Environmental Sciences Quiz 524 (20 MCQs)

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1. What sphere includes only the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals that make up the land on Earth.

Correct Answer: A) Geosphere.

2. Plants show visible signs of nutrient deficiencies on their leaves.

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. How does fire suppression lead to even more fires?

Correct Answer: A) Without low intensity surface fires, fuel build up causes even bigger fires when fires do eventually strt.

4. What is a carrier that transmits an infective agent from one host to another called?

Correct Answer: B) Vector.

5. Both matter & energy are exchanged between a system and the surrounding environment.

Correct Answer: B) Open system.

6. The amount of "pore space" between soil is:

Correct Answer: A) Porosity.

7. What percentage of the water that people use throughout the world is lost through evaporation, leaks, and inefficient use?

Correct Answer: E) Two-thirds.

8. A logical statement about what will happen in an experiment

Correct Answer: A) Prediction.

9. Which is higher quality matter?

Correct Answer: A) Liquid gas.

10. ..... affect the climate through the gases and dust particles thrown into the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: B) Volcanoes.

11. What percentage of energy is lost as you move up a trophic level?

Correct Answer: C) 90%.

12. The study of how the environment and humans affect one another is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Environmental Science.

13. How humans are involved in the environment.

Correct Answer: C) Environmental Science.

14. In the story of Easter Island, what was considered the commons?

Correct Answer: C) The trees.

15. Animal(s) which is/are active at night.

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

16. Has some trees and supports large herbivores

Correct Answer: A) Savanna.

17. The collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items is

Correct Answer: D) Recycling.

18. Giraffes, lions, zebras, hyenas, and all the other living things of the Serengeti make up a(n)

Correct Answer: C) Community.

19. A nurse.....

Correct Answer: A) Takes care of those who are not well.

20. Some human activities release contaminants into the air that degrade its quality; this is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Air pollution.