Environmental Science Quiz For College Juniors

Which of these is not an example of a commons?

The ocean

Federal Parks

Highways

Privately owned farms

Correct! Wrong!

Less-Developed Counties are...

Most European countries

are less economically developed and have a less average income

industrialized with low average income

US and Canada

Correct! Wrong!

What happens when organisms die and decay?

Their nitrogen becomes tapped in clay and is unusable

They stay on earth forever

Their nitrogen moves to the air as nitrogen gas

Their nitrogen returns to the soil as ammonium

Correct! Wrong!

Had the biggest impact on the environment

agricultural revolution

industrial revolution

hunter-gatherers

herder societies

Correct! Wrong!

How can humans impact forest ecosystems

over hunting

all of the above

deforestation

pollution

Correct! Wrong!

During photosynthesis, carbon is moved from which reservoir (sink) to which reservoir (sink)?

From the atmosphere to the terrestrial biosphere.

From the troposphere to the terrestrial biosphere.

From the hydrosphere to the terrestrial biosphere

From the lithosphere to the terrestrial biosphere.

Correct! Wrong!

How do freshwater ecosystems connect to the biosphere?

animals live freshwater

water evaporates into the atmosphere

plants live in freshwater

rivers erode land

Correct! Wrong!

When a resource like timber is used as fast as or slower than it regrows it is being used ____.

unsustainably

synthetically

nonrenewably

sustainably

Correct! Wrong!

Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

Cellular respiration

Decomposing organic matter

All answers are correct

Burning fossil fuels

Correct! Wrong!

Most Developed Countries are....

have high poverty rates

have low ecological footprints

industrialized with low average income

industrialized with high average income

Correct! Wrong!

Environmental Science Quiz For College Juniors

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Which of these is not an example of a commons?

Less-Developed Counties are...

What happens when organisms die and decay?

Had the biggest impact on the environment

How can humans impact forest ecosystems

During photosynthesis, carbon is moved from which reservoir (sink) to which reservoir (sink)?

How do freshwater ecosystems connect to the biosphere?

When a resource like timber is used as fast as or slower than it regrows it is being used ____.

Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

Most Developed Countries are....

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