This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This means the careful use and protection of natural resources. A) Conservation. B) Preservation. C) Deforestation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation. 2. A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste A) Oil. B) Leachate. C) Fertilizer. D) Battery acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leachate. 3. What type of weather will you see along a cold front? A) Thunderstorms. B) Sunny skies. C) Gentle rain. D) No weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thunderstorms. 4. Carbon footprint A) The total carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or location. B) The removal of carbon from fossil-fuel combustion and storage of the carbon, usually underground. C) Chemicals that have the potential to destroy the ozone; ex.) hair-spray, refrigeration, etc. D) Manipulation of earths climate system to counteract the effects of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions tagsSEV5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The total carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or location. 5. Subarctic forest dominated by conifer trees A) Rainforest. B) Taiga. C) Desert. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taiga. 6. Broader explanation that applies to a wider range of situations and observationw A) Hypothesis. B) Data. C) Theory. D) Peer review. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 7. Threat against a river ecosystem A) Swamp. B) Benthic zone. C) Dams. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dams. 8. Surface currents circulate in different directions depending on the ..... in which they occur. A) Hemisphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hemisphere. 9. Predict the effect ocean currents have on the climate of coastal areas. A) Ocean currents can warm or cool the air above them and influence the climate. B) Ocean currents have no effect on climate. C) Ocean currents always cool a coastal area and create a cool climate. D) Ocean currents warm the land constantly and create a warm climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean currents can warm or cool the air above them and influence the climate. 10. Which technique was one of the earliest ways that land was converted to farmland? A) Slash and burn. B) Crop and cut. C) Chop and screw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slash and burn. 11. Living things are organized from the smallest to the largest unit in the following ecological levels: A) Community, ecosystem, organism, biosphere, population. B) Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism. C) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere. D) None of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere. 12. In a(n) ..... study, all variables are kept constant except one. A) Model. B) Controlled. C) Observational. D) Field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controlled. 13. It refers to the removal of salt from ocean water A) Dam. B) Reservoir. C) Salination. D) Desalination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desalination. 14. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of monocropping? A) Greatly decreases biodiversity. B) Inefficient for harvest, pesticide and fertilizer application. C) Increases soil erosion. D) Decreases habitat diversity for species living in area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inefficient for harvest, pesticide and fertilizer application. 15. The study of economics as a component of ecological systems A) Lobbying. B) Ecologicaleconomics. C) Economics. D) Subsidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecologicaleconomics. 16. What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect? A) Rocks il. B) Mountains. C) Tides. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tides. 17. Increase in nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem A) Swamp. B) Salinity. C) Overfishing. D) Eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eutrophication. 18. What is the importance of plants in the water cycle? A) They prevent the cycle from continuing by absorbing all available water. B) The put water back into the ground after is has rained. C) They decrease condensation and cloud formation. D) The transpire or release water from their leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The transpire or release water from their leaves. 19. If a population could grow in perfect conditions with no limiting factors, it would reach its ..... A) Carrying capacity. B) Biotic potential. C) Population density. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic potential. 20. A bird eats caterpillars. What type of organism is a bird? A) Autotroph. B) Omnivore. C) Herbivore. D) Carnivore. 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