Environmental Sciences Quiz 547 (20 MCQs)

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1. How does pollution impact bird populations?

Correct Answer: C) It causes choking and harms birds.

2. Which type of ecosystem has a current that flows in one direction?

Correct Answer: B) Rivers and Streams.

3. Increases when fossil fuels are burned

Correct Answer: C) Atmospheric co2.

4. The part of earth that contains all the air we breathe

Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere.

5. What is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments called?

Correct Answer: A) Ecology.

6. Cagayan which is the second largest region of the Philippines is a

Correct Answer: C) Valley.

7. Environmental engineers minimize the impact of land development on the environment.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. What type of vegetation would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that has remained undisturbed for 150 years?

Correct Answer: D) Tall, mature oak trees.

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that happen to rivers as they flow downstream?

Correct Answer: D) They increase in oxygen content.

10. Which president signed legislation to preserve the first national park?

Correct Answer: C) Andrew Jackson.

11. What percent of all water is fresh water?

Correct Answer: A) 2%.

12. Organisms that live in estuaries must adapt to changes in

Correct Answer: D) Water level and salinity.

13. A common source of hydroelectric power is

Correct Answer: A) A river dam.

14. What is the main source of energy that drives the water cycle?

Correct Answer: B) Sun.

15. The hair directly above your eyes is called your eyelashes.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. Which seed bank safeguards the world's crop diversity to protect against global food crises?

Correct Answer: B) Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

17. Environmental science may include which of the following:

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

18. Which of these activities reduce greenhouse gas production?

Correct Answer: A) Turning off lights when leaving a room.

19. I didn't follow the directions Mr. Culp put on the assignment so Mr. Culp took some points off my score. What is the dependent variable?

Correct Answer: A) Your grade.

20. What is the biggest forest in the world?

Correct Answer: D) Amazon forest.