Environmental Sciences Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Clear-cutting" a forest means

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

2. Below are the things that plants need in order to grow, except .....

Correct Answer: D) Glass.

3. This means the careful use and protection of natural resources.

Correct Answer: A) Conservation.

4. A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste

Correct Answer: B) Leachate.

5. What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

Correct Answer: A) Thunderstorms.

6. Carbon footprint

Correct Answer: A) The total carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or location.

7. Subarctic forest dominated by conifer trees

Correct Answer: B) Taiga.

8. Broader explanation that applies to a wider range of situations and observationw

Correct Answer: C) Theory.

9. Threat against a river ecosystem

Correct Answer: C) Dams.

10. Surface currents circulate in different directions depending on the ..... in which they occur.

Correct Answer: A) Hemisphere.

11. Predict the effect ocean currents have on the climate of coastal areas.

Correct Answer: A) Ocean currents can warm or cool the air above them and influence the climate.

12. Which technique was one of the earliest ways that land was converted to farmland?

Correct Answer: A) Slash and burn.

13. Living things are organized from the smallest to the largest unit in the following ecological levels:

Correct Answer: C) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere.

14. In a(n) ..... study, all variables are kept constant except one.

Correct Answer: B) Controlled.

15. It refers to the removal of salt from ocean water

Correct Answer: D) Desalination.

16. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of monocropping?

Correct Answer: B) Inefficient for harvest, pesticide and fertilizer application.

17. The study of economics as a component of ecological systems

Correct Answer: B) Ecologicaleconomics.

18. What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect?

Correct Answer: C) Tides.

19. Increase in nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem

Correct Answer: D) Eutrophication.

20. What is the importance of plants in the water cycle?

Correct Answer: D) The transpire or release water from their leaves.