This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 312 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 312 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the largest group of gymnosperms? A) Conifers. B) Spruce. C) Cedars. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conifers. 2. Jane Goodall video recorded chimpanzees hunting pigs, this type of data is called ..... A) Qualitative. B) Quantitative. C) Field study. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative. 3. Burning fossil fuels cause ..... that cause pollution. A) Temperature decrease. B) Headaches. C) Emissions. D) Natural pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emissions. 4. What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment? A) Natural selection. B) Mutation. C) Camouflage. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adaptation. 5. During summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere experiences A) Summer. B) A tilt towards the sun. C) Winter. D) Excess rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter. 6. What are some reasons that the human population increased rapidly after the industrial revolution? A) Widespread famine and disease. B) Decrease in available resources. C) Lack of access to education. D) Advancements in technology, medicine, and agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advancements in technology, medicine, and agriculture. 7. ..... The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price. A) Demand. B) Replacement. C) Supply. D) Nonsupply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demand. 8. A tax on fossil fuels, especially those used by motor vehicles, intended to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide. A) Carbon footprint. B) Carbon tax. C) Carbon offset. D) Carbon sequestration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon tax. 9. Energy molecule A) ATP. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ATP. 10. The type of renewable energy used from heat produced within the earth A) Wind energy. B) Nuclear energy. C) Geothermal energy. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geothermal energy. 11. How many oxygen atoms are in an ozone molecule? A) Two. B) Four. C) Three. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 12. What type of vegetation would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that has been undisturbed for 150 years? A) Young pine trees. B) Shrubs. C) Tall, mature oak trees. D) Short grasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tall, mature oak trees. 13. In which situation are the hydrosphere and geosphere interacting? A) A running river erodes soil on a mountain. B) A volcano release hot lava that causes a glacier to melt. C) Sediments from a desert are carried by wind to a rainforest. D) Humans burn fossil fuels that pollute the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A running river erodes soil on a mountain. 14. There are four separate layers that make up a temperate mixed forest. Which is composed of all woody plants which grow low to the ground? A) Herbaceous layer. B) Shrub layer. C) Sub-canopy layer. D) Canopy layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shrub layer. 15. Two or more atoms chemically bonded together A) Bond. B) Alloy. C) Dredge. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound. 16. As groundwater resources are depleted, what will likely happen to the price of crops that are irrigated with this groundwater? A) The prices will likely decrease because of the reduced supply of water. B) The prices will likely increase because of the reduced supply of water. C) The price will be unaffected by the reduced supply of water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The prices will likely increase because of the reduced supply of water. 17. Which of the following factors in sustaining Earth's life allows the planet to old onto its atmosphere and helps enable the movement of cycling of chemicals through air, water, soil, and organisms? A) Energy. B) Nutrient cycling. C) Gravity. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravity. 18. What is a chain reaction? A) When electrons are emitted causing electricity. B) When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the protons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split. C) When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the neutrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split. D) When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the electrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the neutrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split. 19. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases A) Thunderstorm. B) Thermosphere. C) Tornado. D) Cyanobacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermosphere. 20. In 'global warming' the temperature of A) Troposphere increase. B) Ionosphere increase. C) Mesosphere increase. D) Stratosphere increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere increase. ← 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