Environmental Sciences Quiz 264 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ammonification is the process by which decomposers convert wastes and dead organisms into .....

Correct Answer: A) AmmoniumNH4+.

2. A mountain built from magma

Correct Answer: A) Volcano.

3. What might happen to the human population when it reaches its carrying capacity?

Correct Answer: C) People will start starving and fighting for the limited resources.

4. It separates the troposphere from the stratosphere

Correct Answer: D) Tropopause.

5. A species that is at serious risk of extinction is called a(n)

Correct Answer: C) Endangered species.

6. Which of the following is a qualitative observation?

Correct Answer: C) A green solution.

7. Freshwater is a resource that is

Correct Answer: A) Renewable but can become limited if overused.

8. The geological theory of ..... states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

Correct Answer: B) Plate tectonics.

9. Which of the following best describes soil erosion?

Correct Answer: D) The movement of soil.

10. Which of the following is an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms?

Correct Answer: C) Consumer.

11. Large lake that stores water for human use

Correct Answer: C) Reservoir.

12. How many passengers were killed

Correct Answer: C) 32.

13. How does a cow transfer carbon to other parts of the environment?

Correct Answer: D) All of the answers are correct.

14. Which of the following is the correct combination of drive and store for a cycle?

Correct Answer: A) Sun Fossil Fuels.

15. Aquatic Biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface?

Correct Answer: D) 75%.

16. Interdisciplinary

Correct Answer: A) More than one subject.

17. Species that are clearly critical to the functioning of an ecosystem are known as

Correct Answer: B) Keystone species.

18. Highest species richness will be found on ..... and less species richness will be found on .....

Correct Answer: C) Island A; island C.

19. What continent has the HIGHEST AMOUNT of people without enough food to eat every day?

Correct Answer: D) Africa.

20. Why is it necessary for scientists to compile empirical date before making conclusions?

Correct Answer: D) Data provides evidence to conclude their observations and hypothesis.