Environmental Sciences Quiz 574 (20 MCQs)

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1. Large piles of excess rock from mines
2. Permanently dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone
3. Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales.
4. The amount of a product or service people will buy at a given price if free to do so
5. Topsoil is often considered to be found in what two soil horizons?
6. Proteins can serve as enzymes which speed up reactions.
7. A broad explanation of many observations in science
8. Full form of ATM is .....
9. Is a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge.
10. Is the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water.
11. You are walking through a forest that gets large amounts of rain, experiences high humidity, and has moderate temperatures year-round. Where might you be located?
12. Moving from liquid water (ex. rivers, lakes, oceans) to gaseous water (water vapor) in the atmosphere
13. Human activity is adding additional greenhouse gases to the amount that are in the atmosphere naturally
14. Why do coniferous forests have poor soil?
15. A long period of dry season will lead to .....
16. Energy we get from earth's interior heat
17. A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
18. ..... are known deposits from which materials can be extracted profitably with existing technology.
19. Herbivores are also called .....
20. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the atmosphere is important?