This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 305 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 305 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water continuously moves between oceans, the atmosphere, and land. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. We use ..... to generate electricity. A) Chewing gum. B) Crickets. C) Coal. D) Hillary Clinton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 3. Which of the following would be a way to conserve geological resources? A) Reduce consumption of consumer goods made with mined materials. B) Use only surface mining of metals and other minerals. C) Mine metals only in underground mines. D) Move mining practices to wilderness areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce consumption of consumer goods made with mined materials. 4. Which weather tool measures air pressure? A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Anemometer. D) Psychrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 5. A group made of different species A) Organism. B) Community. C) Biosphere. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 6. T8-A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate. On what axis will the type of exercise go on? A) X. B) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X. 7. Plants take in carbon-dioxide and releases oxygen through tiny openings called ..... A) Chlorophyll. B) Stomata. C) Nutrients. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stomata. 8. Which of the following has caused an increase in the per capita land consumption? A) Few and poor roads. B) Low urban crime rates. C) Expensive rural land. D) Inter-net based technologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inter-net based technologies. 9. Depletion of ozone layer is a concern because it absorbs ..... A) Heat Energy. B) Chlorine molecules. C) CFC's. D) UV Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) UV Radiation. 10. Food webs are made of many overlapping ..... A) Niches. B) Food chains. C) Energy pyramids. D) Habitats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food chains. 11. An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere (especially sustained increase that causes climatic changes) is called ..... A) Greenhouse gases. B) Global warning. C) Natural resource. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global warning. 12. Ms. Palma needs your help:She needs to find the constant variables for her experiment. She is trying to determine what shampoo makes her hair least frizzy. Which variable would be a constant? A) Type of Shampoo. B) Frizziness of the her hair. C) Amount of Shampoo. D) She doesn't need any constant variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amount of Shampoo. 13. Which of the following is not a problem caused by the establishment of human communities? A) Succession. B) Pollution. C) Resource depletion. D) Habitat destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Succession. 14. Plants that spring from the earth to blossom and absorb sunlight belong in what sphere? A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 15. The following is a characteristic of a developed country. A) Lower wages or incomes. B) Rapid population growth. C) Higher wages or incomes. D) Agriculture based economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higher wages or incomes. 16. The distance in degrees north and south of the equator is called A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Prime Meridian. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 17. What is the major cause for air pollution? A) Factories and cars. B) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Factories and cars. 18. Which variable goes on the x-axis? A) Dependent Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Positive Control. D) Negative Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Variable. 19. Area of Earth's surface where water percolates down into the aquifer A) Aquifer. B) River system. C) Reservoir. D) Recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recharge zone. 20. RTWQ consists of water sampling equipment with sensors to record physical and chemical components of water. 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