This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 166 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 166 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... :trees which are eliminated from an area after a catastrophic event; the removal of any bent, broken or leaning trees caused by this event. A) Salvage cuts. B) Pre-commercial thinning. C) Forest Management. D) Intermediate cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvage cuts. 2. Which of the following solutions about river pollution is the best for an environmentalist? A) A. Prevent the excessive dumping of chemicals and waste into streams and allow them to recover naturally. B) Enact and enforce laws and regulations on collection and dumping of waste materials. C) Encourage the residents/citizens to practice self-disciplin. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Prevent the excessive dumping of chemicals and waste into streams and allow them to recover naturally. 3. An elephant eats only plants. Which type of consumer is an elephant? A) A Producer. B) A Herbivore. C) A Decomposer. D) A Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Herbivore. 4. The ocean regulates (a) in Earth's atmosphere. A) A temperature. B) Humidity. C) Wind speed. D) Air pressure. E) Cloud cover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A temperature. 5. Name the following ionic compound:BeCl2 A) Beryllium chlorine. B) Beryllium II chloride. C) Beryllium chloride. D) Beryllium dichloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beryllium chloride. 6. There is going to be a picture of a cell and you are going to have to know the parts. This is true. I promise. A) True. B) False. C) It's probably false. D) Mr. Culp is annoying, and a liar, so this is false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Where does biomass fuel come from? A) Underground mines. B) Wood, wood waste, straw, manure, sugar cane. C) Wind power. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wood, wood waste, straw, manure, sugar cane. 8. What do you call all of the living things AND all of the nonliving things together in one place? A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 9. Sebastian buys 5 bags of candy. On the package, it says that each bag contains 100 pieces of candy. He notices that none of the bags have 100 pieces of candy; instead, they all have either 97 or 98. Which of the following best describes the bags of candy? A) Neither accurate nor precise. B) Both accurate and precise. C) Precise, but not accurate. D) Accurate, but not precise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precise, but not accurate. 10. Large quantities of sand can be added to the beach to stabilize the shoreline. Which describes a disadvantage of this process? A) It cause inland erosion. B) It is a short-term solution. C) It creates a barrier the prevents the tides from occurring along the coastline. D) It creates a wall that disrupts the vegetation along the coastlines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a short-term solution. 11. What provides all energy to ecosystems? A) The mood. B) The tides. C) The Sun. D) The producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sun. 12. What gas do animals exhale? A) Methane. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 13. Sewage leaking from a pipe. A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point Source Pollution. 14. Developed nations make up about ..... percent of the world'spopulation and consume about ..... percent of its resources. A) 20, 75. B) 50, 75. C) 75, 20. D) 75, 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20, 75. 15. Your friend tells you she's decided not to use pesticides or synthetic chemicals on her farm; instead she'll rely on composting and biological pest control. She is practicing A) Industrial agriculture. B) Monoculture. C) Organic agriculture. D) Sustainable agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic agriculture. 16. The Environmental Protection Agency was assigned with which task? A) Setting standards and governing the cleanliness of water used by Americans. B) Setting standards and governing the highways and interstates in the United States. C) Setting standards and governing the use of national parks and monuments in the United States. D) Setting standards and governing the civil and commercial air transportation in the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting standards and governing the cleanliness of water used by Americans. 17. The energy released by an earthquake occurs in the form of: A) Volcanic eruptions. B) Seismic waves. C) Faults. D) Magnitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismic waves. 18. It is everything that surrounds us. This includes both living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) things A) Environmental Science. B) Land. C) Environment. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 19. The global emissions (by weight) of following primary pollutants from natural sources are maximum in the case of A) Nitric oxide. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Methane. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 20. What happens to fossil fuels to create electricity? A) They are stored. B) They are burned. C) They are melted. D) They are frozen. 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