Environmental Sciences Quiz 467 (20 MCQs)

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1. The average temperature of earth is rising.

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. One of the following sciences is not contributing with the environmental science?

Correct Answer: B) Physics.

3. Ecologists tend to divide the photic zone of lakes and ponds based on distance from the

Correct Answer: B) Surface.

4. Put directly into the air by human activities

Correct Answer: C) Primary pollution.

5. Which of the following are abiotic factors that shape ecosystems?

Correct Answer: D) Sunlight, mushrooms, and wind.

6. Nutrient pollution increased by human behavior that speeds up the eutrophication process significantly

Correct Answer: A) Cultural eutrophication.

7. The ribosomes are made by the

Correct Answer: D) Nucleolus.

8. What is and example of cogeneration?

Correct Answer: A) Heat energy normally wasted is used to power a turbine.

9. During Orographic Effect, the windward side is warm and dry.

Correct Answer: B) False.

10. Examples of nonrenewable resources include:

Correct Answer: B) Iron, salt, clay, fossil fuels, copper.

11. Land used for recreation, scenic, enjoyment, and for preserving native animal and plant communities and ecosystems

Correct Answer: B) Parks and preserves.

12. EPA stands for the

Correct Answer: B) Environmental Protection Agency.

13. ..... is located in the stratosphere

Correct Answer: C) The ozone layer.

14. A fuel's suitability is dependent on all the following factors, except

Correct Answer: D) Magnetism.

15. What is the term used to describe all living things in an ecosystem?

Correct Answer: A) Biotic Factors.

16. What do we call a change in a species over time?

Correct Answer: B) Evolution.

17. Longitude lines are used to measure

Correct Answer: B) Degrees East & West.

18. The energy lost between trophic levels in a food web

Correct Answer: D) Is used in the course of normal living.

19. Which of the following would be the best way for a desert farmer to reduce water loss from evaporation and seepage and thus conserve water?

Correct Answer: D) Install a drip irrigation system.

20. Becuase aquatic macroinvertebrates are good indicators of stream health, we can collect them to determine

Correct Answer: B) The quality of the water and overall conditions of the stream.