Environmental Science Quiz 6 (20 MCQs)

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1. Match the definition:The relationship between two different species where each individual benefits from the other.

Correct Answer: D) Symbiosis.

2. 1-9.3 Gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth are known as

Correct Answer: B) Greenhouse gases.

3. What type of symbiosis? * Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. * Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

Correct Answer: B) Mutualism.

4. More than 97 percent of Earth's total water supply is found in

Correct Answer: B) The ocean.

5. Chipko Movement was to save

Correct Answer: A) Trees.

6. The Clean Air Act is federal law that regulates levels of air pollution produced from

Correct Answer: D) Transportation, factories, power plants, and private homes.

7. Which device helps clean car exhaust

Correct Answer: C) Catalytic converter.

8. What are three of the main environmental problems today?

Correct Answer: B) Pollution, loss of biodiversity, resource depletion.

9. Fish are a type of ....., or free swimming organism

Correct Answer: A) Nekton.

10. ..... refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area

Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity.

11. Which law is a framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste?

Correct Answer: B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

12. Wind power originally got their energy from .

Correct Answer: C) The sun.

13. A common air pollutant that is very dangerous because you cannot see it or smell it

Correct Answer: B) Carbon Monoxide.

14. The illegal capture or killing of an organism, often for money, is called

Correct Answer: A) Poaching.

15. A ..... plant species is one that occurs in area without human action.

Correct Answer: B) Native.

16. The study of how the environment and humans affect one another is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Environmental Science.

17. Trees are considered ..... resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time.

Correct Answer: A) Renewable.

18. Widespread pollution problems are known as.....

Correct Answer: B) Non-point source.

19. The Clean Water Act was created

Correct Answer: D) To make the lakes and rivers from fishable and swimmable.

20. Ecosystem

Correct Answer: C) All the living/nonliving factors in an area.