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Environmental Science Quiz

Authored by Emily Umile

Biology

9th Grade

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Environmental Science Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can fertilizers used to improve lawns and gardens interfere with the equilibrium of an ecosystem?

cause mutations in all plants

cannot be absorbed by roots

can be carried into local water supplies

cause atmospheric pollution

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Dumping raw sewage into a river will lead to a reduction in dissolved oxygen in the water. What will this reduction most likely cause?

an increase in fish populations

a decrease in most aquatic animal populations

an increase in acid rain

a decrease in water temperature

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Many governments are limiting the use of toxic pesticides and enforcing stricter hunting and fishing laws. These efforts are attempts to

produce nonbiodegradable pollutants

prevent species extinction

develop new farming techniques

increase importation of organisms

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Recycling solid wastes is an example of

utilizing cover cropping techniques

preventing erosion in landfills

eliminating sulfur pollutants from the atmosphere

conserving natural resources without harming the environment

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which negative human environmental influence is matched with the positive influence that has helped to correct it?

overhunting – pollution controls

disposal problems – species preservation

importation of organisms – energy conservation

pesticide use – biological control of insects

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By causing atmospheric changes through activities such as polluting and careless harvesting, humans have

caused the destruction of habitats

affected global stability in a positive way

established equilibrium in ecosystems

replaced nonrenewable resources

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Changes in the chemical composition of the atmosphere that may produce acid rain are most closely associated with

insects that excrete acids

runoff from acidic soils

industrial smoke stack emissions

flocks of migrating birds

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