Environmental Sciences Quiz 37 (20 MCQs)

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1. Each step in a food chain

Correct Answer: B) Tropic level.

2. In which biome would you find a Baobab tree?

Correct Answer: B) Savannas.

3. Sustainable industries make products made from

Correct Answer: A) Plants.

4. What is the lithosphere and what is its composition?

Correct Answer: C) The lithosphere is composed of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.

5. System that uses solar energy to heat water for household use

Correct Answer: A) Solar water heating.

6. When resources are limited, populations exhibit logistic growth.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. Full form of PETA

Correct Answer: A) People of Ethical Treatment of Animals.

8. Terrestrial biomes are defined mainly by their

Correct Answer: A) Climate & plants.

9. Which of the following is studied in environmental science?

Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct.

10. Some people argue that because Earth's resources are ultimately limited, nonstop economic growth is

Correct Answer: C) Not sustainable.

11. Abbreviation for carbon monoxide?

Correct Answer: B) CO.

12. Which scientific discipline is closely related to environmental science and focuses on the interactions between organisms and their environments?

Correct Answer: C) Ecology.

13. What is one specific effect caused by global warming on the environment?

Correct Answer: D) All of the other answers.

14. The Tragedy of the Commons refers to Government

Correct Answer: B) Overuse of common shared resources.

15. Covers large areas of the interior of continents, moderate rainfall, but too little for trees.

Correct Answer: A) Temperate grassland.

16. Many things we use on a daily basis, including pencils, ..... and wooden furniture, are made from trees.

Correct Answer: D) Paper.

17. In a food web that consists of grass, mice, deer, coyotes, and hawks, which species is likely to have the greatest biomass?

Correct Answer: A) Grass.

18. Why has acid rain increased in the last 200 years?

Correct Answer: C) Increased burning of fossil fuels.

19. The mountains of the Sierra Nevada play a role in the formation of desert in eastern California and Nevada. What is this an example of?

Correct Answer: C) The lithosphere influencing the atmosphere and biosphere.

20. Layer of atmosphere in which Ozone layer lies is:

Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere.