This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 331 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 331 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Geothermal energy is obtained by harnessing A) Sunlight. B) Wind energy. C) Energy from tides. D) Hot underground water or streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hot underground water or streams. 2. Select true or false:Hydropower is energy that comes from water A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Carbon dioxide + water + sunlight = sugar + oxygenis the chemical equation for ..... A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Combustion reaction. D) Decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 4. Environmental science is a study of which types of interactions? A) Natural resource use. B) How humans interact with nonliving environment. C) How humans change the environment. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How humans change the environment. 5. The script used for reading by blind people is called as ..... A) Devanagari. B) Tamil. C) Braille. D) Thai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Braille. 6. Hydrogen could be used as a fuel source in the future because it A) Is abundant. B) Can be burned as fuel. C) Is used in fuel cells. D) All the options are acceptable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the options are acceptable. 7. Nonrenewable energy resources, such as oil, coal, and natural gas, are known as A) Solar Power. B) Renewable Natural Resource. C) Natural Resource. D) Fossil Fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil Fuel. 8. Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem service? A) Water filtration. B) Food. C) Oxygen. D) They all are!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They all are!. 9. Consumers are otherwise known as A) Autotrophs. B) Heterotrophs. C) Consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heterotrophs. 10. Succession that occurs in areas that previously didn't support life, such as on rocks or ice A) Tangential succession. B) Primary succession. C) Secondary succession. D) Quaternary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary succession. 11. As rain falls on a landfill, it sinks through the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW = garbage), picking up pesticides, heavy metals and organic compounds. This liquid is called A) Leachate. B) Methane. C) Garbage soup. D) Liners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leachate. 12. What form of electromagnetic radiation is released by the sun and used by plants to perform photosynthesis? A) Ultraviolet. B) Infrared. C) Visible. D) Microwave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visible. 13. In which layer of Earth's atmosphere does weather occur? A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 14. How long will it take for chlorofluorocarbons released from Earth s surface today to reach the stratosphere? A) About six months. B) One to two years. C) Three to five years. D) 10 to 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 to 20 years. 15. ..... variables are variables kept constant in a study. A) Controlled. B) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controlled. 16. True or False. Greenhouse Gasses trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. If a country has a Ecological Reserve, that means it A) Has a Higher Ecological Footprint than Biocapacity. B) Is not living sustainably within its country's limits. C) Has a higher Biocapacity than Ecological Footprint. D) Also has an Ecological Deficit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has a higher Biocapacity than Ecological Footprint. 18. What is an adaptation for the tundra? A) Fur. B) Nocturnal. C) Large leaves. D) Losing leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fur. 19. What is special about graduated cylinders? A) They hold large quantities of liquid safely. B) They measure small amounts very accurately. We use them when precision is important. C) They allow us to examine the liquid, we use them when looking for suspended solids. D) They are easily heated. We use graduated cylinders to heat liquids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They measure small amounts very accurately. We use them when precision is important. 20. A farmer wants to increase his crop yields of corn with little to no use of pesticides.Which of the following would the BEST solution? A) Incorporate the practice of no-till agriculture. B) Genetically modify the corn with the Bacillus thuringiensis gene. C) Apply manure on his cornfields. D) Plow the soil before planting seeds. 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