This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 324 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 324 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term used for a chemical combination of a carbon based fuel with oxygen that produces heat or light and releases CO2? A) Photosynthesis. B) Burial and subduction. C) Respiration. D) Combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Combustion. 2. All of life on Earth exists in A) A single ecosystem. B) A single biome. C) The biosphere. D) The hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The biosphere. 3. Poor air quality can increase A) Population. B) Asthma. C) Allergies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asthma. 4. Rain and snow are two different forms of precipitation that fall on Earth's surface. Which factor is responsible for them being different forms of precipitation? A) Evaporation. B) Run-off. C) Temperature. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature. 5. What type of rain is responsible for deterioration of forests and lakes, also damages plant tissues and interferes with plant growth? A) Chemical rain. B) Sulfur rain. C) Acid rain. D) Toxic rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid rain. 6. Water, hail, and snowfall from the clouds. This is called: ..... A) Pressure. B) Pollution. C) Precipitation. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation. 7. The color of a minerals powder when it is rubbed against a textile plate is its ..... A) Luster. B) Streak. C) Color. D) Shale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Streak. 8. Evidence of biodiversity is seen in A) Genetic variation among human populations. B) Number of species in a region. C) Number of ecosystems and habitats in a region. D) Genetic variation among plants and animals in a region. E) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these answers are correct. 9. Expresses the environmental effects of an individual or population A) Ecological imprint. B) Ecological footprint. C) Environmental footprint. D) Environmental impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 10. The process of changing a vapor into a liquid, which occurs when warm vapor mixes with cooler air in the atmosphere A) Transpiration. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 11. What does economics mean? A) The amount of a product or service offered for sale at a given price. B) The study of how resources are converted into products and services and of how those products and services are distributed and used. C) The field of economics that recognizes the relationships between ecosystems and economic systems. D) The field of economics that links environmental and economic costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of how resources are converted into products and services and of how those products and services are distributed and used. 12. What is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Helium. D) Chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 13. What do we not learn from our family? A) Good habits. B) Customs. C) Fighting with cousins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fighting with cousins. 14. In an experiment, that which does not receive the experimental treatment A) Prediction. B) Conceptual model. C) Control group. D) Physical model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control group. 15. Where is Easter Island located and who governs it? A) Pacific Ocean/Chile. B) Atlantic Ocean/Chile. C) Indiana/USA. D) Atlantic Ocean/ France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Ocean/Chile. 16. Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement about El Niño and La Niña? A) Both occur every 2-7 years. B) El Nino is warming and La Nina is cooling of the Pacific Ocean. C) Both occur in the Atlantic Ocean. D) Neither are considered "storms". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both occur in the Atlantic Ocean. 17. The theory of the "tragedy of commons" was written by A) Garrett Hardin. B) Dr Seuss. C) Richard Bachman. D) William Forest Lloyd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garrett Hardin. 18. In order to change regulations in my town, I would advocate on the A) State. B) Federal. C) Region. D) Local. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Local. 19. If you practice ....., you are protecting, preserving, and managing earth's natural resources. A) Smoking. B) Conservation. C) Pollution. D) Littering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservation. 20. When it is Spring in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere? A) Spring. B) Fall. C) Winter. D) Summer. 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