This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 296 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 296 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The difference between a predator and a parasite is that a predator A) Lives in or on a host. B) Harms another organism. C) Benefits from another organism. D) Usually kills and eats its prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Usually kills and eats its prey. 2. It has the highest specific heat capacity among any liquid A) Vinegar. B) Milk. C) Blood. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 3. Increased air & water pollution are environmental impacts of urbanization A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. A blood condition that can result from lack of iron A) Sickle cell illness. B) Cholera. C) Anemia. D) Flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anemia. 5. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies. A) Subduction. B) Sea-floor Spreading. C) Heat Transfer. D) Convection Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea-floor Spreading. 6. The area where two tectonic plates meet. A) Mantle. B) Focus. C) Plate boundary. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate boundary. 7. Timber and freshwater are considered A) Nonrenewable resources. B) Sustainable resources. C) Renewable Resources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable resources. 8. Nick wanted to see how high an ice cube would float in different temperatures of water. Identify the DEPENDENT variable-Amount of water-Height of Ice cube-Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height-Temperature of the water-Size of the ice cube A) Amount of water. B) Height of Ice cube. C) Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height. D) Size of the ice cube. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Height of Ice cube. 9. What happens to a population with a lack of limiting factors (predators, disease, competition, and other factors that decrease population growth). A) Shrinks. B) Immigration. C) Indefinite growth. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indefinite growth. 10. Why do we use graphs in science? A) To record and display data. B) To show trends in data. C) To predict what will happen if we extend the experiment. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 11. Which type of science seeks to understand how the Earth works to determine the interactions between humans and the environment? A) Earth Science. B) Environmentalism. C) Ecology. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental Science. 12. How could the exponential growth of the human population impact regions throughout the world? A) It could lead to a decrease in the amount of pollution in the regions. B) It could lead to an increase in the biodiversity of the regions. C) It could lead to an increase in the demand for food in the regions. D) It could lead to a decrease in the demand for land within the regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It could lead to an increase in the demand for food in the regions. 13. What three factors can affect ANY population's growth rate? A) Birthrate, death rate, migration. B) Disease, predation, migration. C) Medicine, agriculture, industry. D) Life expectancy, sanitation, vaccines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birthrate, death rate, migration. 14. Which of the following are renewable resources:wind, oil, natural gas, sunlight, Uranium, coal? A) Natural gas and coal. B) Sunlight and wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight and wind. 15. Which part of an atom is positive? A) A election. B) A proton. C) A nucleus. D) Both a proton and nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a proton and nucleus. 16. The bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh A) Littoral Zone. B) Limnetic Zone. C) Benthic Zone f. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benthic Zone f. 17. Any form of water that falls from clouds is called A) Evaporation. B) Dew. C) Precipitation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation. 18. Gravity is dependent on A) Mass & Distance. B) Density & Temperature. C) Mass and Temperature. D) Density & Distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass & Distance. 19. Bicknell's Hoya is discovered by David Bicknell in June 1998 in ..... A) Carmen, Ceu. B) Argao, Cebu. C) Badian Cebu. D) Cebu City. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Badian Cebu. 20. These were released in Australia to eat cane beetles, but now they are an invasive species and number in the millions. A) Dingo. B) Kangaroos. C) Cane toads. D) Passenger pigeons. 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