This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 102 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 102 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following would be the definition of a herbivore? A) Animals that eat insects. B) Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground. C) Organisms that eat only pants. D) Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organisms that eat only pants. 2. What type of biome would be where it is hot and lots of water A) Desert. B) Savannah. C) Rainforest. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rainforest. 3. Chemically how does ocean water differ from freshwater A) Ocean water has a higher temperature. B) Ocean water has a lower temperature. C) Ocean water has a high concentration of sodium chloride NaCl. D) Ocean water has a high concentration of silicon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ocean water has a high concentration of sodium chloride NaCl. 4. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the all living organisms and their interactions. A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 5. You are selecting a new dishwasher. You do about 150 loads per year. The less efficient model uses 9 gallons per load. The more efficient model uses 6 gallons per load. How much money will be saved on water if you select the more efficient model and the price of water is $ 0.75/1000 gallons? A) $ 0.34. B) $ 3.30. C) $ 33. D) $ 330. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ 0.34. 6. What is a plant adaptation for a temperate deciduous forest? A) Fur. B) Nocturnal. C) Large leaves. D) Losing leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Losing leaves. 7. Without humans, carbon would stay in the form of fossil fuels for ..... A) Millions of years. B) Carbon is not a fossil fuel. C) 6 months. D) 500 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Millions of years. 8. Find out the sense organ which are in pairs? A) Eyes. B) Nose. C) Tongue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyes. 9. What is a water resource that can be considered nonrenewable? A) Water vapor in the atmosphere. B) Precipitation. C) Surface water in lakes and streams. D) Deep aquifers. E) Snowpack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deep aquifers. 10. A branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior-good vs. bad, right vs. wrong. A) Ethics. B) Data. C) Peer review. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 11. What do consumers use for their energy source? A) Oxygen. B) Glucose. C) Sunlight. D) Stomata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glucose. 12. In photosynthesis, plants use ..... to make ..... A) Sugar and CO2; oxygen. B) Water, sun, and CO2; oxygen and sugar. C) Nitrogen and water; CO2 and sugar. D) Water and minerals; sugar and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water, sun, and CO2; oxygen and sugar. 13. A wetland is an example of a(n) ..... ecosystem. A) Flowing. B) Standing. C) Terrestrial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Standing. 14. Where we live. A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 15. The scientific study of patterns of disease in a population. A) Epidemiology. B) Public health. C) Malpractice. D) Health fraud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epidemiology. 16. Using a resource in ways that maintain the resource at a certain quality for a certain period of time is called A) Resource conservation. B) Land reclamation. C) Sustainable use. D) Ecological use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainable use. 17. The leading renewable energy resource that is used to produce electricity in the world today is ..... A) Tidal power. B) Hydropower. C) Wind power. D) Biomass. E) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydropower. 18. The first Earth Day was made possible by modern environmentalists. Who started this movement? A) Rachel Carson. B) Roosevelt. C) Pinchot. D) George Perkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rachel Carson. 19. The average temperature on Earth has increased in the last century. Which reason best explains this rise in temperature? A) More nitrogen in the atmosphere. B) More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. C) Less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. D) Less nitrogen in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 20. Particles in the air that are small enough to breathe in to the lungs A) Dose. B) Dose-response curve. C) Epidemiology. D) Particulates. 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