This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 281 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 281 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hydropower has a low net energy yield A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Normally the smallest of the following objects * A) Meteorite. B) Asteroid. C) Meteor. D) Comet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorite. 3. New nuclei and neutrons result from A) Nuclear fusion. B) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. C) The release of electrons from a positively charged atom. D) The splitting of an atom's neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. 4. One important scientific habit of mind, the ability to think of new ideas, called A) Intellectual honesty. B) Curiosity. C) Imagination. D) Skepticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagination. 5. What caused the Exxon Valdez oil spill? A) The Valdez Narrows were only 500 feet wide. B) The ship crashed into an iceberg. C) The water in the area was far too shallow. D) There was a tropical storm in the region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Valdez Narrows were only 500 feet wide. 6. Why do people lobby? A) To negotiate treaties. B) To influence governmental policies. C) To avoid voting. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To influence governmental policies. 7. Mandakini house color A) Red. B) Green. C) Blue. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green. 8. Which one among the following was India's first national park? A) Ranthambore National Park. B) Jim Corbett National Park. C) Sunderbans. D) Kaziranga National Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim Corbett National Park. 9. The topmost layer of soil; also called humus A) Till. B) Shelterbelt. C) Topsoil. D) 0 horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0 horizon. 10. Dumping garbage and wastes cause these terrible spaces: ..... A) Epicenters. B) Pressure. C) Landfills. D) Climatic zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landfills. 11. Everything is connected to everything. Each organism has an influence on another organismExample:food chain, food web A) Interdependence. B) Awareness. C) Material cycles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interdependence. 12. Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called ..... A) Watershed. B) Surface water. C) Groundwater. D) Water cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundwater. 13. Pandanus tectoris A) Pandan. B) Molave. C) Select. D) Narra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandan. 14. Water treatment involves A) Adding chlorine. B) Adding mercury. C) Adding pathogens. D) Removing fluoride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adding chlorine. 15. NO.3 Which of the following is not considered as an element of environment? A) Air. B) Land. C) Weather. D) Electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electricity. 16. Which of the following best describes an ecological footprint? A) The amount of space that your home takes up, measured in square feet. B) The amount of carbon dioxide your car produces over the course of your life, measured in tons. C) The number of trees that you plant in your lifetime, measured in karma. D) The total resources required to support your lifestyle, measured by land use. E) The amount of smell your feet produce, measured in scrunched up faces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The total resources required to support your lifestyle, measured by land use. 17. If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, which statement is true? A) Earth has changed the tilt of its axis by 20 degrees due to its revolution. B) Its winter in the southern hemisphere due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. C) It is summer in the southern hemisphere due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. D) Earth has reached its closest point to the sun due to its revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its winter in the southern hemisphere due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. 18. Two types of organisms consume dead and decaying matter. The difference between these two types of organisms is that ..... are consumers that feed on dead animals, while ..... actually break down plants and animals into simpler molecules. A) Decomposers; scavengers. B) Producers; decomposers. C) Scavengers; decomposers. D) Decomposers; producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scavengers; decomposers. 19. Which profession is instrumental is reading design plans and designing parts that will work together to complete the project? These professionals build wind turbines, robots, and machinery from scratch. A) Forester. B) Marine Biologist. C) Mechanical Engineer. D) Ecologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanical Engineer. 20. You use your lips to chew your food A) True. B) False. 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