Environmental Science Questions

From the following shapes, which one would be the most suitable shape for a protected area?

Isolation is one way in which speciation can occur. isolation is one of the types of isolation that leads to speciation. Fill in the blank with ONE word.

Similar areas of an ecosystem could have different levels of diversity due to:

The suitability of habitats in the marine environment is mostly dependent on the abiotic factors including dissolved gases, nutrients, ocean gyres and currents, pH, salinity and sunlight.Answer true or false.

Which of the following is a threat to Lear's MaCaw population numbers?

Based only on the data provided within the table below, which country is likely to have the highest level of biodiversity?

Some people believe that it is important to be able to assign a value to nature. Which of the following outlines the benefits of putting a price on nature?

Calculate the percentage by which the orangutan population has changed from 1900 when there were 85,000 orangutans to the present day when there are about 6,600 orangutans. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

What abiotic factors determine plant species and thus habitat diversity in terrestrial ecosystems?

Give one piece of evidence that supports the theory of evolution

The biggest of the five mass extinctions as regards the number of species they wiped out was:

Which of the two ecosystems has the highest diversity?You should be able to work this out without calculating it.

A wide variety of pollutants which affect biodiversity are produced from a range of sources. Many activities produce more than one type of pollution (e.g. water, soil and air pollution). Some examples of air pollutants and their sources are given within the table above. Is the following statement true or false: Agriculture activity has little environmental impact on biodiversity.

Name the sixth mass extinction. Give a single word response.

Name the two people who introduced the idea of a common ancestor.Just give their last names.

Based on the information in the table below, calculate the percentage decrease in the size of tiger population between 1998 and 2015. Give your answer to one decimal place.

what does a food chain always start with

what is the green pigment that is used in the process of photosynthesis

A temperature inversion occurs when _______________. warm air lies atop cold air near the stratosphere cold air lies atop warm air near the stratosphere cold air lies atop warm air next to the ground warm air lies atop cooler air next to the ground

The ___________ is noted for the fact that air warms as altitude increases to a height of about thirty miles (50 kilometers). thermosphere troposphere mesosphere stratosphere