Environmental Sciences Quiz 109 (20 MCQs)

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1. When water goes from being a gas (water vapor) to a liquid, that process is called

Correct Answer: A) Condensation.

2. During the period of human history known as the ....., human populations grew rapidly because of advances in farming methods.

Correct Answer: B) Agricultural Revolution.

3. A human-centered view of our relationship with the environment

Correct Answer: C) Anthropocentrism.

4. The Amazon rainforest is also known as the Earth's ..... ?

Correct Answer: C) Lungs.

5. Energy is released

Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration.

6. During his presidency, the EPA was created and the CWA and CAA was passed,

Correct Answer: C) Richard Nixon.

7. Though they cover only 6% of Earth's land, rain forests contain what percent of Earth's species?

Correct Answer: C) 90%.

8. Which is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen.

9. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan played a leading role for which revolution?

Correct Answer: C) Green revolution.

10. A sphere of solid metal, mostly iron

Correct Answer: C) Inner core.

11. What year was the outdoor code published in the scout handbook?

Correct Answer: A) 1955.

12. Which practice would most likely deplete anonrenewable natural resource?

Correct Answer: B) Burning coal to generate electricity in a powerplant.

13. What feature of the Earth allows us to experience seasons?

Correct Answer: B) The tilt of the earth.

14. Why has only one-half of the Moon ever been observed from Earth?

Correct Answer: D) The Moon rotates at the same rate that it revolves around Earth.

15. During what event do winds in the western Pacific Ocean strengthen and push warm water eastward.

Correct Answer: C) The Child.

16. Which is an example of an interaction between the atmosphere (air) and the geosphere (land)?

Correct Answer: A) Wind picked up dry soil causing dust storms.

17. The ..... is all the water on the surface of the Earth, underground, and in the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere.

18. How does ozone in the atmosphere help organisms?

Correct Answer: B) It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

19. What do we call it when we let other people try our experiment to see if they get the same results we did?

Correct Answer: A) Peer review.

20. What is the full form of BOD?

Correct Answer: D) Biological Oxygen Demand.