coriolis effect?

Correct Answer: B) The Coriolis effect influences the direction of global winds.

12. Geosphere is another name for .....

Correct Answer: C) Geosphere.

13. What is the art and science of managing forests to maintain or improve the quality and quantity of trees?

Correct Answer: A) Forestry.

14. Iceland sits on a .....

Correct Answer: B) A divergent boundary.

15. Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

Correct Answer: A) Decoposer.

16. Tropical grassland biome with a short rainy season.

Correct Answer: B) Savannah.

17. A(n) ..... is a computerized method for storing, manipulating, and viewing data about land features and uses.

Correct Answer: A) GIS.

18. What do we call materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive?

Correct Answer: C) Natural resources.

19. Which is not going to help reduce our carbon footprint?

Correct Answer: C) Driving to school.

20. Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants

Correct Answer: C) Clean Air Act.