Environmental Science Quiz 24 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the system called where both matter and energy are exchanged between the system and the surrounding environment?

Correct Answer: A) Open system.

2. The branch of philosophy that deals with good, bad and right and wrong is

Correct Answer: B) Ethics.

3. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Correct Answer: D) Rivers generally move faster, and their oxygen levels decrease, as they near the ocean.

4. Which of the following is a level of government which takes part in regulation and legislation?

Correct Answer: C) State.

5. The buildup of pollutants in higher levels of the food chain is called

Correct Answer: D) Biomagnification.

6. Swamps are commonly found on

Correct Answer: B) Flat, poorly drained land.

7. Which law sets standards limiting pollutants for community's water supplies?

Correct Answer: B) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).

8. What law restricts pollution into the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: B) Clean Air Act.

9. Which of the following is true regarding water resources?

Correct Answer: C) Although water is a renewable resource, it is currently being used faster than it can be replenished.

10. An underground system that contains groundwater is called an

Correct Answer: C) Aquifer.

11. Which of the following types of environmental ethics places an emphasis on human interests?

Correct Answer: B) Anthropocentric.

12. Layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface

Correct Answer: A) Troposphere.

13. 1 All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an .....

Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem.

14. What do we use quadrats for?

Correct Answer: A) To examine plants.

15. Which of the following describes a single population?

Correct Answer: C) All sea turtles of the same species living on an isolated island.

16. All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system is included in a(n)

Correct Answer: C) Watershed.

17. Coal is?

Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuel solid created by the remains of ancient plants mined from the earth.

18. All of the following are ways we can practice to decrease the impact of human activities on harming the environment, EXCEPT?

Correct Answer: D) Using more plastic products.

19. What is the name of the treaty nations signed to try to reverse the effect of CFC's on the ozone layer?

Correct Answer: A) Montreal Protocol.

20. This described the likeliness of a common area being exploited for short-term gain.

Correct Answer: C) The Tragedy of the Commons.