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Environmental Sciences Quiz 93 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... is the contamination of air, land, and water.
2. What is a main cause of water pollution?
3. A change in state from a liquid to a gas
4. To create less waste in the first place is to .....
5. Latitude strongly influences climate because ..... solar energy falls on areas that are closer to the equator than to the poles.
6. Natural resources that cannot be replaced in our lifetime. Ex:coal, oil (petroleum), natural gas, and metals such as Uranium to power nuclear energy.
7. This act was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.
8. What constitutes "safe" water is the same for all uses.
9. Discarded electronic devices are considered hazardous waste because they
10. About what percent of the Earth's water is found in oceans and seas?
11. True or false:Most phosphorus on Earth is stored in the atmosphere.
12. Phytoplankton are tiny marine algae.
13. The direction of the arrows on a food chain indicate
14. Energy that exists within the nucleus of an atom
15. In the United States, more coal is used for ..... than for any other use
16. The trees in this biome are characterized by needle-like leaves that are called conifers
17. Three-dimensional models you can touch are referred to as
18. What is the benefit of geneticially modified organisms?
19. Boiling water
20. Increasing our use of fossil fuels like oil and coal is ..... in the long term.
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