Basic Environmental Science

Global populations contribute to which of the following?

• Pollution and sickness
• Farming
• Environmental Science
• Animal population levels

Which of the following impact biomes by creating conditions suitable for specified varieties of plants?

• Soil characteristics
• Climates
• Season
• Water availability

Which of the following is an arid biome present in both high and low altitudes defined by extremely low amounts of precipitation?

• Desert
• Tundra
• Aquatic
• Grassland

Which of the following contains the ozone layer?

• Stratosphere
• Troposphere
• Mesosphere
• Exosphere

Which of the following is known as advocating political and social action to improve the quality of environments?

• Environmentalism
• Liberalism
• Conservatism
• Environmental Science

Which of the following is the study of the relationship between organisms and their physical surroundings?

• Ecology
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

Citizens often have the most direct role with which of the following levels of government?

• Local
• Regional
• State
• Federal

Which of the following is NOT protected or managed by regulation?

• Technology
• Native habit
• Plants and animals
• Water

Which of the following is known to cause poor air quality?

• Meteorological conditions
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Thunderstorms

Which of the following is NOT a weather system?

• Temperature inversion
• Hurricane
• Frontal systems
• Mid-latitude cyclones