Environmental Sciences Quiz 324 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... sources of energy can NOT be regenerated by nature in ones lifetime.

Correct Answer: A) Non-renewable.

2. Non renewable energy is

Correct Answer: D) Coal.

3. Which of the following is not characteristic of salt marshes and mangrove swamps?

Correct Answer: B) Both are dominated by marsh grasses.

4. Most of our electricity (in the US) comes from .....

Correct Answer: B) Burning coal and Natural Gas.

5. Where do most Americans live?

Correct Answer: A) In urban areas.

6. A microscopic organism that float or drift freely in the waters of aquatic environments

Correct Answer: A) Plankton.

7. Species that is found in only one area. Such species are especially vulnerable to extinction.

Correct Answer: A) Endemic Species.

8. The amount of water vapor in the air is known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Humidity.

9. When both graphs show the same information, but one is altered to mislead the public, it is called

Correct Answer: A) Bias in numbers and statistics.

10. What two words should be in your hypothesis?

Correct Answer: B) If then .

11. The ozone layer is located in which atmospheric layer?

Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere.

12. A deep sleep that allows some animals to survive through the winter

Correct Answer: C) Hibernation.

13. Precipitation is considered to be acidic if the pH .....

Correct Answer: C) Is less than 5.6.

14. The organisms that occupy the first trophic level near hydrothermal vents are:

Correct Answer: A) Chemoautorophs.

15. Found above the treeline of mountains

Correct Answer: B) Alpine tundra.

16. Waste that comes from the production of consumer goods, mining, agriculture, and petroleum extraction and refining is

Correct Answer: C) Industrial waste.

17. Animals such as bears that consume both plants and other animals are referred to as

Correct Answer: D) Omnivores.

18. A theory and law are interchangeable-* a theory can become a law and law a theory.

Correct Answer: B) False.

19. The pulling away of two pieces of crust is what type of boundary?

Correct Answer: A) Divergent Boundary.

20. Bacteria that convert nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into a form that plants can use.

Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria.