Environmental Sciences Quiz 133 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these are part of the biosphere?
2. What are some environmental factors to which plants respond?
3. Consists the part of Earth in which living and nonliving things interact
4. A method called ..... in which they compare what they will sacrifice and gain by a specific action.
5. Acid rain forms these primary pollutants
6. Methane is a far more active ..... than carbon dioxide, but also one which is much less abundant in the atmosphere.
7. Clouds are formed from
8. The DOE is
9. A farmer chooses plants to breed based on specific desirable characteristics, like bigger fruit. He breeds them together so that this characteristic becomes more popular in future generations. This is an example of .....
10. What layer is the thickest layer of the Earth making up two-thirds (2/3) of its mass from hot molten rock (magma) that flows like road tar?
11. Large bodies of water do not quickly fluctuate in temperature. Why?
12. Which of the following is the largest desert in the world
13. What was the major event in human history that led to increases in human life spans, health, and population?
14. A mixture of smoke and fog
15. A mineral is a ....., naturally occuring solid that has its own regular arrangement of particles in it.
16. Earth is covered by hundreds of types of ecosystems which are grouped by areas that have distinctive climates and organisms called .....
17. Select the correct order for the water treatment process.
18. What tells how fast a given population grows?
19. Are located in a belt around the Earth near the equator.
20. The Amazon Rainforest is a good example of this because many different species live there.