This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 239 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 239 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which describes "Public Lands: A) Owned by the Government. B) Owned by individual or a corporations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Owned by the Government. 2. Cradle-to-grave law for describes rules for the proper handling of hazardous and toxic waste A) The EPA. B) Clean Air Act. C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, RCRA. D) Recylcing Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, RCRA. 3. Net primary productivity A) The rate at which energy is stored. B) Organic compounds from the atmosphere. C) Carbon dioxide intake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rate at which energy is stored. 4. Which of the following organisms would you find in a Benthic Zone? A) Decomposers. B) Insects. C) Rooted plants. D) Small fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers. 5. How much energy is produced in the U.S. from hydroelectric plants, in terms of barrels of oil? A) 100 thousand barrels of oil. B) 2 million barrels of oil. C) 500 million barrels of oil. D) 1 billion barrels of oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 500 million barrels of oil. 6. The products of photosynthesis are A) Carbon dioxide, water, energy. B) Sugar (glucose), oxygen, water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar (glucose), oxygen, water. 7. The total amount of living things in an area A) Biomass. B) Keystone Species. C) Consumer. D) Primary Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. 8. In industry, most of the simple sulfur after being exploited in mines is used as raw material A) Vulcanization of natural rubber. B) Production of sulfuric acid. C) Preparation of plant protection drugs. D) Preparing oriental medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Production of sulfuric acid. 9. Which of the following is true regarding food production and availability? A) There is not enough food produced in the world to adequately feed everyone. B) There is enough food produced to feed everyone, and everyone has enough food to live. C) There is more than enough food produced, but not everyone has access to adequate nutrition. D) Everyone that wants to can buy or grow enough food for themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is more than enough food produced, but not everyone has access to adequate nutrition. 10. One major environmental problem is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem? A) Non developed countries use more resources than others. B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. C) The human population overall is too small. D) Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. 11. The phosphorus cycle involves mainly the A) Atmosphere and biosphere. B) Lithosphere and hydrosphere. C) Geosphere and biosphere. D) Asthenosphere and hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geosphere and biosphere. 12. Which group of animals have bodies covered with scales or shell? A) Turtles. B) Amphibians. C) Reptiles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reptiles. 13. The centre part of your hand that bends is called ankle A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. If a population grows at a rate of 8.5%, how long will it take that population to double? Doubling time=70/growth rate A) 5.95 years. B) 595 years. C) 8.24 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8.24 years. 15. Mars' axial tilt is 25.19$^\circ$. Earth's axial tilt is 23.5$^\circ$. What does this MOST likely indicate about Mars? A) Mars has more extreme seasonal changes than Earth. B) Mars has less extreme seasonal changes than Earth. C) Mars' year is longer than Earth's year. D) Mars' year is shorter than Earth's year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mars has more extreme seasonal changes than Earth. 16. Select true or false:Coal is mainly consisting of carbon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Define nuclear fusion. A) Nuclear fusion-combining lighter atoms to make heavier ones-is what makes it possible. B) Nuclear fusion-splitting lighter atoms to make heavier ones-is what makes it possible. C) Nuclear fusion-combining heavier atoms to make lighter ones-is what makes it possible. D) Nuclear fusion-splitting heavier atoms to make lighter ones-is what makes it possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear fusion-combining lighter atoms to make heavier ones-is what makes it possible. 18. What were the hottest two years registered on our planet? A) 1998 and 2006. B) 2017 and 1999. C) 2005 and 1998. D) 1979 and 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2005 and 1998. 19. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?Energy flow in an ecosystem is Multidirectional Primary consumers can be carnivores Seed banks are examples of ex-situ conservation A food chain always begins with heterotrophic consumer Select the correct option from codes given below: A) 3 Only[B] 3 & 4 Only[C] 1, 2 & 4 Only[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4. B) 3 & 4 Only. C) 1, 2 & 4 Only. D) 1, 2, 3 & 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 2 & 4 Only. 20. Select true or false:Non-renewable energy comes from natural resources that are "naturally"replenished, such as oil and coal. A) True. B) False. 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