Environmental Sciences Quiz 19 (20 MCQs)

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1. Environmental science only deals with issues on a global scale and does not address local or regional concerns.
2. Which of these properties is measured on the pH scale?
3. Water beneath the Earth's surface in sediment and rock formations is known as
4. What is the term used to describe objects that are being made into new materials?
5. Procedure used to test a hypothesis
6. What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
7. What do you call the part of the atmosphere where molecules escape into space?
8. What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere?
9. The pH of healthy water is ..... 0-56.5-8.59-14
10. Latitude influences climate because ..... solar energy falls on areas that are closer to equator
11. The transfer of energy that moves matter (air) with various temperatures
12. What is the first step in an environmental decision-making model?
13. The main difference between Phosphorus and the other cycles is that phosphorus is not found in the atmosphere. It gets into nature through the weathering of ..... and is released into the ground.
14. Canines are also called as?
15. The struggle between two organisms to survive in a habitat with few resources is called
16. The transfer of thermal energy between Earth's surface and the lowest part of the atmosphere (which is in contact with the Earth) is an example of .....
17. These 3 biomes are part of the WARM ZONE'S biomes:
18. How does warmer temperature affect plants living in the ecosystem?
19. To calculate the population size of wolverines in the Northern Forests of Canada, 8 were initially caught, marked and released, allowed to reintegrate. 9 wolverines were caught the second time, of which 3 were marked. How big is the population?
20. Capable of being broken down by biological processes, such as the action of bacteria