Environmental Sciences Quiz 684 (20 MCQs)

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1. Is the following statement true or false? "Fossil energy is a renewable energy resource."
2. A group of the same species that live in the same area
3. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Wind
4. Earth consists of
5. Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians.
6. Which method of waste disposal was done in the past in the United States and is still done in developing nations?
7. Air occupies space and has .....
8. How does the Sun affect air?
9. Ted is looking at a map of Texas. He wants to know which direction is North. What part of the map should he look at to find his answer?
10. ..... are living parts of an ecosystem.
11. A species that is influential to the survival of many other species in its ecosystem is called a .....
12. Wrote the book, Silent Spring, which warned of the ominous effects of pesticide use.
13. Permanently frozen soil is:
14. Heat trapped by atmosphere nearEarth's surface
15. What is called when an industry removes water from a source and then returns the heated water to its source?
16. Women leader of "Chipko Andolan" was
17. Which of these contains no abiotic factors?
18. Fuel cells uses..... to produce electricity.
19. Afforestation refers
20. Fishing tuna at a rate of more than they can replace themselves is known as?