Environmental Sciences Quiz 402 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... is an problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit a common resource and destroy it.
2. The most important dissolved elements in ocean water are
3. Environmental Science includes many fields of study making it a/an
4. What do you call it when one species benefits but the other species is not really affected in any way?
5. A team has assembled and data has been collected about the overuse of commodities like Corn in Nebraska. The professional who would have prepared all of the data and studied the trends would most likely be:
6. An archer is shooting at a target. She wants to hit the bulls-eye every time but instead her arrows consistently land in a tight group outside the bulls-eye. What can we say about her attempts?
7. The ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere absorbs most of this specific type of solar radiation.
8. The principle framework for national, state, tribal, and local efforts to protect air quality in the United States is found in .....
9. In nature, the reaction between nitrogen and oxygen (in thunderstorms accompanied by lightning) is the beginning of the process of creating and providing what type of fertilizer to plants?
10. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the air and gases surrounding the planet.
11. Which energy source use the movement of air to turn turbines to generate electricity?
12. Most of Earth's incoming ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by
13. Which of the following ISN'T made with carbon?
14. How is heat transferred when boiling a pot of water on the stove?
15. Areas of farmland have shown signs of soil erosion and contamination, which results in dead crops. Which discipline may help environmental scientists study this problem and develop practical solutions?
16. A life form that heavily impacts an entire ecosystem. The loss of this species would be detrimental.
17. Which sense organ help us to see rainbow?
18. ..... is a closest star to the earth.
19. The free floating, tiny marine algae called phytoplankton are extremely important because they make how much of the world's oxygen.
20. Which gases contribute to the greenhouse effect?