Environmental Sciences Quiz 128 (20 MCQs)

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1. Populations with a "shallow" gene pool which lack genetic diversity are more likely to be at risk from

Correct Answer: B) Disease.

2. What do the following resources have in common:fresh water, forest products, agricultural crops

Correct Answer: A) They are renewable resources that could run out if we aren't careful.

3. Organisms that cannot manufacture the nutrients they need, thus they depend on other organisms for nutrition.

Correct Answer: B) Heterotrophs.

4. Which statement is relevant evidence?

Correct Answer: A) There are 1, 530 Lake Erie Water snakes found in Ohio.

5. The diagram shows a model that Peter made of the carbon cycle. CO₂ cycle. Which mistake did Peter make in the model?

Correct Answer: D) Animals do not breathe carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

6. Which of these Environmental Founders is credited with bringing the Preservationists and Conservationists together with a "duel approach" ?

Correct Answer: B) Aldo Leopold.

7. What is urban sprawl?

Correct Answer: C) Rapid expansion of cities and towns.

8. The variety of organisms in a given area

Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity.

9. Which of the following is renewable?

Correct Answer: C) Sunlight.

10. Two bucks fighting over a doe is which kind of relationship?

Correct Answer: B) Competition.

11. All of the following affect biodiversity only in certain locations and times, EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: C) Climate Change.

12. This nuclear accident took place in Ukraine.

Correct Answer: A) Chernobyl.

13. During the evening how does air flow near a beach?

Correct Answer: C) From the ocean to the land.

14. Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

Correct Answer: A) Groundwater.

15. The species which are at the verge of the extinction .....

Correct Answer: C) Endangered.

16. Which of the following types of organisms perform photosynthesis?

Correct Answer: A) A primary producer.

17. In the last several hundred years, human population has ..... dramatically.

Correct Answer: A) Increased.

18. The purpose of a controlled experiment is to allow a scientist to isolate and test-

Correct Answer: A) A single variable.

19. What are push factors?

Correct Answer: A) The reasons people are forced to leave rural areas and move to cities.

20. Which of the following is true of land-use plans?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.