Environmental Science Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

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1. What country has the lowest ecological footprint?

Correct Answer: D) South America.

2. Corals live only in shallow ..... water where there is enough light for photosynthesis

Correct Answer: C) Warm.

3. Country that emits the most greenhouse gases currently

Correct Answer: D) China.

4. A community interacting with non-living things is best described as .....

Correct Answer: D) An ecosystem.

5. What event happened in 1849?

Correct Answer: C) The U.S. Department of Interioris established. Its role is to protectnatural resources and culturalheritage.

6. In the scientific method, an ..... is used to test a hypothesis

Correct Answer: A) Experiment.

7. The term that describes the amount of natural resources that is needed to keep a person or society living.

Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint.

8. Time period in which manufacturers were able to use fossil fuels to produce goods faster and cheaper

Correct Answer: A) Industrial Revolution.

9. What pollutant forms when automobile emissions react with oxygen gas and ultraviolet rays?

Correct Answer: A) Smog/ ground level ozone.

10. Which is a greenhouse gas?

Correct Answer: D) All are greenhouse gases.

11. Two threats to ocean ecosystems are

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

12. Estuaries are very productive ecosystems because they receive fresh nutrients from

Correct Answer: B) Rivers and oceans.

13. When human needs are met so that the population can survive indefinitely.

Correct Answer: D) Sustainability.

14. Environmental science is the study of .....

Correct Answer: D) All of these choices.

15. Specific examples of potentially renewable natural resources are:

Correct Answer: C) Forests, water, and soil.

16. A(n) ..... is the environment where an organism lives.

Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem.

17. Which of the following aquatic ecosystems is NOT a type of wetland?

Correct Answer: C) Stream.

18. The thinnest layer of the Earth is?

Correct Answer: D) Crust.

19. To provide advancement and facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals.

Correct Answer: B) Philippine Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990.

20. Water build up in the clouds falls to the ground.

Correct Answer: A) Precipitation.