Environmental Sciences Quiz 83 (20 MCQs)

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1. What do you call the measure of the materials used and needed to dispose of waste for an individual or community?

Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint.

2. A hypothesis is a what

Correct Answer: B) If/then statement.

3. It is the policy governing the water quality management in the Philippines.

Correct Answer: C) The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.

4. Which of the following is mutualism?

Correct Answer: A) Both organisms benefit, while neither is harmed.

5. Which is the correct order in primary succession?

Correct Answer: A) Rocks, Lichens & Mosses, Bushes & Shrubs, Trees.

6. An example of a nonrenewable resource is

Correct Answer: D) Oil.

7. The lower thermosphere:

Correct Answer: C) Ionosphere.

8. The surface of the land where water enters an aquifer is called

Correct Answer: A) A recharge zone.

9. In an experiment, the factor that is measured (the result) is the .

Correct Answer: A) Dependent Variable.

10. What do we call the movement around the sun, which takes 365 days.

Correct Answer: A) Revolution.

11. A carnivore is an .....

Correct Answer: A) Organism that eats only meat.

12. What two biomes get less than 10 inches of rainfall per year?

Correct Answer: D) The desert and the tundra.

13. There is more fresh water on Earth than salt water.

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Deserts are

Correct Answer: C) Often formed on the dry side of mountain ranges.

15. Which process involves conversion of light energy to chemical energy

Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis.

16. A consumer that eats only producers is called a(n)

Correct Answer: A) Herbivore.

17. Industrialized agriculture is often referred to as "high input" because it requires a great deal of:

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

18. C6H12O6 + 6O2 $\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 6H2O is known as:

Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration.

19. Environmental Science is the study of how the natural world ..... and how humans interact with it.

Correct Answer: B) Works.

20. What is the best pro about renewable resources?

Correct Answer: B) They are always available.