Mixed Quizzes for Science Concluding Questions

Biome with many scattered shrubs, tall grasses and small trees.

• Savannah
• Grassland
• Desert
• Taiga

What is the projected population of the Earth by 2100?

• 8.5 billion

• About 11 billion

• About 15 billion

• 7.7 billion

Which of the following regions is experiencing a declining birthrate?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

Biome with many different species of cacti and reptiles and very little rainfall.

• Desert
• Temperate Rainforest
• Tropical Rainforest
• Tundra

A group of ecosystems with similar organisms and climates.

• desert
• deciduous
• canopy
• Biome

Which of these countries has the greatest per capita (per person) ecological footprint?

• The U.S.

• Vietnam

• China

• Brazil

True or false: Ecomodernists believe that we have met or exceeded the Earth's carrying capacity for the human population.

• True

• False

Type of tree that loses and regrows leaves each year.

• deciduous
• coniferous
• pine tree
• oak tree

Ecomodernists advocate for greater use of which type of energy source?

• Wind power

• Nuclear power

• Fossil fuels

• Biomass

Who wrote New York 2140?

• Claire Sara Robertson

• Kim Lasky

• Kim Stanley Robinson

• Philip Jose Farmer