This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 330 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 330 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Coal is formed from A) Rocks. B) A factory. C) Remains of small organisms that lived many millions of years ago in our oceans. D) Plant remains along with heat and pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plant remains along with heat and pressure. 2. How do humans alter the carbon cycle? A) By replacing forests/vegetation with urban development. B) By burning fossil fuels, which adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. C) By increasing their population, which reduces carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. D) By removing atmospheric nitrogen to make fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By burning fossil fuels, which adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. 3. A decision-making process in which you compare what you will sacrifice and gain by a specific action A) Ecological footprint. B) Cost-benefit analysis. C) Environmental science. D) Law of supply and demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cost-benefit analysis. 4. What is the term for sharing a car with other people instead of driving alone? A) Carpooling. B) Carsharing. C) Ridesharing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Which is an example of an energy resource? A) Salt. B) Natural gas. C) Limestone. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural gas. 6. Which choice isn't a source of outdoor pollution? A) Smoke. B) Volcanic eruptions. C) Smog. D) Radon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radon. 7. The metic unit for measuring length is ..... A) Liter. B) Meter. C) Celsius. D) Gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 8. The continent that has the most countries suffering from a lack of food security is: A) Asia. B) South America. C) Africa. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa. 9. Higher temperatures cause more evaporation which leads to more water vapor in the atmosphere. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas so will trap more heat so the atmosphere will warm more. A) Positive Feedback. B) Negative Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Feedback. 10. This word is used to describe land-based habitats A) Terrestrial. B) Aquatic. C) Biotic. D) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrestrial. 11. Does the word endemic mean the same as endangered A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. Combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that results in weakened trade winds across the Pacific Ocean A) The boy. B) The girl. C) Interglacial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy. 13. Choose the correct answer to fill in the missing content in the concept below? "..... is development that meets the needs of the present without harming the ability of future generations to meet those needs on the basis of a close and harmonious combination of economic growth., ensuring social progress and protecting natural resources A) Comprehensive development. B) Green development. C) Sustainable development. D) Sustainable Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainable Development. 14. Which of the following is not a mechanism of energy transfer through or within Earth's atmosphere? A) Radiation. B) Condensation. C) Conduction. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condensation. 15. What kind of resource is water? A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Point source. D) Nonpoint source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 16. Known for being the most bio-diverse land Biome A) Tropical Rainforest. B) Temperate Rainforest. C) Tundra. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical Rainforest. 17. What does the ozone layer stop most of from reaching the earth? A) Aliens. B) UV rays. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UV rays. 18. What is an environmental service that forests provide? A) Stores carbon, releases oxygen, moderates climate. B) Fuel. C) Transportation. D) Helped society achieve a high standard of living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stores carbon, releases oxygen, moderates climate. 19. What is the purpose of biodegradable plastics? A) Capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. B) Generate wind energy. C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. D) Reduce the environmental impact of traditional plastics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduce the environmental impact of traditional plastics. 20. The beaver cuts down trees to eat and to build dams, which make wetlands that become home to other animals and plants. The role a species plays in its ecosystem, including its preferred climate and food source, is its ..... A) Habitat. 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