Environmental Sciences Quiz 33 (20 MCQs)

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1. What term best describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions?

Correct Answer: B) Environmentalism.

2. Scientists particularly value ..... data, or information expressed using numbers.

Correct Answer: D) Quantitative.

3. A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest is considered a(n)

Correct Answer: A) Environmentalist.

4. Organisms that make their own food are called?

Correct Answer: B) Producer.

5. Hot water is pumped up from deep inside Earth and is used to heat homes or to generate electricity. This describes .....

Correct Answer: C) Geothermal energy.

6. The three major layers of material that make up the earth are

Correct Answer: D) The core, mantle and crust.

7. Which of the following is not a regulation mining companies must follow?

Correct Answer: B) The hazardous products act.

8. How much of healthy air is nitrogen?

Correct Answer: A) 78%.

9. What are the three pillars of sustainability?

Correct Answer: A) Environment, economy and society.

10. Any organism that can create its own food from inorganic materials.

Correct Answer: A) Autotroph.

11. An ecological hotspot is

Correct Answer: B) An area of very high biodiversity.

12. All of the nutrient cycles contain a pathway where molecules enter the atmosphere EXCEPT the

Correct Answer: B) Phosphorus cycle.

13. Which of the following include ALL living things in an ecosystem?

Correct Answer: B) Community.

14. The continuous movement of water by evaporation, condensation, and precipitation is called the water cycle.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. Identify the examples as:a organism, population, community, or ecosystem.All speckled sting-ray that live in the Pacific Ocean

Correct Answer: B) Population.

16. Which of the following types of environmental ethics places an emphasis on human interests?

Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentric.

17. We can test with our .....

Correct Answer: A) Mouth.

18. What is the name of the documentary we watched in class?

Correct Answer: C) A Plastic Ocean.

19. Erosion and flood control, carbon storage, and climate regulation are examples of?

Correct Answer: C) Regulating services.

20. Which of the following is NOT one of the major factors influencing the value of a particular fuel?

Correct Answer: D) All are major factors influencing the value of a particular fuel.