Environmental Sciences Quiz 611 (20 MCQs)

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1. In nuclear power plants, the ..... are used to prevent a meltdown during nuclear fission.

Correct Answer: B) Control rods.

2. What is a way you can cut back on meat?

Correct Answer: B) Meatless Mondays-No meat for food on Mondays.

3. If I water the plant more often, then it will grow taller. Name the independent variable.

Correct Answer: C) The amount of water.

4. Species that are very important for the functioning of an ecosystem are known as

Correct Answer: B) Keystone species.

5. Conflict between the short term interests of individuals and long-term welfare of society is

Correct Answer: B) Tragedy of the Commons.

6. In the movie "The Lorax" what was considered the commons?

Correct Answer: B) The truffula trees.

7. Decomposing organisms would be found:

Correct Answer: A) In the deep oceans.

8. Once a theory has been tested and confirmed it cannot be changed.

Correct Answer: B) False.

9. Which of these is NOT a marine biome?

Correct Answer: D) Wetlands.

10. According to the population pyramid, will this population increase, decrease, or remain stable over time?

Correct Answer: B) Decrease.

11. The price of nearly every product or service that you use reflects the cost

Correct Answer: C) Energy.

12. Has trees with leaves that fall off during the fall

Correct Answer: D) Temperate Deciduous Forest.

13. A piece of information we gather using our senses is called

Correct Answer: D) An observation.

14. This biome receives about an inch of rain annually and is hot during the day and cool at night

Correct Answer: D) Desert.

15. Interacting populations or many species together in one place are called .....

Correct Answer: C) A community.

16. The surface zone of the ocean is the ..... zone of the ocean.

Correct Answer: C) Warmest.

17. Wetland dominated by nonwoody plants

Correct Answer: B) Marsh.

18. Which energy source is cheaper?

Correct Answer: A) Nuclear.

19. A(n) ..... can be described as a group of individuals of the same species in a particular area.

Correct Answer: C) Population.

20. What gives the water cycle its energy

Correct Answer: A) Sun.