This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 286 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 286 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In environmental science, what is a nutrient? A) Organic compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon. B) The chemicals in food that make it taste good. C) An element on the periodic table. D) Matter that organisms need to carry out their life processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Matter that organisms need to carry out their life processes. 2. One word that explains hunger is ..... A) Malnutrition. B) Undernutrition. C) Poverty. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poverty. 3. Most of the freshwater is underground. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The movement of individuals away from a population A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) Dispersion. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emigration. 5. ..... are natural resources that are naturally replenished or renewed over short periods of time. A) Renewable natural resources. B) Nonrenewable natural resources. C) Data. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable natural resources. 6. Union of two nuclei creating energy when combined A) Geothermal energy. B) Nuclear energy. C) Nuclear fision. D) Nuclear fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear fusion. 7. Which of the following is an important foundation of environmental science? A) Ecology. B) Economics. C) Meteorology. D) Political science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 8. How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid? A) 10%. B) 90%. C) 50%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 9. It is the direct use of living green plants for in situ (in place) removal, degradation, or containment of contaminants in soils, sludges, sediments, surface water and groundwater. A) Bioaccumulation. B) Biomagnification. C) Bioremediation. D) Phytoremediation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phytoremediation. 10. How would you write 35 trillion in scientific notation? A) 3.5* $10^{12}$. B) 3.5*$10^{13}$. C) 3.5*$10^{14}$. D) 3.5*$10^{-12}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.5*$10^{13}$. 11. A joint family has four members. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. The one variable in an experiment that is purposely changed by the scientist is the ..... A) Dependent variable. B) Independent variable. C) Data. D) Control group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 13. Where is the benthos located? A) Top water layer. B) Bottom water layer. C) Middle water layer. D) On the shore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bottom water layer. 14. What is the term used to describe the area where thin oceanic plates spread apart, releasing magma and creating new oceanic crust? A) Mid-ocean rift zone. B) Subduction zone. C) Normal fault line. D) Convergent boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mid-ocean rift zone. 15. Which is an example of direct use of fossil fuels? A) Nuclear reactor. B) Oil-fuel furnace. C) Wind generator. D) Wood-burning stove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oil-fuel furnace. 16. Gasoline leaks on the highway are an example of A) Bacterial pollution. B) Sediment pollution. C) Nutrient pollution. D) Chemical pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemical pollution. 17. When addressing livelihoods we are speaking about A) Activities essential to everyday life. B) Activities essential to everyone. C) Activities essential to survive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Activities essential to everyday life. 18. When a government gives cash to an industry to support an activity of the industry, that is an example of which incentive? A) Command-and-Control. B) Tax Breaks. C) Cap-and-Trade. D) Green Taxes. E) Subsidies. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Subsidies. 19. Pollution is ..... A) People have contaminated, or dirtied an area with waste. B) People have cleaned, or fixed up an area. C) People have gathered, or collected the trash in the area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People have contaminated, or dirtied an area with waste. 20. Temperature in the stratosphere warms as altitude increases. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEnvironmental Sciences Quiz 1Environmental Sciences Quiz 2Environmental Sciences Quiz 3Environmental Sciences Quiz 4Environmental Sciences Quiz 5Environmental Sciences Quiz 6Environmental Sciences Quiz 7Environmental Sciences Quiz 8Environmental Sciences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books