Environmental Sciences Quiz 275 (20 MCQs)

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1. How does the expansion of urban development into rural areas affect natural populations in the environment?

Correct Answer: A) Resources available to the natural populations will decrease.

2. What does "urban" mean?

Correct Answer: A) Relating to characteristic of a town or city.

3. Why are natural resources such as fossil fuels considered to be nonrenewable?

Correct Answer: B) They take millions of years to replace.

4. How many stars are in our solar system

Correct Answer: B) One.

5. The service provided by natural systems that helps stabilize environmental conditions such as climate and air quality

Correct Answer: C) Regulating services.

6. The two main processes that ecosystem scientists study are Energy transformations and biogeochemical cycling.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. The Law of Unintended Consequences states that

Correct Answer: A) Actions of people and governments have effects that are unanticipated.

8. The level of biodiversity that involves a variety of habitats is

Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem diversity.

9. Breaking up habitats by building roads or cutting down trees is

Correct Answer: D) Habitat fragmentation.

10. The digestive system converts food into usable

Correct Answer: C) Energy.

11. The process of reclaiming products such as metal, glass, paper and plastic and reusing them to create new products is called

Correct Answer: D) Recycling.

12. ..... are nuclei that release neutrons when they split and cause another reaction to occur.

Correct Answer: B) Chain reaction.

13. The Primary Consumers are also called as

Correct Answer: B) Herbivores.

14. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Coal

Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable.

15. What continent do we live on?

Correct Answer: A) North America.

16. The process scientists follow to complete an investigation

Correct Answer: A) Scientific Method.

17. Scientific agency that studies the landscape of the US, natural resources, and natural hazards.

Correct Answer: A) United States Geological Survey (USGS).

18. What is the MAIN abiotic factor that determines a biome?

Correct Answer: C) Climate.

19. In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a squirrel population?

Correct Answer: C) Nuts available.

20. Renewable and non renewable energy sources

Correct Answer: B) Energy Resources.