Environmental Sciences Quiz 555 (20 MCQs)

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1. At the equator, Earth spins at a rate of about 1670 kilometers per hour. Thecircumference of Earth at the equator is about 40, 000 kilometers. About how longdoes it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis at the equator?
2. What causes ocean trenches to form?
3. Strontium-90 has a half-life of 29 years. If a site held 2000 kg of this isotope, approximately what mass of Strontium-90 would be left after 116 years?
4. Photosynthesis and ..... are important processes in the carbon-oxygen cycle.
5. Species that normally lives and thrives in a particular area.
6. ..... is a tool that helps us create cost-effective ways to protect our health and the environment
7. Which of the following is not present in the air.
8. A carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things is called .....
9. When solar energy reaches Earth, it is in the form of
10. Dark, cooler than average regions on the Sun's surface are known as .....
11. What does an eco-footprint represent?
12. Which is true of parasitism?
13. The ..... is how an organism makes it's living.
14. What is the primary pollutant responsible for the secondary pollutant acid rain?
15. The amount of oxygen in the water, measured in parts per million (ppm)
16. A hole dug or drilled into the ground to provide a supply of water.
17. The ability of ecosystem to provide the necessities to allow an ecosystem to function.
18. Selects only favorable discoveries
19. What type of correlation is shown in the graph?
20. .... a noise, I turned around.