This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 100 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 100 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the table tell us about the relationship between births to young mothers and total fertility rate? A) If women start having babies young, they have more babies. B) The higher the percentage of women who are giving birth between 15-19 years of age, the higher the total fertility rate. C) Both of these answers are correct. D) Neither are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these answers are correct. 2. Coal and Natural Gas are made from plants that have decomposed and fossilized over millions of years. A) True. Both are from plants. B) False. Coal is made from plants but Natural Gas is made from animals. C) False. Coal is made from animals but Natural Gas is made from plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. Coal is made from plants but Natural Gas is made from animals. 3. Headquartered in New York City, the 190 member nations of the following organization work together to promote peace and to help solve economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems A) World Trade Organization. B) European Union. C) United Nations. D) Kyoto Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United Nations. 4. A person who estimates timber volume is called a A) Skidder. B) Timber Cruiser. C) Forest technician. D) Logging foreman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timber Cruiser. 5. Which kingdom is unicellular and could include such illnesses such as step throat and staph infections? A) Eubacteria. B) Archeabacteria. C) Protists. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eubacteria. 6. A meniscus is the curved upper surface of a liquid in a graduated cylinder A) True. B) False-Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Centimeters A) .01. B) .1. C) 100. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) .01. 8. The fact that fossil fuels formed at the bottom of swamps implies that A) There was little or no oxygen in that environment. B) Most of Earth's surface was once covered by swamps. C) Swamps are under large amounts of pressure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There was little or no oxygen in that environment. 9. A broad explanation that applies to a wide range of situations and observations and that is supported by several lines of evidence and broadly accepted by the scientific community; describes HOW something happens. A) Law. B) Theory. C) Inference. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 10. Starting at TEN years old, this young activist has brought attention to water contamination from lead pipes in her hometown and is the youngest Women's March Youth Ambassador. A) Autumn Peltier. B) Varshini Prakash. C) Let's Copeny. D) Georgie Badiel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let's Copeny. 11. Chose a more holistic prospective, saying healthy ecosystems depend on all protecting all interacting parts. He argued that people should view themselves as "The land" as members of the same community and we are obligated to treat the land in an ethical manner. A) Aldo Leopold. B) Grifford Pinchot. C) John Muir. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aldo Leopold. 12. What is the direction of flow of energy in an ecosystem? A) Unidirectional. B) Bidirectional. C) Multidirectional. D) Cyclic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unidirectional. 13. Using the 'CER' writing strategy for scientific discussion and questioning, what is needed for proper use of the 'R': A) A direct statement agreeing or disagreeing with the question. B) The reasoning behind why evidence given supports a claim. C) Citation and direct quote (or data) confirming the claim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reasoning behind why evidence given supports a claim. 14. The biosphere also known as the ecosphere is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The salinity of the ocean water is the concentration of all tje undissolved salt it contains. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. True or False. When seawater becomes warmer, its volume decreases. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Why is environmental science considered an interdisciplinary field? A) It borrows techniques from many science subjects. B) It is more of a social movement than a scientific study. C) It is a new form of science that is still being developed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It borrows techniques from many science subjects. 18. A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or how it is organized A) Prediction. B) Conceptual model. C) Control group. D) Physical model. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceptual model. 19. "Criteria to be considered an air pollutant" was established by which federal agency? A) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). B) Department of the Interior (DI). C) Center for Disease Control (CDC). D) United Nations (UN). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 20. Conduct in accordance with what a person determines is right versus wrong is A) Legal behavior. B) Moral behavior. C) Lawful behavior. D) Mannerly behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral behavior. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEnvironmental Sciences Quiz 1Environmental Sciences Quiz 2Environmental Sciences Quiz 3Environmental Sciences Quiz 4Environmental Sciences Quiz 5Environmental Sciences Quiz 6Environmental Sciences Quiz 7Environmental Sciences Quiz 8Environmental Sciences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books