Environmental Science Quiz 77 (20 MCQs)

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1. A company is likely to mine a site if the site.....?

Correct Answer: D) Contains minerals that can be economically extracted.

2. Which is the correct order of trophic levels in a food chain?

Correct Answer: B) Plants - primary consumers - secondary consumers - tertiary consumers.

3. Claire wants to present scientific information on climate change. Which group should Claire approach?

Correct Answer: B) IPCC.

4. A modern day example of the "tragedy of the commons" would be:

Correct Answer: C) Acid precipitation falling throughout the northeastern United States.

5. What displays trends of data or data in motion?

Correct Answer: A) Graphs.

6. What Act describes rules of handling toxic and hazardous waste?

Correct Answer: C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

7. 1-9.3 What is the definition of "Greenhouse Effect?"

Correct Answer: B) When the gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the Sun and keep the planet warm.

8. Why should we remove an invasive species?

Correct Answer: B) They will eat native species and cause other species to decrease.

9. Magma that cools deep underground produces

Correct Answer: B) Intrusive igneous rock.

10. Which pollutant is most likely to be released into groundwater supplies without human intervention?

Correct Answer: C) Arsenic.

11. Farming supports over 500 times as many people as

Correct Answer: D) Hunting and gathering.

12. Sustainability is defined as

Correct Answer: C) Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.

13. Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density and is solid?

Correct Answer: D) Inner core.

14. Which of the following sciences was NOT mentioned as a component of environmental science?

Correct Answer: A) Geology.

15. Aqueduct

Correct Answer: D) A man made river to divert water.

16. Groundwater is

Correct Answer: C) Aquifer water.

17. A hole dug into an aquifer to reach groundwater is called a

Correct Answer: B) Well.

18. All of the following increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis.

19. Who established the first national park (Yosemite)?

Correct Answer: B) John Muir.

20. Layers containing spaces, or pores, through which water can pass.

Correct Answer: B) Permeable.