This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 194 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 194 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ozone in the Stratosphere A) Is a pollutant. B) Protects us from UV radiation which causes skin cancer. C) Allows UVC to pass through. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protects us from UV radiation which causes skin cancer. 2. Define deforestation A) Using resources in a way that we don't run out of them in the future. B) Planting trees to grow and develop into forests. C) The removal of a forest or trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. D) Not using a resource or land area at all and saving it for future generations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The removal of a forest or trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. 3. Solid waste pollution has a negative impact on which of the following aspects? A) Economy, society and environment. B) Socio-economic, ecosystem, environment and human health. C) Ecosystems and human health. D) Economy-society and ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socio-economic, ecosystem, environment and human health. 4. A material that bonds with impurities and separates them from molten metal during smelting A) Alloy. B) Flux. C) Quarry. D) Smelting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flux. 5. What device do nuclear power plants use to start and control nuclear reactions? A) Fission reactor. B) Uranium plants. C) Nuclear reactor. D) Krypton activator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear reactor. 6. Melted rock within the Earth A) Lava. B) Magma. C) Erosion. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magma. 7. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) should include: A) Analysis of economic impacts. B) Evaluation of social consequences. C) Assessment of political implications. D) Assessment of potential environmental effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assessment of potential environmental effects. 8. Uneven distribution of food resources A) Air quality. B) Energy Resources. C) Hunger. D) Clean Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hunger. 9. During ..... liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor. A) Precipitation. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 10. What type of process forms soil? A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) Compaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering. 11. Public participation is ideally most important at which stage of EIA process? A) Proposing mitigation measures. B) Post monitoring of the project. C) In evaluating the relative significance of the likely impacts. D) In determining the scope of EIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In determining the scope of EIA. 12. How are scientist able to estimate the thickness of each layer of the Earth?By studying ..... A) Radio waves. B) Sonar waves. C) Laser waves. D) Seismic waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismic waves. 13. The outermost layer of earth is known as the? A) Inner core. B) Outer core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. 14. How did the Himalaya mountains form? A) Glacial movement. B) Convection. C) Erosion. D) Colliding tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colliding tectonic plates. 15. Water is not required by all living things for survival. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Which of the following is a living organism? A) Rock. B) Tree. C) Water. D) Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tree. 17. In a nuclear power plant, nuclear fission take place in the A) Generator. B) Cooling tower. C) Reactor vessel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reactor vessel. 18. Finding dead fish in a body of water is an indicator of eutrophication. This means ..... A) There are not enough nutrients in the water. B) The flow rate of water has increased. C) There is an excess of nutrients in the water. D) There was too much oxygen in the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is an excess of nutrients in the water. 19. Type of ecological succession in which plants and animals first colonize a barren, lifeless habitat. A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 20. How are animals that help disperse seeds important for plant survival? A) They prevent seed dispersal. B) They eat the seeds. C) They bury the seeds in the ground. D) They spread seeds to new locations. 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