This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 76 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the following statement true or false? "Vietnam is not rich in mineral resources because most minerals in Vietnam do not have large reserves and are scattered and not concentrated." A) Sai. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 2. Environmental Science uses multiple branches of science to solve environmental science and is therefore called A) An interdisciplinary science. B) A life science. C) A true science. D) A physical science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An interdisciplinary science. 3. Which of these is an example of nonpoint source pollution? A) An unlined landfill. B) A leaking waste water pipe. C) A leaking oil tanker. D) Runoff from feedlots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runoff from feedlots. 4. A true statement about greenhouse gases is that they A) Are concentrated in the stratosphere. B) Are not affected by human activity. C) Trap heat that is radiated upward from Earth. D) Convert sunlight into heat energy that warms Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trap heat that is radiated upward from Earth. 5. To prevent groundwater contamination, sanitary landfills are: A) Located far from populated areas. B) Lined with plastic and clay. C) Covered with cement. D) Located on slopes so that water runs downhill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lined with plastic and clay. 6. Which of the following is a strategy for biodiversity conservation? A) Pesticide use. B) Overfishing. C) Habitat restoration. D) Monoculture farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat restoration. 7. What is being tested in a Claim, Evidence Reasoning (CER) problem? A) Ideas. B) Claim. C) Hypothesis. D) Rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 8. Two primary causes of sprawl are population growth and ecological restoration. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 9. A situation in which individuals with access to a public resource act in their own interest and, in doing so, ultimately deplete the resource. A) El Nino effect. B) Tragedy of the commons. C) Albedo effect. D) Coriolis effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy of the commons. 10. Which environmental perspective prevailed in the US between the 1700s and the 1800s? A) Athropocentrism. B) Frontier attitude. C) Utilitarian conservationism. D) Naturalist attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frontier attitude. 11. Which of the following are indicators of healthy water systems? A) High nitrates, high pH, and low temperatures. B) Low temperatures, high dissolved oxygen, and neutral pH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low temperatures, high dissolved oxygen, and neutral pH. 12. Any material that comes from the Earth and is used for human needs is known as ..... ? A) Sustainable. B) Environmental. C) Natural resource. D) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural resource. 13. Protective layer in atmosphere that shields earth from UV radiation. A) Ozone layer. B) Greenhouse effect. C) Weather. D) The boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone layer. 14. To use less of something is to A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce. 15. Sustainable use of a resource means A) Not using the resource at all. B) Using the resource more slowly than it replenishes. C) Using the resource as much as we need to. D) Sharing the resource with others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using the resource more slowly than it replenishes. 16. The density of a population is A) The number of individuals born every year. B) The proportion of males and females. C) The number of individuals living in cities. D) The number of individuals per unit area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of individuals per unit area. 17. The clean, relatively low-cost energy source from the Sun is referred to as A) Solar energy. B) Magnetic energy. C) Wind power. D) Energy efficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar energy. 18. Which best describes the concept of net primary production? A) Total amount of energy available from the producer. B) Total amount of energy available from the Sun. C) Energy captured minus energy lost. D) Total amount of cellular respiration conducted within an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy captured minus energy lost. 19. ..... is climate change caused by humans. A) Anthropogenic Climate Change. B) Natural Climate Change. C) Economic climate change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropogenic Climate Change. 20. What do we call the data represented in the form of pictures? A) Pictograph. B) Histogram. C) Frequency Table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pictograph. 21. Environmental Science is only concerned with pollution or the air, land and sea? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. There are lots of ..... in a rainforest. A) Seas. B) Beaches. C) Trees. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees. 23. Forest fires produce large amounts of smoke resulting in similar effects to climate as which other natural event? A) Volcanism. B) The boy. C) Continental drift. D) Ice ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanism. 24. Leaves contain ....., which gives them the green colour. A) Photosynthesis. B) Chlorophyll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorophyll. 25. What is the main cause of loss of biodiversity? A) Natural disasters. B) Climate change. C) Human influences. D) Overpopulation of certain species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human influences. 26. Process in which bacteria convert nitrogen gas into a form that can be used by other living things is called A) Nitrification. B) Denitrification. C) Nitrogen fixation. D) Ammonification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen fixation. 27. This micronutrient is needed only in small amounts because it transports oxygen in the blood in animals and is necessary for photosynthesis in plants A) Potassium. B) Iron. C) Calcium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron. 28. Twisted pentacme A) Select. B) Red lauan. C) Open. D) White lauan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White lauan. 29. The study of chemicals and their interactions A) Social sciences. B) Biology. C) Chemistry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemistry. 30. What is the purpose of catalytic converters? A) To reduce NOx emissions from exhaust systems. B) To remove sulfur from fuels before burning. C) To eliminate SO2 from industrial chimney emissions. D) To reduce VOC emissions from certain liquids and gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reduce NOx emissions from exhaust systems. 31. The product is tropospheric ozone A) Secondary Pollutants. B) Stratosphere. C) Photochemical Smog. D) VOCS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photochemical Smog. 32. Where did the Dust Bowl take place? A) Central California. B) The East Coast. C) The Great Plains. D) The Great Lakes region. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Plains. 33. Which of these would have the greater amount of humus? A) Bedrock. B) Subsoil. C) Topsoil. D) The horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Topsoil. 34. Falling leaves in the deciduous forest produce thick, rich soil called A) Humus. B) Puss. C) Peat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humus. 35. What organism consumes both plants and animals? A) Chemotrophs. B) Omnivores. C) Herbivores. D) Autotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivores. 36. If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should A) Figure it out as you do the lab. B) Ask the instructor before proceeding. C) Try several methods until something works. D) Skip it and go on to the next part. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ask the instructor before proceeding. 37. The situation of a community exploiting a good or natural resource that everyone shares in equally, is referred to as a/an A) Tragedy of life. B) Tragedy of the commons. C) Over exploitation of a natural resource. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy of the commons. 38. Species become extinct because of ALL the following reasons except A) Fighting. B) Hunting. C) Loss of habitat. D) Human interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fighting. 39. Extinction rates are significantly ..... in recent decades than before. A) Lower. B) Higher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher. 40. Which of the following statements best describes the concept of NPP A) Total amount of cellular respiration conducted within an ecosystem. B) Energy captured minus energy lost. C) Total amount of energy available for the sun. D) Total amount of energy produced from photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy captured minus energy lost. 41. Acid rain is the presence of pollutants in the atmosphere A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Photochemical smog, and the pollutants that cause it, can irritate the ....., ....., and ..... A) Nose, eyes, and throat. B) Eyes, heart, and lungs. C) Throat, esophagus, and nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nose, eyes, and throat. 43. In which layer of Earth's atmosphere is the ozone layer? A) Mesosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 44. Cutting of a trees on large scale is called ..... A) Deforestation. B) Reforestation. C) Afforestation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation. 45. What is effluent? A) Clean wastewater. B) Wastewater after solids have been removed. C) Dirty wastewater. D) Wastewater with solids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wastewater after solids have been removed. 46. What is the correct order of the scientific method? A) Conclusion, Analyze, Experiment, Hypothesis, Research. B) Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze, Conclusion. C) Research, Hypothesis, Analyze, Experiment, Conclusion. D) Hypothesis, Research, Analyze, Experiment, Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze, Conclusion. 47. When a fossil of an animal is found on almost all continents, then it supports A) The idea of a traveling animal. B) The idea of a connected original continent. C) The idea of a flying animal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The idea of a connected original continent. 48. ZPG (when birthrate is equal to death rate) stands for ..... A) Zen poetry gathering. B) Zero population growth. C) Zero people gained. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zero population growth. 49. When and where is it believed that the industrial revolution began? A) 1880s in the United States. B) 1920s in China. C) 1840s in Great Britain. D) 1900s in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1840s in Great Britain. 50. What is the part of earth that contains all life? A) Biome. B) Salinity. C) Ecosystem. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biosphere. 51. True or False:Human beings are wiping out species much faster than nature creates them, causing what scientists call a "6th extinction" A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. If I ride my bike to school instead of walking, then I will get to school faster. What is the dependent variable? A) False. B) Riding a bike or walking. C) How fast you get to school. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How fast you get to school. 53. When fish excrete their waste, what toxic byproduct is produced? A) Nitrites. B) Ammonia. C) Nitrates. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ammonia. 54. What type of pollution is the result of a chemical reaction? A) Primary pollutant. B) Smog. C) Secondary Pollutant. D) Water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary Pollutant. 55. During the period of human history known as the ....., humanpopulations grew rapidly because of advances in farming methods. A) Agricultural revolution. B) Hunter-gatherer period. C) "Tragedy of the Commons". D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural revolution. 56. Swachchha Bharat Abhiyan is an example of ..... A) Environmental awareness by mass media. B) Social movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental awareness by mass media. 57. An ecosystem is made up of biotic and abiotic factors. Biotic factors are known as ..... organisms. A) Living. B) Dead. C) Microscopic. D) Nonliving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living. 58. ..... is the clearing of forests on a massive scale. A) Deforestation. B) Delimbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation. 59. Which of the following name is given for gentle wind? A) Rain. B) Strom. C) Breeze. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breeze. 60. Which one of the following is a good eating habit? A) Eating slowly. B) Eating different kinds of vegetables. C) Eating meals at regular intervals. D) All the above. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. ← 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