US Major Environmental Science Test 6

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Question 1

What is the greenhouse effect?

A) Heat trapped gases

B) Solar flares

C) Volcano ash

D) Ocean tides

Question 2

What is wilderness?

A) City park

B) Untouched wild land

C) Farm field

D) Suburb lawn

Question 3

What is pollution?

A) Clean air

B) Pure water

C) Harmful contamination

D) Fresh soil

Question 4

What is a trophic level?

A) Species count

B) Water depth

C) Soil type

D) Feeding step

Question 5

What is deforestation?

A) Clearing forests

B) Planting trees

C) Saving parks

D) Growing crops

Question 6

What is environmental geography?

A) Rock ages

B) Nature-human links

C) Star maps

D) Money flows

Question 7

Provide the definition of eutrophication:

A) Clean water

B) Dry lake

C) Nutrient overload algae

D) Fish boom

Question 8

Provide the definition of soil erosion:

A) Soil gain

B) Rock growth

C) No loss

D) Topsoil loss

Question 9

What best defines greenhouse gases?

A) CO2 methane plus

B) Oxygen only

C) Nitrogen only

D) Helium

Question 10

Provide the definition of a national monument:

A) State fair

B) Protected historic site

C) City hall

D) Private ranch

Question 11

Provide the definition of endangered:

A) Common pest

B) Zoo pet

C) At-risk species

D) Farm stock

Question 12

Provide the definition of fracking:

A) Mining coal

B) Drilling water

C) Cutting trees

D) Cracking rock oil

Question 13

Which term means "Energy transfer fraction"?

A) the 10 percent rule

B) biodiversity

C) an ecosystem

D) carrying capacity

Question 14

Provide the definition of recycling:

A) Burning trash

B) Reusing materials

C) Burying all

D) Dumping seas

Question 15

Provide the definition of the water table:

A) River surface

B) Ocean floor

C) Underground top water

D) Cloud base

Question 16

What best defines the Endangered Species Act?

A) Hunting law

B) Farm law

C) Pet law

D) Wildlife protection law

Question 17

Which term means "Living plus surroundings"?

A) an ecosystem

B) biodiversity

C) carrying capacity

D) a food web

Question 18

Which term means "At-risk animal"?

A) biodiversity

B) an endangered species

C) an ecosystem

D) carrying capacity

Question 19

Provide the definition of an aquifer:

A) Dry cave

B) Oil field

C) Water-bearing rock

D) Coal seam

Question 20

Which term means "Scattered sources"?

A) biodiversity

B) an ecosystem

C) carrying capacity

D) nonpoint pollution

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