Environmental Sciences Quiz 507 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are three categories of environmental problems?

Correct Answer: B) Resource depletion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity.

2. "The insect in Container B has six appendages" is an example of what type of scientific observation?

Correct Answer: A) Quantitative.

3. As latitude increases, the average annual temperature .....

Correct Answer: A) Decreases.

4. Vernal (Spring) Equinox is

Correct Answer: B) Mar 21.

5. AQI stands for

Correct Answer: A) Air Quality Index.

6. How is a hypothesis tested?

Correct Answer: D) Completing an experiment.

7. Which period involved raising crops and livestock for food?

Correct Answer: A) Agricultural Revolution.

8. ..... is the guess and consistency of a measurement.

Correct Answer: D) Precision.

9. A final, stable community in equilibrium with the environment.

Correct Answer: D) Climax Community.

10. Which is not a scientific factor of sustainability?

Correct Answer: C) Political science.

11. A technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, or prairie restoration to improve habitat and reduce wildfire risk.

Correct Answer: B) Controlled Burn.

12. T.A.I.L.S is a way to remember all the components of a good graph. What does the "T" Stand for?

Correct Answer: B) Title.

13. Where solid waste disposal is regulated and controlled

Correct Answer: A) Sanitary landfill.

14. How would a scientist go about TESTING their hypothesis?

Correct Answer: A) Perform an experiment.

15. ..... Addition through movement into a population

Correct Answer: A) Immigration.

16. A species that is not native to an area is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Invasive Species.

17. Scientist use this to study and learn about the interior of the Earth.

Correct Answer: B) Seismic waves.

18. When the author of an article has a huge influence on how the article is biased it is

Correct Answer: D) Bias in the source.

19. In order to power machines, the energy in fuels is often converted into ..... energy

Correct Answer: A) Electrical.

20. What do the Milky Way galaxy and other galaxies in the universe have in common?

Correct Answer: D) They have similar elements.