Environmental Sciences Quiz 461 (20 MCQs)

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1. Temperature increases with height in the ..... due to the ozone trapping heat.

Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere.

2. Plants and animals in the tundra must be able to adapt to the extremely ..... weather

Correct Answer: B) Cold.

3. What could happen when leaves and dead organisms build up in a pond?

Correct Answer: C) The pond may become a forest.

4. Agenda 21 came out from the Earth Summit and was an agreement by

Correct Answer: C) 178 nations for comprehensive sustainable development in 1992.

5. Non-repeatable results

Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience.

6. ..... can be dangerous when there is too much in the air.

Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide.

7. ..... are used in producing weather like plate collisions are used in making mountains.

Correct Answer: B) Convection currents.

8. Global Warming is

Correct Answer: C) The gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere.

9. Define an ecosystem

Correct Answer: D) A community of organisms interacting with the physical environment.

10. Resources that are used must faster than can be naturally replenished. (Once they're gone, they're gone.)

Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable resources.

11. A single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of the Earth's surface:

Correct Answer: B) Deep Zone.

12. Why does the Earth have seasons?

Correct Answer: A) Tilt of the Earth on its axis.

13. Deepest parts where animals had adapted to live in the dark, cold water

Correct Answer: B) Benthic.

14. Rate at which a country's population grows

Correct Answer: D) Growth rate.

15. Water that collects underground

Correct Answer: D) Groundwater.

16. I have locomotion and no cell walls. What kingdom do I belong to?

Correct Answer: A) The animal.

17. Water running off the land surface

Correct Answer: D) Run-off.

18. Acidity or alkalinity of soil determines its pH. Soil with LOW pH can be neutralized by

Correct Answer: C) Applying ammonium-based fertilizers.

19. In which biome would you find a black bear?

Correct Answer: B) Temperate Rain Forest.

20. What is a claim based upon?

Correct Answer: D) Question.