This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 280 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 280 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Because energy flows from organism to organism and is used for metabolism or is converted to heat the next organism in the chain only receives 10% of the energy from the previous level. This is known as the A) Heat Regulation. B) Heat Transfer Rule. C) Rule of 10. D) Energy Loss Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule of 10. 2. Be able to write your answer on your test!What do greenhouse gases do? A) The gases escape outside causing heat. B) The gases trap the heat near the Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gases trap the heat near the Earth's surface. 3. These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming (a) A) Global warming gases. B) Hot House gases. C) A Green House gases. D) Thermal pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Green House gases. 4. What is the term for the process of reducing, reusing, and recycling to lessen the amount of waste produced? A) Composting. B) Waste management. C) Incineration. D) Landfill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waste management. 5. Fans at a football game belong to the same A) Biosphere. B) Habitat. C) Species. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species. 6. What is the primary reason for promoting the use of electric vehicles (EVs) in the context of renewable energy? A) EVs have unlimited range compared to gasoline vehicles. B) EVs can directly utilize electricity from renewable sources. C) EVs are cheaper to produce than gasoline vehicles. D) EVs produce more power than gasoline vehicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EVs can directly utilize electricity from renewable sources. 7. A consumer that eats only plants is a A) Carnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Omnivore. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivore. 8. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of hydrogen as source of energy? A) It usually produces few pollutants. B) Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. C) It can be stored and transported. D) It is inexpensive to produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is inexpensive to produce. 9. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the A) Control group. B) Experimental group. C) Data. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control group. 10. The brother of your mother will be your ..... A) Uncle. B) Maternal uncle. C) Aunt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maternal uncle. 11. Currently, more than 1.2 billion people earn less than $ ..... per day. A) 1 cent. B) $ 1. C) $ 10. D) $ 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $ 1. 12. What is the main cause of biodiversity loss today? A) Natural disasters. B) Alien invasion. C) Habitat fragmentation and destruction. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat fragmentation and destruction. 13. Which type of gases are contributing to global warming? A) Chemical gases. B) Greenhouse gases. C) Oxygen. D) Radon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenhouse gases. 14. Shift from energy sources such as animals/running water to fossil fuels such as coal/oil defines the: A) Agricultural revolution. B) Medical revolution. C) Technology revolution. D) Industrial revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial revolution. 15. Airplanes fly in the A) Troposhphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 16. Which of the following is an example of a natural resource? A) Electricity. B) Gasoline. C) Sunlight. D) Wifi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 17. Who espoused the conservation ethic? A) Aldo Leopold. B) John Muir. C) Gifford Pinchot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gifford Pinchot. 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of the Tragedy of the Commons? A) Polluting air. B) Setting limits for the amount of people visiting a National Park. C) Traffic jams. D) Over-fishing in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting limits for the amount of people visiting a National Park. 19. The rate of natural increase is determined by A) Subtracting the birth rate from the death rate. B) Adding the birth rate and death rate. C) Subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. D) Multiplying the birth rate and the death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. 20. Pollution that is ..... will break down over time. A good example would be ..... A) Biodegradable/styrofoam box. B) Biodegradable/grass clippings. C) Persistent/an aluminum can. D) Persistent/pesticide chemicals. 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