Environmental Sciences Quiz 313 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the most efficient form of irrigation?
2. Which layer of the atmosphere has weather?
3. What layer is the thinnest outer layer of the Earth and is made of minerals that make up the rock we stand on?
4. Continues at the same rate into the foreseeable future.
5. Consumer that eats only other consumers.
6. What is the definition of freshwater?
7. The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere are
8. About ..... percent of the world's salt comes from the solar evaporation process.
9. In the scientific method we
10. Stress builds up on both sides of a fault. The rock deforms plastically, or bends, until the stress is too much. The rock on both sides of the fault snap back into their original position and release energy when they move. This is called ..... theory.
11. Which of the following is LEAST likely to dissolve in water?
12. What is the largest group of gymnosperms?
13. Jane Goodall video recorded chimpanzees hunting pigs, this type of data is called .....
14. Burning fossil fuels cause ..... that cause pollution.
15. What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
16. During summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere experiences
17. What are some reasons that the human population increased rapidly after the industrial revolution?
18. ..... The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price.
19. A tax on fossil fuels, especially those used by motor vehicles, intended to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide.
20. Energy molecule