This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 307 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 307 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main use of fossil fuels by humans is to use the thermal energy they contain to produce ..... A) Biodiesel. B) Ethanol. C) Electricity. D) Nuclear power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electricity. 2. What's the main macromolecule in peanuts? A) Carbohydrate. B) Protein. C) Fat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fat. 3. Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or a slowly growing population? A) India. B) Canada. C) Mexico. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 4. Which answer best defines evaporation? A) The process of changing from a liquid to a gas, usually caused by energy from the sun. B) The process in which animals release water vapor. C) The process of changing from a gas to a liquid, such as water vapor changing into water. D) Water falling to the surface of the Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of changing from a liquid to a gas, usually caused by energy from the sun. 5. Environmental pollution has a negative impact on which of the following aspects? A) Socio-economic damage. B) Impact on the ecosystem. C) Affects human health. D) All 3 answers above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All 3 answers above. 6. The following animals are common to which land biome?(polar bear, walrus, arctic fox, seal, penguin, snowy owl, caribou, arctic hare, musk oxen) A) Tundra. B) Taiga. C) Temperate Forest. D) Coniferous Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tundra. 7. This part of the Earth System includes the crust, mantle, and core. A) Geosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 8. States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed A) Law of crosscutting. B) Law of superposition. C) Relative Dating. D) Unconformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law of superposition. 9. Farthest from Earth's surface A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere. 10. Renewable natural resources examples are A) Wood, Oil, Gold, Water. B) Wood, Water, Air, Soil, and Crops. C) Copper, Natural Gas, Potato Chips. D) Water, Coal, Air, Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wood, Water, Air, Soil, and Crops. 11. What percentage of the atmosphere is made up of nitrogen A) 92%. B) 21%. C) 78%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 78%. 12. When we use renewable resources with care, ensuring that they are not depleted for future generations, we are following a practice called A) Subsistence living. B) Biodiversification. C) Sustainability. D) Frontier ethic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 13. Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called? A) Hibernation. B) Migration. C) Mimicry. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migration. 14. Which aquatic ecosystem has both salt and fresh water that is mixed together (brackish water)? A) Estuary. B) Lakes. C) Ponds. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estuary. 15. Which of the following is not an environmental function of wetlands? A) Increasing runoff. B) Absorbing and removing pollutants from water. C) Trapping carbon that wouldotherwise be released into the air. D) Controlling floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing runoff. 16. In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the A) Controlled variable. B) Conclusion. C) Independent variable. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 17. The layer of the atmosphere containing our weather is A) Thermosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 18. A good hypothesis ..... A) Is based on intuition instead of observation. B) States what is likely to happen. C) Makes logical sense. D) States what is likely to happen AND makes logical sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) States what is likely to happen AND makes logical sense. 19. Terrestrial ecosystem are found only on land A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Which of the following is a secondary pollutant? A) Carbon monoxide. B) Nitrogen dioxide. C) Smog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. ← 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