Environmental Sciences Quiz 16 (20 MCQs)

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1. After a supergiant, a high mass star explodes and forms a

Correct Answer: A) Supernova.

2. When one plate slides under another it is said to be .....

Correct Answer: A) Subducting.

3. Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of heat energy transfer through or within Earth's atmosphere?

Correct Answer: B) Condensation.

4. An example of a non-governmenal agency is

Correct Answer: D) Greenpeace.

5. Which of the following is not a downside of Euclidean zoning?

Correct Answer: B) Less job opportunities.

6. Testable idea (thought) that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question.

Correct Answer: D) Hypothesis.

7. Which in the atmosphere protects us from harmful UV radiation?

Correct Answer: A) Ozone.

8. Citizens could claim 160 acres of public land. After living on it for 5 years, they could own it for $ 16.

Correct Answer: D) Homestead Act.

9. What is a source?

Correct Answer: C) A place person or thing of which something comes or can be obtained.

10. What takes longer to happen, primary succession or secondary succession?

Correct Answer: A) Primary succession.

11. Examples of renewable energy are:

Correct Answer: B) Sunlight/solar energy, wind power, energy that comes from water.

12. In temperate forests, some animals avoid the winter by going into ....., a deep, sleeplike state that an animal enters for most of the winter.

Correct Answer: C) Hibernation.

13. Hypoxia is

Correct Answer: B) Low levels of oxygen in ponds, lakes, and streams.

14. Chaparral plants usually survive fires because

Correct Answer: D) Of deep root systems that keep them moist during a fire.

15. Which of the following organisms would be considered a producer?

Correct Answer: A) Green plant.

16. When did cities really boom?

Correct Answer: B) The industrial revolution.

17. The group of organisms which convert light into food are called:

Correct Answer: A) Autotrophs.

18. ..... Costs-Those that are borne by someone other than the individuals who produce or consume a good or service.

Correct Answer: A) Deferred.

19. The easiest component of biodiversity to measure is

Correct Answer: C) Species diversity.

20. What is the function of the Earth's magnetic fields?

Correct Answer: D) To deflect solar radiation.