Environmental Science ICEV

Which of the following is the diverse study of life and organisms and their personal attributes?

• Chemistry

• Ornithology

• Biology

• Earth Science

The impact made by various changes in the earth's atmosphere including cloud cover, precipitation, temperature change and tdes is

• weather

• wind

• exosphere

• thermospere

WHich of the following accurately describes biomes ?

• Large communities constituting regions of the earth

• Small communities constituting specified regions

• Vegetation and water

• Large continents constituting all regions of the earth

Which of the following is NOT a world Biome?

• Desert

• Forest

• Grassland

• Swamp

Which of the following is included as a component of biomes

• Temperature

• Seasons

• organic measurement

• precipitation

Tropical climates were mentioned as suitable environments for which of the following animals

• Cats

• Snakes

• Birds

• Squirrels

Which of the following are varying conditions, nutrient levels and physical components which describe soils within biomes?

• Seasons

• climates

• temperatures

• soil characteristics

Which of the following is NOT responsible for increasing human populations?

• advances in medicines

• improved living conditions

• declining animal populations

• increased food supply

The united states uses which percentage of the world's fossil fuels?

• 75

• 25

• 18

• 10

Which of the following management and enforcement of standards, usually controlled by various levels of government bureaucracy?

• Legislation

• Management

• Local Government

• Regulation