This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 316 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 316 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go? A) The doldrums around the equator. B) The jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere. C) The North or South Pole. D) The area around the Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The doldrums around the equator. 2. What impact does an invasive species have on the native species of the area? A) Fragment habitats. B) Out compete for resources. C) Become the apex predator. D) Fight off apex predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out compete for resources. 3. Branch of geology, is the study of the chemistry of materials such as rocks, soil, and water A) Biochemistry. B) Geochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geochemistry. 4. In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through ..... or through ..... A) Burning photosynthesis. B) Fixation decomposition. C) Decomposition photosynthesis. D) Respiration decomposition. E) Respiration photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiration decomposition. 5. Which theory does evidence found in sedimentary rocks best support? A) Most organisms from Earth's history still exist. B) Organisms have not changed significantly over time. C) All organisms from Earth's history have become extinct. D) Organisms have evolved from simple to complex forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organisms have evolved from simple to complex forms. 6. Which is not a main category of environmental problem? A) Loss of Biodiversity. B) Pollution. C) Soil degradation. D) Resource Depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soil degradation. 7. Which of these factors helped more people survive into old age as we progressed through the 1900s? A) Antibiotics and vaccines. B) Improved healthcare, with better sanitation practices, testing, and treatments. C) Greater access to vitamin rich foods and protein. D) Better water quality, with improved treatment of both drinking water and sewage. E) All of these contributed to longer lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these contributed to longer lives. 8. What is the chemical formula for ozone? The numbers should be subscribts A) O2. B) Yes. C) O4. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 9. Atmospheric Ozone is present in- A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 10. Restoring land back to its original state A) Reclamation. B) Rehabilitation. C) Regeneration. D) Redevelopment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reclamation. 11. The study of how resources are converted to goods and services and how these good and services are distributed and used. A) Economics. B) Taxonomy. C) Biology. D) NWO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 12. Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as: A) Flooding. B) Heat Waves. C) Hurricanes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. Moves warm waters from lower latitudes toward higher latitudes A) The Gulf Stream. B) Antarctic Circumpolar Current. C) Tributaries. D) Aquifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gulf Stream. 14. What is a well-tested hypothesis that explains many scientific observations? A) Law. B) Principle. C) Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 15. Which of the following is the correct composition of Earth's modern atmosphere? A) 78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% other. B) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other. C) 50% oxygen, 50% nitrogen. D) 75% oxygen, 25% nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other. 16. What is an advantage of Fossil Fuels A) They generate large amounts of electricity. B) They don't negatively affect the environment. C) They will never run out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They generate large amounts of electricity. 17. Ana wants to know the average student's opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results? A) Thirty students who are often tardy. B) Thirty students who are rarely tardy. C) Thirty of her friends. D) Thirty randomly selected students from her school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thirty randomly selected students from her school. 18. Which type of air mass bring COLD and DRY weather? A) Maritime Polar (mP). B) Maritime Tropical (mT). C) Continental Polar (cP). D) Continental Tropical (cT). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental Polar (cP). 19. Which is an example of coevolution? A) Flowers than can be pollinated by only one insect species. B) Deer that live in a cold region and have thick fur. C) Dark gray moths found near Birmingham, England. D) Desert rats that do not sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowers than can be pollinated by only one insect species. 20. Low Pressure is associated with this type of weather ..... A) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. B) Cold Weather. C) Warm Weather. D) Fair Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. ← 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