This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 111 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 111 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There are six criteria in evaluating web resources. One of these has the following questions. Which criterion is this talking about?Are there dates on the page to indicate when the page was written, when the page was first placed on the Web, or when the page was last revised? A) Coverage. B) Currency. C) Accuracy. D) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Currency. 2. A sustainable city is A) A city that use clean energy. B) A city tha reduce the pollution that they generate. C) A city that recycle, reuse and reduce. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 3. Theory or Law?The cell ..... of living things:living things are made of cells, which explains how things grow and live. A) Theory. B) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 4. A living thing A) Organism. B) Ecosystem. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism. 5. A factory in Florida had dumped toxic waste into the soil for 40 years. Since the company is no longer in business, government officials removed the toxic soil and piled it up into large mounds until they can finish evaluating how to treat the waste.How may the toxins harm the ecosystem? A) Poison the water. B) Stop plants form growing. C) Harm the animals that are exposed to them. D) All of the other answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other answers. 6. What must happen to a metamorphic rock before it becomes a sedimentary rock? A) It must be broken down into sediment. B) It must be melted into magma. C) Its minerals must dissolve in water. D) It must be exposed to high temperature and pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It must be broken down into sediment. 7. The Island of Cebu is part of what faunal region of the Philippines? A) Greater Luzon. B) Palawan. C) Greater Negros-Panay. D) Bohol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greater Negros-Panay. 8. A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms A) Ecotourism. B) Keystone species. C) Fossil fuels. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 9. Carbon dioxide gas in the air is part of which sphere? A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 10. In a hypothesis, what variable comes after the word IF A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 11. The value of a landscape based on its beauty or attractiveness. A) Ecolabelling. B) Aesthetic Value. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Market Failure. E) Ecological Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aesthetic Value. 12. Members of a population may be prone to inherited genetic diseases if A) The level of genetic diversity of the population is high. B) Inbreeding takes place frequently within the population. C) A variety of habitats are available to the population. D) Interactions between populations takes place in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inbreeding takes place frequently within the population. 13. *Plants and plant-like organisms make their own food or energy (glucose) from sunlight. A) Chemotrophs. B) Heterotrophs. C) Autotrophs. D) Saprophytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autotrophs. 14. Repeated application of irrigated water in dry climates leads to ..... A) A drop in productivity of the land by more than 10%, leading to desertification. B) A build up of nutrients, leading to increased levels of erosion. C) A build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinization. D) Decreased phosphorus and nitrogen, leading to eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinization. 15. Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair is called A) Bias. B) Disagreement. C) Civil Discourse. D) Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 16. Aquifers are an example of which two spheres interacting? A) Biosphere and hydrosphere. B) Geosphere and hydrosphere. C) Hydrosphere and atmosphere. D) Atmosphere and geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere and hydrosphere. 17. People with different Worldviews and Cultures may have A) Similar views and hence would easily have a universal standard of environmental ethics. B) Different values and hence, their actions toward the environment may differ. C) Mixed values and hence, their actions toward the environment may be similar. D) No values and hence, their actions toward the environment may differ. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different values and hence, their actions toward the environment may differ. 18. Experiment A) Procedure designed to test a hypothesis. B) The probability of an unwanted outcome. C) A three-dimensional model you can touch. D) A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or how it is organized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedure designed to test a hypothesis. 19. I have a nuclear membrane, can do photosynthesis and am multicellular. What kingdom do I belong to? A) The animal. B) Archaebacteria. C) Plantae. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantae. 20. Reforestation refers A) To cutting down of trees and other plants that are local to the area. B) To planting of different trees and other plants that are not local to the area. C) To planting trees and other plants that are local to the area. D) None of above. 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