This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 348 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 348 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The EPA is A) Environmental protection agency. B) Department of energy. C) National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. D) United states geological survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental protection agency. 2. Needles for food production A) Coniferous. B) Rain. C) Deciduous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coniferous. 3. The production of ..... involves heat and pressure to convert plant material to Peat and finally Anthracite. A) Oil. B) Natural gas. C) Uranium. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 4. What two compounds is photochemical smog formed from? A) Acidic and basic compounds. B) Nitrogen compounds. C) Oxygen and Flouride. D) VOCs and nitrogen oxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VOCs and nitrogen oxides. 5. The Moon revolves around Earth once every 29.5 days. It takes the Moon the same amount of time for it to complete one rotation. Because of this phenomenon, the same side of the Moon always faces Earth. Which BEST explains what makes the timing of the revolution and rotation of the Moon equal? A) The lack of water on the Moon. B) The lack of atmosphere on the Moon. C) The pull of gravity on the Moon by Earth. D) The large distance between Earth and the Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pull of gravity on the Moon by Earth. 6. ..... is the total amount of water taken form any given natural source A) The Figi effect. B) The Nestle Water effect. C) Withdrawal. D) Disgard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Withdrawal. 7. Nucleic acids include the elements A) N, O, C. B) N, O, C, H, P. C) C, O, H. D) H, N, C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N, O, C, H, P. 8. One of the key habits of the mind of scientists is ....., which allows scientists to expand the boundaries of what we know. A) Intellectual honesty. B) Replication. C) Imagination. D) Correlation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intellectual honesty. 9. Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species? A) Genus and Kingdom. B) Phylum and Class. C) Family and class. D) Genus and species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genus and species. 10. Mammals have feathers and wings for flying. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Porosity A) Is the percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces. B) Is the ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it. C) Is the ability of rock or soil to not allow water to flow through it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces. 12. How do plants make their food? A) Vita Mix. B) Cellular respiration. C) Condensation. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 13. Eutrophication that occurs because of the introduction of inorganic plant nutrients into a body of water through sewage and fertilizer runoff A) Artificial (cultural) eutrophication. B) Biological magnification. C) Thermal pollution. D) Recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial (cultural) eutrophication. 14. Which of the following is a principle of smart growth? A) Protecting wildlife. B) Focusing development outside of existing urban centers. C) Creating neighborhoods best suited for cars. D) Building up, not out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Building up, not out. 15. How much time must pass to determine the climate of an area? A) 1 day. B) 30 weeks. C) 30 months. D) 30 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30 years. 16. In which layer of the atmosphere does the ozone occur? A) Mesosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 17. Which of the following management and enforcement of standards, usually controlled by various levels of government bureaucracy? A) Legislation. B) Management. C) Local Government. D) Regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regulation. 18. Stratosphere contains the Ozone layer A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Removing trees from an area for agriculture or human expansion A) Microclimates. B) Deforestation. C) Heat islands. D) Industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 20. What is a tectonic plate? A) Crust and Asthenosphere. B) Asthenosphere and Lithosphere. C) Crust and upper mantle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust and upper mantle. ← 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