This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 325 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 325 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You will want your experiment to have ..... independent variable(s) in it for the experiment to be valid. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 2. The "Ten Percent Rule" means ..... A) The amount of living tissue an organism contains. B) The ranking of animals. C) The amount of waste produced by humans. D) The loss of energy in the levels of trophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The loss of energy in the levels of trophic. 3. A serious hazard of coal mining is A) A high pressure water blast. B) An aggregation. C) Excess overburden. D) An underground mine fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An underground mine fire. 4. In an ecosystem, which component is not recycled? A) Water. B) Energy. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy. 5. What do Xylem vessels carry? A) Carry food. B) Carry Water. C) Carry acids. D) Carry Alkalis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry Water. 6. Heat transfer through touch A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conduction. 7. Severe oil-tanker spills account for what percentage of oil polluting the oceans? A) 5%. B) 10%. C) 25%. D) 62%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5%. 8. Which law is a framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste? A) Clean Air Act. B) Safe Drinking Water Act. C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). D) Clean Water Act. E) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 9. What is the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles A) Ethics. B) Science. C) Theories. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 10. Benjamin Franklin worked for the Boston News-Letter when he was 13. He then moved to Pennsylvania and worked as a printer. During this time, he also wrote. Then, in 1728, he began printing The Pennsylvania Gazette. He printed the Gazette for about the next 20 years. A) Descriptive. B) Sequence. C) Compare/Contrast. D) Cause/Effect. E) Problem/Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sequence. 11. Which of the following is not an example of an invasive species? A) Kudzu vines. B) Carp. C) Elephants. D) Fire ants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephants. 12. In a food web, what type of organism has the most biomass? Producers or consumers? A) Producers. B) Decomposers. C) Primary consumers. D) Secondary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 13. ..... models take into account estimates of current weather related events and ongoing physical interactions between them. A) Mathematical. B) Holistic. C) Statistical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mathematical. 14. The tightness across the surface of water that enables an insect to walk on water is ..... A) Adhesion. B) Capillary action. C) Surface tension. D) Polarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface tension. 15. Where do most earthquakes occur? A) In the center of oceans. B) Where two or more tectonic plates interact with one another. C) In the center of continents. D) In the Earth's core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where two or more tectonic plates interact with one another. 16. This can be caused by low rainfall or irrigation: A) Persistent pesticide. B) Pheromone. C) Desertification. D) Salinization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salinization. 17. Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are called ..... A) Stenographers. B) Dummies. C) Demographers. D) Populists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demographers. 18. Climate in a regions is A) Determined only by seasonal daylight hours. B) Never affected by ocean currents. C) The atmospheric conditions on a given day. D) The long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions. 19. This part of the Earth System includes the planet's water, including the oceans, lakes, rivers, ground water, ice, and vapor. A) Geosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 20. Nitrogen accounts for what percentage of the atmosphere? A) Less than 1%. B) 7%. C) 21%. D) 52%. E) 78%. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 78%. ← 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