Environmental Sciences Quiz 655 (20 MCQs)

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1. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
2. When experiments are impossible or unethical predictions are tested by looking at .....
3. Greenhouse gases trap heat and raise the atmosphere's average temperature.
4. What is the largest biome on Earth?
5. You can see statistics were?
6. You set up an experiment to see if the color of a bird feeder effects how many birds visit it to eat. Which of the following is a possible control?
7. The preservation ethic says that we should protect our environment in a pristine, unaltered state
8. Deforestation is the replanting of forest trees
9. Why is net primary productivity highest in the photic zone of aquatic ecosystems?
10. Examples of non-renewable energy are
11. Which of these is a large reservoir of nitrogen that is unusable by most organisms?
12. What effects does global climate change have on the water cycle?
13. A goal of Environmental Science ▪ Understand how animals actions impact the environment and how we can change negative effects.
14. Open pit used to mine materials near the surface
15. Goods that come from natural resources that ecosystems carry out that have financial value to humans
16. A severe storm that involves winds over 119mph and forms over water is:
17. Which kind of organism obtains energy only from producers?
18. Hurricanes move in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres due to .....
19. Which is the most important reason for maintaining clean water?
20. What type of consumer only eats animals?