Environmental Sciences Quiz 316 (20 MCQs)

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1. Trees are considered ..... resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time.

Correct Answer: A) Renewable.

2. What is when something is added to the environment that is harmful or poisonous to living things?

Correct Answer: A) Pollution.

3. The layers of the atmosphere that get hotter with increased altitude are the

Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere and stratosphere.

4. All decisions to reduce human contributions involve .....

Correct Answer: B) Trade-offs between costs and benefits.

5. The air is an example of a

Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource.

6. The single MOST important factor contributing to the modern-day extinction of hundreds of species on Earth is

Correct Answer: C) Habitat destruction.

7. Your "carbon footprint" refers to the amount of carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) produced by

Correct Answer: D) All of your daily activities and lifestyle.

8. Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere?

Correct Answer: A) Part of the upper mantle.

9. Animal adaptation that allow animals to live in hot environments as they hunt and feed during the night.

Correct Answer: D) Nocturnal.

10. Supervolcanoes are the most dangerous type of volcanoes.

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. Taking vitamins could extend a person's life expectancy. The dependent variable is

Correct Answer: B) How long people live.

12. Chicken, fish eggs etc are called

Correct Answer: A) Animal products.

13. The process where some bacteria remove nitrate from the soil by converting it to nitrogen gas is:

Correct Answer: C) Denitrification.

14. From Earth to space, the main layers in our atmosphere are:

Correct Answer: A) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

15. Streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called

Correct Answer: D) Surface currents.

16. Many food chains in an ecosystem would be called a .....

Correct Answer: D) Food Web.

17. How do jet streams influence the weather?

Correct Answer: C) By moving weather from one area to another very quickly.

18. If the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what is the season currently like in the northern hemisphere?

Correct Answer: A) Winter.

19. In order to use a resource sustainably you should

Correct Answer: A) Use it at a rate where it can be replenished.

20. Identify which form of matter is an example of radiation?

Correct Answer: C) Sun.