This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 326 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 326 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a technology that allows planners to create multiple-layered maps to view many land features and use? A) Zoning. B) UGB. C) Ecological restoration. D) GIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GIS. 2. Independent Variable is the variable A) That the scientist changes and manipulates the dependent variable. B) That gets manipulated. C) That stays constant. D) That manipulates and stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That the scientist changes and manipulates the dependent variable. 3. Heating using direct solar radiation from sun A) Fossil fuels. B) Electrical generator. C) Geothermal heating. D) Passive solar heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passive solar heating. 4. What 3 organisms benefit from warming temperatures? A) Bacteria, viruses and mosquitos. B) Cacti, succulents, and desert tortoises. C) Whales, dolphins, and seals. D) Polar bears, penguins, and snow leopards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria, viruses and mosquitos. 5. What are biogeochemical cycles? A) Biogeochemical cycles are the process of converting organic waste into energy. B) Biogeochemical cycles are pathways through which nutrients and elements are circulated and recycled in the environment, including the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles. C) Biogeochemical cycles are the movement of celestial bodies in space. D) Biogeochemical cycles are the patterns of migration of animals in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biogeochemical cycles are pathways through which nutrients and elements are circulated and recycled in the environment, including the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles. 6. The number of trophic levels in an ecological energy pyramid A) Is limitless. B) Is limited by the amount of energy that is consumed and released at each trophic level. C) Is impossible to count because energy is lost at each trophic level. D) Never exceeds three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is limited by the amount of energy that is consumed and released at each trophic level. 7. What is THE most major cause of extinction today? A) Habitat destruction by humans. B) Poaching. C) Disease. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat destruction by humans. 8. Inexhaustible A) Can run in. B) Too much. C) Can run out. D) Cannot run out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cannot run out. 9. How would the carbon dioxide emissions trading bill, cap and trade, impact global climate change? A) Limits would be placed on greenhouse gas emissions. Permits would be needed to produce more pollution. B) Greenhouse gas production would be banned. C) For every ton of carbon produced an equal value of trees would need to be planted. D) Stict limits would be set on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions could be produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limits would be placed on greenhouse gas emissions. Permits would be needed to produce more pollution. 10. What is a nonnative species that causes problems in their new environment called? A) Endemic. B) Invasive. C) Keystone. D) Indicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invasive. 11. What is the largest reservoir of fresh water A) Fiji. B) Glaciers. C) The Eau Plaine River. D) Rain clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glaciers. 12. The "6th mass extinction" is Anthropogenic which means. A) Cause by man. B) Cause by aliens. C) Caused by a meteor storm. D) Caused by a volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause by man. 13. Please tick the aspects that apply to the term ecological niche A) Role. B) Uses resources. C) Food/ Habitat/ Trophic position. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. An oil rig malfunctioned in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil have polluted the salt water environment. Which specialists will be contacted to tend to affected wildlife and plant life? A) Marine Biologist. B) Archaeologist. C) Forester. D) Exterminator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine Biologist. 15. Change in a gene pool because of chance A) Evolution. B) Gene. C) Mutation. D) Genetic drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetic drift. 16. The primary sources of renewable energy in the US are A) Solar and wind energy. B) Hydroelectricity and tidal energy. C) Biomass and hydroelectricity. D) Geothermal and tidal energy. E) Wind and geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomass and hydroelectricity. 17. Example of a physical property A) Magnetism. B) Reactivity with oxygen. C) Flammability. D) Non-reactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnetism. 18. How many variables should be changed in a controlled experiment? A) 1-the independent variable. B) At least 2. C) 1-the dependent variable. D) 3 or more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1-the independent variable. 19. What is full form of CPCB? A) Central Population Control Board. B) Chandigarh Pollution Control Board. C) Central Pollution Control Board. D) Chandigarh Population Control Board. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Pollution Control Board. 20. Value A) Collection and classification of data. B) Information gathered during an experiment. C) Principles or standards considered to be important. D) In an experimental, that which does not receive the experimental treatment. 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