Environmental Sciences Quiz 104 (20 MCQs)

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1. What kind of energy is natural gas?

Correct Answer: B) Non renewable.

2. Problems associated with landfills

Correct Answer: A) Leachate and methane production.

3. What are the four interacting spheres that make up the Earth?

Correct Answer: B) Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere.

4. The ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem in which deer eat grass and coyotes eat deer is

Correct Answer: B) The sun.

5. Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, and adaptive management are three approaches to

Correct Answer: C) Resource management.

6. This type of interaction is when both species benefit.

Correct Answer: A) Mutualism.

7. Out of all the animals listed below, which one is considered a primary consumer?

Correct Answer: B) Grasshopper.

8. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred in .....,

Correct Answer: A) United States.

9. When an atom loses an electron, it becomes an

Correct Answer: A) Ion.

10. Non-renewable energy can cause .....

Correct Answer: E) All the above.

11. What killed about 35, 000 people in Europe in 2003?

Correct Answer: A) A severe heat wave.

12. Biomass

Correct Answer: D) Amount of plants.

13. The independent variables in the "New Life Form Gizmos" was:

Correct Answer: A) Temperature, Water and Light.

14. A pod of orca whales would belong to which level of organization?

Correct Answer: C) Population.

15. ..... is the sum of all the conditions surrounding us (or another organism) that influence life

Correct Answer: A) Environment.

16. How can zoos, botanic gardens, and wildlife parks help save species?

Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (c).

17. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Correct Answer: C) Aims to reduce pests with minimal environmental damage.

18. Horses eat grasses and other plants in order to gain their nutrition. Horses would best be classified as-

Correct Answer: B) Herbivores.

19. Which action can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by driving?

Correct Answer: C) Using public transportation.

20. A cost-benefit analysis balances the cost of an action against

Correct Answer: A) Those who benefit from the action.