This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 142 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 142 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... water is a mixture of fresh water and salt water. A) Brackish. B) Muddy. C) Salinity. D) Fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brackish. 2. What is NOT an example of a renewable resource? A) Coal. B) Solar. C) Wind. D) Hydroelectric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 3. What is the shape of an age structure diagram for the following:Stable population? A) . B) . C) . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 4. Environmental Ethics A) Good relationship. B) Moral relationship. C) Bad relationship. D) No relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral relationship. 5. Quantitative is a research that based on ..... A) Measurements. B) Words. C) Opinions. D) Expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Measurements. 6. Scientists make ....., which are specific statements about what might be observed. A) Hypotheses. B) Variables. C) Predictions. D) Models. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predictions. 7. Fossil fuel, copper, aluminum, coal, oil, salt, and sand are examples of: A) Nutrient cycling. B) Inexhaustible resources. C) Renewable resource. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonrenewable resource. 8. A resource that is used faster than it can be made. A) Renewable. B) Internet. C) Non-Renewable. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-Renewable. 9. What is the difference between reusing and recycling? A) Reusing requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. B) Recycling requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. C) Reusing is a type of recycling. D) Recycling does not require changes in the item available. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycling requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. 10. Nitrogen and Oxygen are part of the: A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 11. What growth model has an S-shaped curve? A) Logistic. B) Exponential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logistic. 12. A testable idea A) Prediction. B) Theory. C) Hypothesis. D) Educated guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 13. Which of the resources below is considered renewable? A) Petroleum. B) Copper. C) Clay. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wood. 14. Which human activity most directly causes a significant increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Growing corn for food. B) Not using products containing plastics. C) Driving cars long distances. D) Planting large numbers of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving cars long distances. 15. The Earth's atmosphere is made up of mostly which 2 gases? A) Water & Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide & Oxygen. C) Nitrogen & Carbon Dioxide. D) Nitrogen & Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen & Oxygen. 16. ..... is the concept that communities will proceed through a series of recognizable, predictable changes in structure over time. A) Procession. B) Succession. C) Equation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procession. 17. Which axis would you graph the independent variable? A) X. B) Y. C) A. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X. 18. High biodiversity is A) Having a lot of the same organism. B) Having a few of the same organism. C) Having a lot of variety of different organisms. D) Only having one of each organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having a lot of variety of different organisms. 19. There is only ..... percent of freshwater on earth. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 20. The temperate zones of the United States experience changing of seasons from winter to summer. Which is the reason for this annual change of seasons? A) The rotation of Earth on its axis. B) The tilt of Earth's axis of rotation. C) The distance of Earth from the Sun. D) The size and orbit of the Moon around Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of Earth's axis of rotation. ← 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