This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 113 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 113 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater, chemical reactions occur that reduce seawater pH, carbonate ion concentration, and saturation states of biologically important calcium carbonate minerals. A) Ocean aging. B) Coral bleaching. C) Ocean acidification. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ocean acidification. 2. ..... is used for quick energy. A) Lipids. B) Proteins. C) Nucleic acids. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbohydrates. 3. Which of these are environmental problems that have caused concern in the past 50 years. A) Resource depletion. B) Pollution. C) Extinction. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. What is the name of the international agreement committing parties to phasing out ozone depleting substances and phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)? A) Paris Agreement. B) Montreal Protocol. C) Antarctic Convention. D) Vienna Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montreal Protocol. 5. Which of the following is ALWAYS a nonrenewable natural resource? A) Oil. B) Fresh water. C) Wind. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil. 6. Line graphs do not have to have ..... A) Axes with labels. B) A line connecting each data point. C) A title. D) Axes with units. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A line connecting each data point. 7. A conceptual model represents a way of thinking about A) Variables. B) Positions. C) Relationships. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relationships. 8. The dependent variable always stays the same A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. Which biome is the driest? A) Taiga. B) Tundra. C) Rainforest. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 10. The most likely step of the H2O cycle that would occur after precipitation is: A) Condenstation. B) Runoff. C) Transpiration. D) Sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runoff. 11. The average number of individuals of the same species per unit of surface area at a given time is the ..... A) Population birth rate. B) Population size. C) Population growth. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population density. 12. How can rain change a mountain? A) Rain causes flash flooding on mountains. B) Water erosion wears down the peaks of a mountain. C) Water can cause cracks in the mountainside. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water erosion wears down the peaks of a mountain. 13. Which revolution led to an increased use of fossil fuels? A) Industrial. B) Agricultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial. 14. How do you write8.317 x 106in standard form? A) 83, 170, 000. B) 837, 100. C) 8, 317, 000. D) 8, 371, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8, 317, 000. 15. Measurement in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian is known as A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) The parallel. D) A hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude. 16. Which of Earth's spheres is composed of a mixture of gases? A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 17. Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity A) On private lands. B) In tropical areas and arid regions. C) In densely populated urban areas. D) On public lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In tropical areas and arid regions. 18. Which of these planned projects would not need to file an EIS with the federal government? A) Building a new garage on your property. B) Building a new airport. C) Building a new highway. D) Building a new dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building a new garage on your property. 19. They are harsh treeless plains characterized by cold temperatures, high winds, and low precipitation. Much of the ground stays frozen year-around A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Forest. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra. 20. Our castaway plastic bags and plastic bottles get weakened by sunlight and then ..... A) Torn apart in the wind and the waves into small plastic bits. B) Torn apart by sea animals into small plastic bits. C) Carried away to sea shores. D) Eaten by small fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torn apart in the wind and the waves into small plastic bits. 21. The number and variety of species living on Earth refers to what? A) Species Diversity. B) Genetic Diversity. C) Biological Diversity. D) Biochemical Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological Diversity. 22. "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" A) Environmental quality. B) Sustainable development. C) Sustainability. D) Environmental Changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable development. 23. Which gas is there the most of in the atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 24. The study of human populations. A) Social Sciences. B) Earth Science. C) Science and Math. D) Not this one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Sciences. 25. Based on this topographic map, what is the approximate elevation at point A? A) 555 m. B) 545 m. C) 540 m. D) 550 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 545 m. 26. WHat is Biotic in the picture A) Coral Reef. B) Ocean Water. C) Light. D) Dolphins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dolphins. 27. Sustainability is defined as ..... A) Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation. B) Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time. C) Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely. D) Not consuming any resources at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely. 28. Unlike poles on a magnet will A) Repel. B) Attract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attract. 29. Geothermal energy uses ..... to produce electricity. A) The sun. B) Steam wells. C) Corn. D) The wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steam wells. 30. An archer is shooting arrows at a target. Which of the following demonstrates low precision but high accuracy? A) Consistently hits somewhere on the target but not the bullseye. B) Consistently hits around the bullseye. C) Consistently hits the upper left corner with all arrows. D) Misses the target repeatedly with no specific consistency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consistently hits around the bullseye. 31. Which term describes the gradual increase in the Earth's temperature due to human activities? A) Tornado. B) Climate change. C) Heatwave. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate change. 32. The Sun appears to A) Rise in the East and set in the West. B) Rise in the West and set in the East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rise in the East and set in the West. 33. When we selfishly use resources for our own self interest. This concept is known as? A) Ecological footprint. B) Tragedy of the commons. C) Suffering for others. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy of the commons. 34. All the populations in a specific area or region A) Ecosystem. B) Species. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Community. 35. A species that enters an area from somewhere else and causes disruptions to the native ecosystem? A) Artificial reefs. B) Runoff. C) Invasive species. D) Over-fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invasive species. 36. Which type of climate data allows scientists to determine how much Carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere at specific times? A) Ice cores. B) Paleoclimatology. C) Tree rings. D) Fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice cores. 37. The distribution of ages in a specific population A) Demographic transition. B) Age structure. C) Life expectancy. D) Infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Age structure. 38. The ocean's surface or currents circulate in different directions in each hemisphere? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. ..... are consumers that eat only meat. A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivore. 40. Biotic factors include all of the following except- A) Predation. B) Feeding relationships. C) Climate. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 41. What is the energy source that drives the water cycle? A) Geothermal Heating. B) Electricity. C) Wind Farms. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sun. 42. This is where the clouds became heavy. When they're heavy, they cannot hold the water for too long. Thus, water droplets will fall into the ground. A) Transpiration. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation. 43. Which structure can form as a result of divergent plate boundary? A) A continental mountain, due to the collision of two plates. B) A continental volcanic arc, due to the collision of two plate. C) An ocean trench, due to the separation of two plates. D) A mid-ocean ridge, due to the separation of two plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mid-ocean ridge, due to the separation of two plates. 44. Using your senses to gather information is called an ..... ? A) Observation. B) Inference. C) Question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 45. The water cycle is powered by ..... A) The moon and stars. B) The moon and gravity. C) The sun and gravity. D) The sun and moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun and gravity. 46. Which of the following does not contribute to Environmental Science? A) Biology. B) Chemistry. C) Physics. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physics. 47. The southern tip of South America, known for its challenging maritime conditions and unique ecosystems. A) Lake baikal. B) Cape Horn. C) The Great Smoky Mountains. D) White Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cape Horn. 48. All of these are soil conservation methods except A) Monocropping. B) Building terraces. C) Contour plowing. D) No-till farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monocropping. 49. Which of the following have been linked to climate change? A) Droughts. B) Melting of polar ice caps. C) Flooding. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 50. Oil is a renewable energy source. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. What are the 3 fossil fuels? A) Coal, oil, uranium. B) Coal, hydroelectric, oil. C) Natural gas, oil, coal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural gas, oil, coal. 52. Which of the following is one way a person can conserve water? A) Take a long bath instead of a shower. B) Wash laundry in small, partial loads. C) Use a low-flow shower head to take short showers. D) Water the lawn daily and at mid-day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use a low-flow shower head to take short showers. 53. How is the terrain of Easter Island? A) Volcanic with mountains, hills, cliffs and few trees. B) Flat and arid. C) A plateau of red dirt and rock. D) Sandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanic with mountains, hills, cliffs and few trees. 54. Energy flow follows the ..... law of thermodynamics-energy lost as heat. A) Fourth. B) First. C) Second. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second. 55. What role might a tree play in the nitrogen cycle? A) A tree stores nitrogen in its roots and leaves. B) A tree converts nitrogen into usable forms for animals. C) A tree helps to move nitrogen into waterways for uptake by other organisms. D) A tree takes in nitrogen compounds from soil and uses them to form proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tree takes in nitrogen compounds from soil and uses them to form proteins. 56. Due to weather patterns, the effects of acid rain have been most severe in the northeastern United States, including New York State. What is one action that could be taken to reduce the amount of acid rain? A) Decrease fossil fuel use. B) Cut down trees in the Adirondacks. C) Build more statues. D) More fishing in the Adirondack area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease fossil fuel use. 57. The key goal of environmental science is to figure out how humans can achieve ..... ? A) Population Stability. B) Profits. C) Sustainability. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 58. What does sustainability mean? A) Using lots of resources. B) Maintaining the world we live in for future generations. C) Cutting down trees. D) Using lots of water and electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maintaining the world we live in for future generations. 59. A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center A) Hurricane. B) Thunderstorm. C) Tornado. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricane. 60. What is the Noise Pollution definition? A) Excess noise produced by humans. B) Unwanted noise that disturbs all life. C) Unwanted noise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unwanted noise that disturbs all life. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesEnvironmental Sciences Quiz 1Environmental Sciences Quiz 2Environmental Sciences Quiz 3Environmental Sciences Quiz 4Environmental Sciences Quiz 5Environmental Sciences Quiz 6Environmental Sciences Quiz 7Environmental Sciences Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books