Environmental Sciences Quiz 658 (20 MCQs)

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1. Relating to a large company or group (e.g. Coca Cola, Khol's, Frito-Lay)

Correct Answer: C) Corporate.

2. What makes an enzyme substrate specific?

Correct Answer: B) Shape.

3. This balances the cost of the action against the benefits one expects from it.

Correct Answer: B) Cost Benefit Analysis.

4. Which definition best describes the term population density?

Correct Answer: A) A measurement of people in a specific area.

5. Besides Canada and the United Arab Emirates, which of the following countries uses more energy per person?

Correct Answer: A) United States.

6. A trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is a(n)

Correct Answer: A) Adaptation.

7. The most common place for properly disposed garbage to be taken to is .....

Correct Answer: B) A landfill.

8. The ..... helps in making food for the plant.

Correct Answer: B) Leaf.

9. This is part of nucleic acids, ATP, and helps form animals' bones and teeth.

Correct Answer: D) Phosphorous.

10. The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Transpiration.

11. An area that includes tigers, eagles, lizards, fish, rabbits, and many other types of organisms would be described as having a high level of

Correct Answer: A) Species diversity.

12. A process that releases energy due to the splitting of neutrons

Correct Answer: C) Nuclear Fission.

13. An example of a(n) ..... model is a flow chart showing how water moves between the atmosphere and Earth's surface.

Correct Answer: D) Conceptual.

14. Why did cave persons have paintings on the cave walls?

Correct Answer: A) For decoration.

15. A specific statement that can be directly and unequivocally tested

Correct Answer: A) Prediction.

16. The ..... system transport the sewage from homes to the treatment plants.

Correct Answer: A) Sewage.

17. Matter that all life need for life's processes

Correct Answer: A) Nutrient.

18. Where is carbon stored in the largest amounts on Earth?

Correct Answer: A) Oceans.

19. We should have more of these spaces where animals and plants are safe. They are: .....

Correct Answer: D) Protected areas.

20. What is the term for combining 2 or more atoms together?

Correct Answer: C) Molecules.