BIO 220 Topic 6 Quiz

Topic 6 quiz


1. Fossil fuels at one time were:
 Plants
 Plastic
 Rivers
 Lava


2. Energy from the sun can be changed by:
 A change in the earth’s orbit
 A change in the albedo (ability to reflect sunlight)
 A change in the amount of greenhouses in the atmosphere
 All of the above


3. The rock cycle consists of:
 Sedimentary, sandstone, granite
 Metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous
 Minerals, granite, sedimentart
 Magma, minerals, sedimentary


4. Which of the following best decribes a rock that is formed at the bottom of swamps over
geological time?
 Metamorphic rock
 Igneous rock
 Minerals
 Bituminous coal


5. Plate tectonics are part of the earths:
 Lithosphere
 Oiter core
 Inner core
 Mantle


6. Which pollutant is NOT one of the 6 regulated by the clean air act
 Ozone
 Airborne particles
 Mercury