This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 142 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 142 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the relationship between albedo and Earth's temperature? A) As albedo decreases, temperatures decrease. B) As albedo increases, temperatures decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As albedo increases, temperatures decrease. 2. The definition of weathering is ..... A) The breakdown of rock over time into smaller pieces. B) The breakdown of rocks over an emotional breakup. C) The breakdown of a car on the side of the road. D) The breakdown of rock over the breakup of a favorite rock group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The breakdown of rock over time into smaller pieces. 3. There are six criteria in evaluating web resources. One of these has the following questions. Which criterion is this talking about?1.Does the site look well organized?2.Do the links work?3.Does the site appear well maintained? A) Authority. B) Accuracy. C) Currency. D) Appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appearance. 4. The Montreal Protocol was passed in A) 1982. B) 1987. C) 1986. D) 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1987. 5. Which is true about the ITCZ? A) The ITCZ is always located at the equator, where winds converge. B) The ITCZ is located between the tropics, constantly shifting north or south as insolation changes. C) The ITCZ is always located above or below the tropics, where the most arid climates are. D) The ITCZ is an ocean current that is constantly circulating around the globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ITCZ is located between the tropics, constantly shifting north or south as insolation changes. 6. Many of the animals in the deserts are ..... to avoid the extreme heat during the day. A) Reptiles. B) Carnivores. C) Nocturnal. D) Cacti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nocturnal. 7. To make observations you use your ..... A) Smile. B) Feet. C) Experience. D) Senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Senses. 8. A place in environment where an organism lives is ..... A) Home. B) Resort. C) Habitat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 9. The greatest number of individuals in a population that the environment can hold at that point in time A) Carrying capacity. B) Exponential growth. C) Greatest number of individuals in a population that the environment can hold at that point in time. D) Biotic potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 10. Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are all parts of which cycle? A) Phosphorus. B) Water. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 11. Why do people live longer today than 200 years ago? A) Better health care. B) Better restaurants. C) Better hairstyles. D) Better clothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Better health care. 12. Why are albatross eating plastic? A) Plastic is delicious. B) Plastic is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals. C) Plastic is mistaken for food in the dark because albatross hunt at night. D) Albatross don't eat plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic is mistaken for food in the dark because albatross hunt at night. 13. 1) When was the ww-1 started? A) 1914. B) 1915. C) 1976. D) 1923. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1914. 14. Is water that contains waste from homes or industry. A) Dam. B) Pathogens. C) Reservoir. D) Wastewater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wastewater. 15. What energy resource has the highest net energy ratio for transportation? A) Oil shale. B) Ethanol from sugar cane residue. C) Coal liquefaction. D) Natural gas. E) Gasoline. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Gasoline. 16. This is the term for what is happening in the atmosphere at a place in a moment. A) Climate. B) Temperature. C) Forecast. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather. 17. This picture represents what project? A) Carroll EMCpower plant. B) Georgia PowerCommunity center. C) UWG geosciencesrock lab. D) Preparing for homecoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Georgia PowerCommunity center. 18. Animal waste runoff is an example of which of the following? A) Widespread air pollution. B) Nonpoint source pollution. C) Widespread hazardous waste pollution. D) Point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint source pollution. 19. Name the inner body parts. A) Head, heart, tongue. B) Lungs, liver, heart. C) Eyes, hands, head. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs, liver, heart. 20. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a shift in two plates that pushed one section of the sea floor under another section of the sea floor by 5 meters. What type of boundary is this? A) Transform. B) Divergent. C) Metamorphic. D) Convergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convergent. 21. The variable that is being tested or changed A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 22. Select true or false:Natural resources called fossil fuels are the remains of plants, animals and other living things that died millions of years ago. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Aquaculture is defined as growing plants without soil. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 24. If these are present in a new environment, a species is unlikely to become invasive. A) Predators, parasites, and competitors. B) Cane toads, kudzu, and zebra mussels. C) Exotic species. D) Symbiotic and commensalist species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predators, parasites, and competitors. 25. Possible short-term effect of air pollution A) International agreement. B) Temperature inversion. C) Lung cancer. D) Deafness. E) Nausea. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nausea. 26. A scientist wants to see if flower petal color attracts more pollinators. The Scientist uses different colored impatiens (a type of flower) and measures how many pollinators visits each of the different colored flowers over the span of 3 hours. What is the Dependent Variable? A) The number of visits. B) The type of pollinator. C) The amount of time. D) The color of the flower petal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of visits. 27. What advantage does biodiesel have over ethanol? A) It is 100% carbon nutral. B) It requires less energy to produce. C) It can be used in any gasoline-burning engine. D) It can be manufactured from non-inorganic material. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It requires less energy to produce. 28. Photochemical smog forms when nitrogen oxides from car exhaust and VOCs react with heat and ..... to form ..... A) Warmth to form ozone. B) Sunlight to form ozone. C) Fog to form ozone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight to form ozone. 29. Which of the following has the possibility to reduce U.S. dependence on energy imports? A) Higher market prices for oil. B) More efficient distribution systems. C) The discovery of new oil sands. D) Continued extraction of crude oil. E) Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. 30. Cost-benefit analysis: A) Is one way to express the differences in consumption between nations. B) Is a tool that helps us create cost effective ways to protect our health and environment. C) Is the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely. D) Lists both the expenses and merits or benefits of a decision to implement a particular solution to an environmental problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lists both the expenses and merits or benefits of a decision to implement a particular solution to an environmental problem. 31. Bees make honey by shucking nectar from flowers A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. The amount of a product offered for sale at a given price is ..... A) Supply. B) Cost. C) Inventory. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 33. Which of the following is a fossil? A) A plant that has recently died. B) A group of organisms that can reproduce. C) A structure or organ that no longer functions. D) A trace of an organisms that existed in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A trace of an organisms that existed in the past. 34. What is the benefit from switching from coal to natural gas? A) It only produces carbon dioxide. B) Stops oil burning fossil fuels. C) Prevents CO2 from becoming acidic. D) Helps with burning gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It only produces carbon dioxide. 35. Which of the follow belong to Social Sciences? A) Climatology. B) Anthropology. C) Ecology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropology. 36. Ecosystem ecology refers to how ..... and ..... come into an environment and move around. A) Time and Space. B) Energy and Materials. C) Energy and Time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy and Materials. 37. A nonrenewable energy source, formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago. A) Fossil Fuels. B) Greenhouse Gases. C) Troposphere. D) Solar Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil Fuels. 38. If you have long hair, you should tie it up before a lab. A) True, I agree. B) False, I do not agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True, I agree. 39. Inputs and outputs flow into and out of the system in a(n) ..... A) Closed system. B) Open system. C) Isolated system. D) Emergent property. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open system. 40. How much energy is lost going up each step of the energy pyramid? A) 90%. B) 51%. C) 10%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90%. 41. The ..... is made up of three oxygen atoms. A) Stratosphere. B) Ozone. C) Ionosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone. 42. Some snakes produce powerful venom that paralyzes their prey. This poison is an example of A) A reptile. B) Coevolution. C) An adaptation. D) A biotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adaptation. 43. TRUE or FALSE. Many people on Earth do not have accces to clean water. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 44. What does the mouth produce? A) Water. B) Gastric juices. C) Oxygen. D) Saliva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saliva. 45. Of freshwater on Earth is "locked away" in what water source location? A) Atmosphere. B) Rivers and lakes. C) Underground. D) Ice and glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ice and glaciers. 46. The situation in the previous question may cause farmers to make a decision as to whether they will stay in this farming profession or find a new career. This type of decision is primarily based on A) The scientific method. B) Ethics. C) Ecology. D) A cost-benefit analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cost-benefit analysis. 47. Of the five mass extinctions, when did the dinosaurs go extinct and end the 'Age of the Reptiles'? A) Permian-triassic Extinction:250 million years ago. B) Ordovician-silurian Extinction:440 million years ago. C) Devonian Extinction:365 million years ago. D) Cretaceous-tertiary Extinction:65 Million Years Ago. E) Triassic-jurassic Extinction:210 million years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cretaceous-tertiary Extinction:65 Million Years Ago. 48. The series of natural process es by which water continually moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere is called the ..... A) Crystallization. B) Precipitation. C) Water cycle. D) Surface-water flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water cycle. 49. Which parts of the body helps you to write? A) Hands. B) Legs. C) Knee. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hands. 50. We live in this system: A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 51. ..... mining involves removing the material on top of a vein of coal. A) Surface. B) Strip. C) All of the others. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the others. 52. Can lead to difficulty breathing and heart failure A) Soot from smoke. B) Ozone. C) Ground-level ozone. D) Asbestos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asbestos. 53. What type of bond is found BETWEEN water molecules? A) Ionic bonds. B) Polar covalent bonds. C) Hydrogen bonds. D) Nonpolar covalent bonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrogen bonds. 54. The term ..... refers to any necessity of life (water, nutrients, light, food, or space). A) Niche. B) Ecosystem. C) Tolerance. D) Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resource. 55. When two or more substances are combined so each substance can be separated by physical means, the result is a(n) ..... A) Mixture. B) Element. C) Chemical change. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixture. 56. One living thing is a(n) A) Community. B) Organism. C) Ecosystem. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism. 57. The meteorological conditions:temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation A) Weather. B) The boy. C) The girl. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 58. A Scottish-American naturalist and advocate for the preservation of wilderness areas, who played a key role in the establishment of national parks in the United States, including Yosemite National Park. A) Wangari Mata. B) Gifford Pinchot. C) E.O. Wilson. D) John Muir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Muir. 59. The industrial revolution began in the ..... and dramatic growth in ..... occurred. The human population began to grow ..... A) 1800s, technology, exponentially. B) 1600s, technology, exponentially. C) 1800s, technology, logistic. D) 1600s, technology, logistically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1800s, technology, exponentially. 60. What is the term for rain that contains harmful chemicals from air pollution? A) Contaminated rain. B) Polluted rain. C) Acid rain. D) Toxic rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid rain. ← 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