Environmental Science Semester 1 Quiz

What is the definition of biodiversity?

• A. The variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome

• B. The study of rocks and minerals

• C. The process of energy changing from one form to another

• D. The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas

What is the ecological niche of an organism?

• A. The place where an organism lives

• D. The enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients

• B. The roles that an organism has in its habitat

• C. The collection of Earth's air

What is the first law of thermodynamics?

• D. The act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition

• A. The energy of the universe is constant

• C. The process of decomposing and recycling organic matter as a fertilizer

• B. The energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe

What is the cryosphere?

• D. The enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients

• C. The process of energy changing from one form to another

• B. The places where water is in frozen form

• A. The core, mantle, and crust of the Earth

What is the second law of thermodynamics?

• C. The process of decomposing and recycling organic matter as a fertilizer

• D. The act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition

• A. The energy of the universe is constant

• B. Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe

What is the definition of conduction?

• C. The process of energy changing from one form to another

• B. The transfer of thermal energy in a liquid or gas

• A. The transfer of energy through matter by colliding particles

• D. The act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition

What is the definition of radiation?

• C. The process of energy changing from one form to another

• D. The act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition

• B. The transfer of energy through the emission of electromagnetic waves

• A. The transfer of energy through matter by colliding particles

What is the definition of nonrenewable resources?

• D. The act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition

• C. The process of decomposing and recycling organic matter as a fertilizer

• A. Natural resources that are used up at a rate faster than they can be replaced

• B. The enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients

What is the definition of preservation?

• A. Using natural areas and wildlife in ways that sustain them for current and future generations

• D. The collection, transportation, disposal, processing, managing and monitoring of waste materials

• B. Setting aside or protecting undisturbed natural areas from human activities

• C. The act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition

What is the definition of sustainable living?

• D. The act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition

• C. The process of energy changing from one form to another

• B. The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas

• A. Taking no more potentially renewable resources from the natural world than can be replenished naturally