Environmental Sciences Quiz 534 (20 MCQs)

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1. Water with high amounts of dissolved salt.
2. The major cause of extinction is .....
3. Resources are considered to be ..... if they are able to meet the current demand without depleting the future supply. EX:using bamboo and jute instead of Oak and Teak
4. Is the following statement true or false? Vietnam's oil and gas potential is only guaranteed to be exploited for about 30 more years."
5. The ozone layer is found in the .....
6. Who moves felled trees form the cutting site to the loading area
7. Air is matter. We found that the weight of the ball increases by.5lbs each time we pumped more air into it. This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter. Which sentence is the claim?
8. Temperature decreases with height in the ..... because there is nothing but thin air.
9. What is the most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere?
10. The current rate of species extinction is
11. The leaking or spilling of chemicals or raw sewage into a body of water is ..... pollution.
12. Which of these is a decomposer?
13. The job of an organism within an ecosystem is also called its
14. In the next few decades to a century, it is anticipated that there will be a significant ..... of glacial ice.
15. Occurs where an ecosystem was already established.
16. Plants are unable to utilize nitrogen gas (N2) in the atmosphere unless it is first converted into ammonium (NH4). Which of these is a process that will do that?
17. Chlorinate
18. All of the energy available to the consumers in a certain area
19. Which of the following consists of a group of individuals of the same species?
20. I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What kingdom do I belong to?