This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 109 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 109 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which practice would most likely deplete anonrenewable natural resource? A) Harvesting trees on a tree farm. B) Burning coal to generate electricity in a powerplant. C) Restricting water usage during a period ofwater shortage. D) Building a dam and a power plant to usewater to generate electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning coal to generate electricity in a powerplant. 2. What feature of the Earth allows us to experience seasons? A) The spinning of the earth. B) The tilt of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of the earth. 3. Why has only one-half of the Moon ever been observed from Earth? A) The Moon does not rotate on its axis. B) The Moon is not visible during the day. C) The Moon has phases that coincide with its rate of rotation. D) The Moon rotates at the same rate that it revolves around Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Moon rotates at the same rate that it revolves around Earth. 4. During what event do winds in the western Pacific Ocean strengthen and push warm water eastward. A) Western Winds. B) The Girl. C) The Child. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Child. 5. Which is an example of an interaction between the atmosphere (air) and the geosphere (land)? A) Wind picked up dry soil causing dust storms. B) Lack of rain caused crops to die. C) Farmers over-plowed the land. D) People had to move away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind picked up dry soil causing dust storms. 6. The ..... is all the water on the surface of the Earth, underground, and in the atmosphere. A) Hydrosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 7. How does ozone in the atmosphere help organisms? A) It warms Earth's surface. B) It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. C) It produces ultraviolet light. D) It causes clouds to form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. 8. What do we call it when we let other people try our experiment to see if they get the same results we did? A) Peer review. B) Research. C) Publishing. D) Fact checking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peer review. 9. What is the full form of BOD? A) Biological Oxygen Delivery. B) Biochemical Oxygen Demand. C) Biological Oxide Demand. D) Biological Oxygen Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological Oxygen Demand. 10. What will happen after fossil fuel reserves peak if demand remains the same? A) New reserves will be continuously discovered. B) Reserves will gradually recover over a few hundred years. C) New supplies of fossil fuels will form. D) Reserves will become depleted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reserves will become depleted. 11. Source of carbon monoxide A) Incomplete combustion of fuel. B) Combustion of fossil fuel. C) Decomposition of plant and animal matters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incomplete combustion of fuel. 12. What has resulted along floodplains from channelization and loss of vegetation? A) Increased droughts. B) Reclamation of wetlands. C) Lower rates of pollution. D) Increased flooding. E) Decreased biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased flooding. 13. This science focuses on interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment. A) Environmental science. B) Ecology. C) Biology. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 14. Nonnative species tend to thrive in new ecosystems because they lack natural predators. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Our exploits of natural resources is not harming Earth, It is harming biodiversity. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Is the following statement true or false? "Forest resources are renewable natural resources" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 17. Which of the following compounds is not needed for the process of photosynthesis A) Satha 12 watts. B) H2O. C) Ill. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satha 12 watts. 18. Respiration is the process by which animals use ..... and release ..... A) Photosynthesis. B) Carbon. C) Oxygen. D) Oxygen and carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen and carbon dioxide. 19. Define Vapor A) Water from the sink. B) A substance in a gas state like steam. C) The top layer. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A substance in a gas state like steam. 20. Which type of plate movement creates earthquakes? A) Transverse. B) Divergent. C) Convergent. D) Buffet plate movement. 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