Environmental Sciences Quiz 136 (20 MCQs)

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1. Eutrophication means
2. The three main environmental problems include all but
3. Tigers living in warm climates have thinner coats of fur than tigers living in cool climates. This is a result of
4. Some factories can increase the amount of thermal pollution by dumping heated water into lakes and rivers. How can this type of pollution affect aquatic environments?
5. This layer is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?
6. How are natural resources distributed on Earth?
7. Trees, grass, crops, wetlands, water, buildings, and pavement are all examples of
8. The process of arranging breeding of plant or animal species to have desirable traits of each organism is known as:
9. Which of the following examples is considered potable?
10. Emphasis on use of pesticides, herbicides, and monoculture
11. Pollution hanging over urban areas that causes reduced visibility is called
12. Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had
13. What is a consequence of air pollution caused by greenhouse gases emitted by cars?
14. The chance that an earthquake will occur in your town during the next year is an example of
15. What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere?
16. What are examples of non renewable sources?
17. A road map is an example of a
18. An increase in the pH of a lake would most likely indicate
19. Which is NOT an agent of chemical weathering?
20. Basant Panchami marks the beginning of .....