This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 132 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 132 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are three things that are needed for a plant to do photosynthesis? A) Glucose, Oxygen, Sunlight. B) CO2, Oxygen, Sunlight. C) CO2, Water, Sunlight. D) Oxygen, Water, Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CO2, Water, Sunlight. 2. The vast grasslands that once covered the middle of North America have mainly been replaced by A) Parks and forest land. B) Rangeland and cropland. C) Urbanization. D) Community gardens and rural areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rangeland and cropland. 3. The Healthy Forests Restoration Act A) Encourages salvage logging and prescribed burning on national forest land. B) Requires that timber companies produce certified wood from national forest land. C) Does not require environmental impact statements for logging on national forest land. D) Requires adaptive management on national forest land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encourages salvage logging and prescribed burning on national forest land. 4. Tetrapods ended with five front and back A) Ribcage. B) Limbs. C) Neck. D) Digits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digits. 5. EPAs primary goals include: A) Enforce environmental standards. B) Conduct research. C) Combat pollution. D) Develop new policies. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 6. A tree farm planting plan guides a landowner who A) Wants to keep their forest as a natural area. B) Wants to cut some of their trees every few years as they mature. C) Wants to improve the quality of their woodland. D) Wants to make a forest where there currently isn't one. E) Wants to make sure that their forest is protected from fire, insects, grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wants to make a forest where there currently isn't one. 7. Which of these are part of the biosphere? A) Cows and whales. B) Mantle and crust. C) The ocean and rain. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cows and whales. 8. What are some environmental factors to which plants respond? A) Sound and humidity. B) Light intensity, day length, gravity, and temperature. C) Air pollution and noise pollution. D) Human interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light intensity, day length, gravity, and temperature. 9. Consists the part of Earth in which living and nonliving things interact A) Geosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 10. A method called ..... in which they compare what they will sacrifice and gain by a specific action. A) Internal Costs and Benefits. B) Market failure. C) Cost benefit analysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost benefit analysis. 11. Acid rain forms these primary pollutants A) Nitrogen acid and nitrogen oxide. B) Sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide. C) Sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide. 12. Methane is a far more active ..... than carbon dioxide, but also one which is much less abundant in the atmosphere. A) Greenhouse damage. B) Danger area. C) Greenhouse gas. D) Greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouse gas. 13. Clouds are formed from A) Precipitation and evaporation. B) Evaporation and condensation. C) Transpiration and evaporation. D) Infiltration and condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation and condensation. 14. The DOE is A) Environmental protection agency. B) Department of energy. C) National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. D) United states geological survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Department of energy. 15. A farmer chooses plants to breed based on specific desirable characteristics, like bigger fruit. He breeds them together so that this characteristic becomes more popular in future generations. This is an example of ..... A) Artificial selection. B) Resistance. C) Natural selection. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial selection. 16. What layer is the thickest layer of the Earth making up two-thirds (2/3) of its mass from hot molten rock (magma) that flows like road tar? A) Outer Core. B) Inner Core. C) Crust. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 17. Large bodies of water do not quickly fluctuate in temperature. Why? A) Water is a solvent. B) Water has a high heat capacity. C) Water acts as a buffer. D) Water is non-polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water has a high heat capacity. 18. Which of the following is the largest desert in the world A) Sahara. B) Atacama. C) Antarctic. D) Gobi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antarctic. 19. What was the major event in human history that led to increases in human life spans, health, and population? A) The Agricultural Revolution. B) The Industrial Revolution. C) The Environmental Revolution. D) The Technological Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Industrial Revolution. 20. A mixture of smoke and fog A) Smog. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Methane. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smog. ← 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