Environmental Science Quiz 55 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which worldview takes perspective that humans should manage the Earth's resources to achieve maximum benefits?

Correct Answer: C) Planetary Management Worldview.

2. The largest watershed in the United States is the

Correct Answer: D) Mississippi River.

3. The number and variety of a species that live in a given area is the .....

Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity.

4. Which of the following identifies the layers of the atmosphere in correct order, beginning with the lowest layer?

Correct Answer: C) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.

5. What is the main qualification of a hypothesis?

Correct Answer: A) It's testable.

6. During the Agricultural Revolution, ..... provided power.

Correct Answer: C) Animals.

7. As they flow down a mountain to flatter ground, rivers generally become

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

8. A material or energy that is formed slower. Not able to be replaced in a short amount of time. Ex: oil, gas, coal

Correct Answer: D) Non-Renewable Resources.

9. What does a close system mean?

Correct Answer: C) Nothing can enter or leave.

10. Which one of the choices below is NOT a cause for global warming?

Correct Answer: C) Planting new trees.

11. Which law is a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats?

Correct Answer: D) Endangered Species Act.

12. Industrial Revolution?

Correct Answer: A) Large cities where food/good where mass produced, causing pollution to the environment.

13. Catalytic converters, scrubbers, and electrostatic precipitators are examples of

Correct Answer: D) Technologies used to control pollution emissions.

14. A natural resource that is formed much more slowly than we use it is called

Correct Answer: C) Nonrenewable.

15. Scrubber

Correct Answer: D) Pollution control.

16. Which of the following is ALWAYS a nonrenewable natural resource?

Correct Answer: C) Oil.

17. Which of the following is a major source of biomass fuel in developing countries?

Correct Answer: D) Both of wood and dung.

18. Mosses use ..... to anchor themselves to rocks near churning river headwaters

Correct Answer: B) Rhizoids.

19. Which of the following descriptions of hybrid cars is correct?

Correct Answer: C) Hybrid cars are energy efficient.

20. 1-9.3 Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?

Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide.