This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 101 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An organims that only eats animals A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Detritivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivore. 2. A species that is still abundant in its natural range, but because of declining endangered in the near future is called. A) Threatened species. B) Endangered species. C) Keystone species. D) Biologically extinct species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered species. 3. Because environmental science encompasses so many different fields of study, itis said to be a(n) ..... science. A) Ecological. B) Interdisciplinary. C) Social. D) Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interdisciplinary. 4. The troposphere gets colder as you go up. What is the reason for this? A) The troposphere is heated by the sun reacting with oxygen (ozone). B) The troposphere is heated by Earth's surface. C) The troposphere is heated by Carbon dioxide heat release. D) It is getting closer to outerspace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The troposphere is heated by Earth's surface. 5. The age of the crust at a divergent plate boundary is ..... than the crust in the center of a plate. A) Older. B) Younger. C) The same age. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Younger. 6. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth report, "Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations." What does anthropogenic mean? A) Naturally generated. B) Human generated. C) Unexplained. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human generated. 7. The most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere is A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 8. What term describes the state in which a human population can survive indefinitely? A) Embalming. B) Developed nation. C) Renewable resource. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainability. 9. Exhaust from vehicles is one of the largest forms of air pollution. What can communities do to reduce air pollution from vehicles? A) Fine people that own cars. B) Encourage people to walk, ride a bike, or carpool. C) Charge more money to buy a car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encourage people to walk, ride a bike, or carpool. 10. Substances present at the start of a chemical reaction A) Subscripts. B) Coefficients. C) Reactants. D) Products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reactants. 11. True or False? National Parks are public land, meaning they belong to all of us. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What is a primary pollutant? A) Pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities. B) Pollutants that react with other primary pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities. 13. It is the policy and program governing the soil quality management and proper solid waste disposal in the Philippines. A) Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990. B) Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. C) Philippine Clean Air Act. D) The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 tagsDifficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. 14. Littlest amount of growth on forest floor A) Coniferous Forest. B) Rain Forest. C) Deciduous Forest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain Forest. 15. Which biome is home to the lion, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, and elephant? A) Tundra. B) Rainforest. C) Taiga. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savanna. 16. Ozone is made up of ..... oxygen atoms. A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 17. You are best connected to the geosphere: A) By water you drink. B) By minerals you use. C) By plants you eat. D) By air you breathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By minerals you use. 18. Unregulated fishing practices leading to depletion of marine resources. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Hazardous waste storage container must be: A) Labeled with "Hazardous Waste" . B) Keep closed at all times. C) Properly closed. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 20. Pollutants that cannot be broken down by natural processes A) Biodegradable. B) Nondegradable. 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