Environmental Sciences Quiz 596 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the best way to CONSERVE water use in an agricultural setting .....
2. Cutting down trees cause habitat loss. It's also called: .....
3. Is the density of water ice lower, higher, or the same as liquid water?
4. A wheel that changes the force of a moving gas or a liquid into energy
5. Environmental science is the study of the interactions between humans and the environment.
6. Many of the animals in the desert are ..... to avoid the extreme heat during the day.
7. Which is not a correct sphere of the Earth?
8. Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness?
9. Urban sprawl often causes habitat fragmentation. As habitats get smaller, what happens to the number of species in the habitat according to the Species Area Rule?
10. Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ..... crust.
11. True or False The outer core is solid and is made of nickel and iron.
12. Ore deposits formed in cracks in rocks
13. The independent variable is something that can be changed
14. What part of an organism is most likely to become a fossil?
15. Environmental science is closely related to ecology, but they are not the same field.
16. The total number of species in an ecosystem is what kind of measurement?
17. The amount of land and water needed to supply natural resources and recycle wastes or pollution.
18. Which of the following international treaties bans the hunting, capture, and sale of threatened or endangered species in 181 countries?
19. Benjamin Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt are considered early Environmentalist.
20. What was the benefit of the green revolution?