Environmental Sciences Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. If the production of a good generates a positive externality, the government can increase allocative efficiency by:

Correct Answer: C) Subsidizing the producer of the good.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 reasons that the study of environmental science is so difficult?

Correct Answer: D) Interactions between humans and the environment are simple and easy to understand.

3. Radioactive waste is the main concern with the use of nuclear power plants.

Correct Answer: A) True.

4. Which of the following is an advantage of a seed bank?

Correct Answer: C) Increased genetic diversity.

5. What might arise if too much fluorine is added to a water sample?

Correct Answer: B) Your teeth might become stained.

6. Why is sediment pollution harmful?

Correct Answer: D) Blue and yellow.

7. An ecological footprint is a measurement of

Correct Answer: C) The amount of land and ocean area needed to support a person's lifestyle.

8. Smallest unit of an element

Correct Answer: B) Atom.

9. Nonrenewable energy resources, such as oil, coal, and natural gas

Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuels.

10. An ecological footprint is the

Correct Answer: A) Amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person.

11. What is the definition of CONVECTION

Correct Answer: C) A hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.

12. Turning the heat down before going to bed is an example of whcich type of conservation?

Correct Answer: A) Reducing.

13. An experiment in which the researcher actively chooses and manipulates the independent variable

Correct Answer: C) Manipulative.

14. What do plants release into the air?

Correct Answer: C) Oxygen.

15. A farmer decides to test three brands of fertilizer on growth of strawberry plants. His independent variable in this experiment is what?

Correct Answer: B) Type/brand of fertilizer.

16. What does non renewable energy mean?

Correct Answer: A) A resource being used up faster than it is being made.

17. On a biome map, patches representing the same biome tend to occur at similar

Correct Answer: C) Latitudes.

18. Gulf of Mannar is an example for

Correct Answer: D) Biosphere Reserve.

19. Any obstruction placed in a river or stream to block its flow

Correct Answer: B) Dam.

20. Population divided by Area =

Correct Answer: A) Population density.