This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do you call the specific place an organism lives and is provided with the things it needs to survive? A) Community. B) Ecosystem. C) Habitat. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 2. How much of Earth's water is readily available for human consumption? A) 97%. B) 3%. C) 1%. D) Less than 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less than 1%. 3. The environmental impact of humans depends on the way people live. When people have more money, they tend to consume more food, purchase more items, produce more wastes, and live in larger homes that use more energy. Which of the following methods should be practiced to positively impact the environment? A) Burning of oil and natural gas. B) Recycling and burning oil. C) Conserving resources and recycling. D) Conserving resources and water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conserving resources and recycling. 4. This is where the plates separate and move apart. A) After Shock. B) Earthquake. C) Transform Fault Line. D) Divergent Fault Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divergent Fault Line. 5. What is the role of producers in an ecosystem? A) Producers convert inorganic compounds into organic compounds through photosynthesis, providing the base for the food chain. B) Producers consume other organisms for energy. C) Producers break down dead organisms and waste materials. D) Producers control the population of other organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers convert inorganic compounds into organic compounds through photosynthesis, providing the base for the food chain. 6. When the environment changes too quickly for an organism to adapt, what will occur? A) Evolution. B) Speciation. C) Genetic drift. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinction. 7. You are going kayaking with some friends this weekend on your nearby river. What type of ecosystem service are you taking advantage of? A) Supporting. B) Cultural. C) Regulating. D) Provisioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural. 8. There can be a lot of traffic in ..... areas. A) Rural. B) Urban. C) Desert. D) Polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urban. 9. Comes from agricultural fields and parking lots A) Agricultural runoff. B) Fertilizers. C) Point-Source Pollution. D) Non-Point Source Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-Point Source Pollution. 10. The process of erosion is A) Constuctive. B) Destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destructive. 11. What country today have the greatest coal deposits? A) Mexico, Sydney, Hungary. B) U.S. Russia, Australia, China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) U.S. Russia, Australia, China. 12. What atmospheric layer has most of the clouds A) THERMOSPHERE. B) MESOSPHERE. C) EXOSPHERE. D) TROPOSPHERE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TROPOSPHERE. 13. How many fingers do we have in both hand? A) Twelve. B) Twenty. C) Ten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ten. 14. Kanye West's new shoe the Yeezy Boost sold out in stores. This is an example of ..... A) Shortage. B) Surplus. C) Equilibrium. D) Supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shortage. 15. If the town of Podunk, Alabama had a growth rate of 2.4%, how long would it take for the population to double? 70/growth rate= doubling time A) 4.7 years. B) 62.7 years. C) 29.17 years. D) 159 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 29.17 years. 16. Do we need greenhouse gases on Earth? A) Yes-they keep the Earth warm. B) Yes-they keep all the gases on our planet. C) No-they only cause terrible climate change. D) No-they only block some of the Sun's rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes-they keep the Earth warm. 17. What term best describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions? A) Ecological footprint. B) Environmentalism. C) The environment. D) Environmental science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmentalism. 18. Scientists particularly value ..... data, or information expressed using numbers. A) Prediction. B) Observational. C) Modeling. D) Quantitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quantitative. 19. A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest is considered a(n) A) Environmentalist. B) Ecological Footprint. C) Peer Reviewer. D) Environmental Scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmentalist. 20. Organisms that make their own food are called? A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Animals. D) Scavengers. 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