This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 218 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 218 (39 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Potential energy is A) The energy of motion. B) Stored energy. C) Energy that takes up space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stored energy. 2. Trees, water and various animal species A) Raw materials. B) Depleting natural resources. C) Electricity payments. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raw materials. 3. Which atmosphere layer blends in with outer space? A) Troposphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exosphere. 4. What is scientific notation? A) A long way to write really short numbers. B) A short way to write really large or really small numbers. C) I don't know . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A short way to write really large or really small numbers. 5. There is not very much of freshwater in Earth (about 2.5%). And of that freshwater, about 1% is accessible for human consumption. Most of it is A) Locked underground. B) Frozen in glaciers and ice caps. C) At the lake and river. D) Consumed by animals and plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen in glaciers and ice caps. 6. What is the definition of ecolabels? A) Symbols or logos indicating that a product or service has met certain quality standards or criteria. B) Symbols or logos indicating that a product or service has met certain safety standards or criteria. C) Symbols or logos indicating that a product or service has met certain ethical standards or criteria. D) Symbols or logos indicating that a product or service has met certain environmental standards or criteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbols or logos indicating that a product or service has met certain environmental standards or criteria. 7. Of the following cities, which regularly experiences the worst levels of photochemical smog that is enhanced by thermal inversions? A) New York City, NY. B) Los Angeles, California. C) Portland, Oregon. D) Atlanta, Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Los Angeles, California. 8. High average daily temperature and heavy annual precipitation are found in a A) Taiga (Coniferous Forest). B) Deciduous Forest. C) Rainforest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rainforest. 9. A biome is characterized by: A) Vegetation and animals only. B) Climate. C) Vegetation, animals, climate. D) Vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vegetation, animals, climate. 10. These statements cannot be tested and are rather based on a belief, hunch, or gut feeling. A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 11. Riparian Zones also help to increase biodiversity in an area. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What is an example of a limiting factor that is caused by an organism's biotic potential? A) Its gestation time. B) Flooding. C) Hurricanes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its gestation time. 13. A group of organisms that are similar enough to be in the same category that can reproduce together to pass on their genes. A) Organism. B) Species. C) Breed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 14. Climate change:El Niño::Landslide:..... A) Species survival. B) Typhoons. C) Forest protection. D) Destruction of properties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destruction of properties. 15. Animal feces would be classified as which type of water pollutant? A) Pathogens. B) Heavy metals. C) Organic matter. D) Inorganic matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic matter. 16. Which of the following is a source of water for ponds and lakes? A) Runoff. B) Eutrophication. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff. 17. Which of the following uses the most water worldwide? A) Industry. B) Water Parks. C) Domestic Use. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 18. Species that are in danger of becoming extinct are called ..... A) Endangered. B) Extinct. C) Not lucky. D) In a jam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endangered. 19. The variable you change on purpose is the A) Dependent variable. B) Control. C) Constant. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent variable. 20. Why is the inner core made of solid metal? A) Because of the pressure of the other layers beating down on it. B) Because of the weight of the crust. C) Because of it's temperature. D) Because it is so hot it turns from liquid to solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of the pressure of the other layers beating down on it. 21. Which type of pollution is the hardest to clean up? A) Groundwater. B) River. C) Ocean. D) Lakes and ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundwater. 22. Fuels produced directly or indirectly from organic material (including plant materials and animal waste) are called ..... A) Natural gas. B) Biofuels. C) Solar energy. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biofuels. 23. An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water A) Permeability. B) Aquifer. C) Watershed. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquifer. 24. Deciduous trees are also evergreen. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. A) Watershed. B) Levee. C) Aquifer. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watershed. 26. A quarry could also be called A) An open pit. B) The overburden. C) A longwall. D) Pillar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An open pit. 27. This sphere is composed of all the living things A) Hydrosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 28. Leaking gasoline tank are an example of A) No answers are correct. B) Nonpoint-source pollution. C) Point-source pollution. D) Multipoint pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point-source pollution. 29. What is the meaning of BIO? A) Living things. B) Animal. C) Ecosystem. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life. 30. What type of tectonic plate boundary occurs when tectonic plates move apart? A) Divergent boundary. B) Tectonic boundary. C) Convergent boundary. D) Transform boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent boundary. 31. What is the main goal of sustainability? A) Prevent humans from using resources. B) Use resources faster than they are created. C) Share common places. D) Conserve resources in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conserve resources in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely. 32. How could a plant spread its seeds? A) An animal could eat the fruit and spread the seeds. B) Seeds could float away in the wind. C) The seed could get stuck in an animals fur and be carried to a new place. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. Which of the following describes new wind turbines? A) New wind turbines are cost-effective. B) New wind turbines take up a lot of space. C) New wind turbines take a year to build. D) New wind turbines cannot generate much electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New wind turbines are cost-effective. 34. The electromagnetic spectrum is composed of A) Gamma rays. B) Radio waves. C) Visible light. D) Ultraviolet light. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 35. How many species of living things are estimated to live on the planet? A) 100, 000. B) 1-2 million. C) 10-100 million. D) 1-2 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10-100 million. 36. The flowers are red. A) Qualitative data. B) Quantitative data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative data. 37. What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere called? (Furthest away from us?) A) Troposphere. B) Exosphere. C) Ionosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exosphere. 38. Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of ..... A) America, Greenland, and Europe. B) Antarctica, India, and America. C) All of Earth's continents. D) South Africa, India, Australia, and South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of Earth's continents. 39. After living organisms use nitrogen, decomposer bacteria convert it back to ammonia for plants to use through this process A) Ammonification. B) Nitrogen fixation. C) Denitrification. D) Nitrification. 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