Environmental Sciences Quiz 487 (20 MCQs)

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1. Dredging stream beds may be an effective technique for mining

Correct Answer: C) Gold.

2. Flexible layer of the mantle that flows slowly, allowing plates above it to move

Correct Answer: C) Athensosphere.

3. Environmental studies is defined as the branch that deals with the:

Correct Answer: D) Approach about the natural world and the imapct of humans on its integrity.

4. Whose influential book Silent Spring heightened public awareness of pollution problems and led to the regulation of several dangerous pesticides.

Correct Answer: C) Rachel Carson.

5. .... is a type of forestry activity that affects flooding, increases sediment production and leads to greater terrain instability.

Correct Answer: A) Clear-cutting.

6. When water turns to vapor and rises into the atmosphere from the ocean, it is called

Correct Answer: C) Evaporation.

7. Much of the oil and natural gas in the United States is located in

Correct Answer: D) Alaska, Texas, California, and the Gulf of Mexico.

8. What is it called when water falls from the clouds?

Correct Answer: D) Precipitation.

9. Which of the following is NOT a reason a species may become extinct?

Correct Answer: B) Reproducing.

10. ..... are to swamps as grasslands are to forests.

Correct Answer: A) Marshes.

11. Judges actions in terms of their benefit or harm to the integrity of whole ecological systems

Correct Answer: B) Ecocentrism.

12. This is NOT a part of the phosphorus cycle.

Correct Answer: C) Atmospheric phosphate.

13. What conclusion from the study of Mesopotamia can be used in irrigation practices today?

Correct Answer: C) Irrigation methods with the least impact on the water table may be beneficial.

14. When the temperature of a body of water, such as a lake or stream, increases, ..... can occur.

Correct Answer: A) Thermal pollution.

15. The pH scale is a range from:

Correct Answer: B) 0-14.

16. When you see a fellow student crying you infer what?

Correct Answer: A) They are sad.

17. Before precipitation can occur, this must occur first:

Correct Answer: A) Condensation.

18. The study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or community

Correct Answer: B) Environmental Science.

19. How does environmental science help in public health careers?

Correct Answer: C) It helps analyze and mitigate environmental factors that impact human health.

20. What is Akiva's vocab picture about?

Correct Answer: A) Chemosynthesis.