Environmental Sciences Quiz 97 (20 MCQs)

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1. Located in northern arctic regions, winter is too cold and dry to permit the growth of trees.
2. Larger watersheds generally have less runoff than the smaller watersheds.
3. In ....., energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves.
4. Humans are generally
5. Which is NOT considered part of an environment?
6. Periodic ice ages are due to
7. Someone who works on a nature reserve and helps to protect and care for animals is known as a
8. This type of erosion occurs when water gets into the cracks in our road freezes, expands and breaks up the road creating potholes?
9. Complete the following statement by selecting the correct answer:Natural resources called ..... are the remains of plants, animals, and otherliving things that died millions of years ago.
10. Provide 2 examples of Biotic Components.
11. The ..... includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.
12. The human blood has a ..... level of acidity.
13. Energy is lost as Heat at each level of the food chain/pyramid.
14. Who teaches us in the school?
15. The ..... islands are volcanoes that become progressively older toward the northwest.
16. Science is an approach to studying the natural world that involves formulating hypotheses and then testing them to see if the hypotheses are supported or refuted
17. What is the smallest level of ecological organization
18. Which of the following in NOT an example of a natural resource?
19. A(n) ..... variable depends on or is changed by another variable.
20. "atmo-" means