This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 320 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 320 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the water bodies, including oceans, rivers, and lakes A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 2. Exposure to too much radon gas can cause A) Lung cancer. B) Sun burn. C) Blindness. D) Acne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lung cancer. 3. Carbon moves between which two reservoirs through the process of diffusion? A) Atmosphere & biosphere. B) Atmosphere & lithosphere. C) Lithosphere & biosphere. D) Hydrosphere & atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrosphere & atmosphere. 4. In what layer does convection occur? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Shell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 5. Natural resources + Ecosystem services A) Natural capital. B) Natural resources. C) Ecosystem Services. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural capital. 6. A resident of ..... is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint. A) Indonesia. B) France. C) The United States. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The United States. 7. What is one of the goals of New York City's sustainability plan? A) Increase energy use. B) Improve mass transit. C) Limit access to parks. D) Expand the city's boundaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improve mass transit. 8. Which of the following is likely to be researched by an environmental scientist? A) The effect of oil spills on marine animals. B) The anatomy of a platypus. C) The chemical composition of a compound. D) The velocity of a cheetah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The effect of oil spills on marine animals. 9. Which reservoir contains the most carbon? A) Atmosphere. B) Deep oceans. C) Vegetation. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep oceans. 10. Eathquakes are common at what kind of interface? A) Where oceanic crust meets continental crust. B) Where continental crust meets continental crust. C) Where oceanic crust meets oceanic crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where oceanic crust meets continental crust. 11. What is causing the current mass extinction? A) Humans. B) Asteroids. C) Wonder. D) Primary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans. 12. Hydrosphere A) The water where living marine creatures live. B) The land where animals live. C) The oxygen in the sky. D) The cycle of water becoming vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The water where living marine creatures live. 13. The measure of the energy released by an earthquake is called A) Magnitude. B) Dominant. C) Fault. D) Energy capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnitude. 14. As Earth revolves around the Sun, the number of daylight hours varies from placeto place. In which location would the number of daylight hours remain constant? A) ) North Pole. B) ) Prime Meridian. C) ) Equator. D) ) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ) Equator. 15. How do invasive plants damage the environment? A) Compete with native species. B) Change plant community. C) Alter diversity. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. A selective harvest plan guides a landowner who A) Wants to keep their forest as a natural area. B) Wants to cut some of their trees every few years as they mature. C) Wants to improve the quality of their woodland. D) Wants to make a forest where there currently isn't one. E) Wants to make sure that their forest is protected from fire, insects, grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wants to cut some of their trees every few years as they mature. 17. What is a lake created by a dam called? A) Lake. B) Pond. C) Reservoir. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reservoir. 18. One of the effects of global warming on human health is A) An increase in allergic reactions to pollen. B) An increase in viral infections. C) A decrease in heat related deaths. D) A decrease in the number of mosquitoes and mosquito related diseases like malaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An increase in allergic reactions to pollen. 19. "If I water the flower more often, it will grow taller." What is the independent variable? A) How often you water the flower. B) How tall the flower grows. C) The type of soil. D) How much sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How often you water the flower. 20. What is the term for a stable community that completes the succession process? A) Ecosystem. B) Climax community. C) Lichens. D) None of above. 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