This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 362 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 362 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Coal is A) Renewable. B) Non Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non Renewable. 2. All of the following make up the 3 major categories of environmental problems except A) Resource depletion. B) Pollution. C) Loss of biodiversity. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overpopulation. 3. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF AIR TRANSPORT? A) BUS. B) SHIP. C) HELICOPTER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HELICOPTER. 4. Air is made of nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and water (H2O). What do these all have in common? A) They are all pure elements. B) They are all ions. C) They are all individual atoms. D) They are all molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are all molecules. 5. What do the following resources have in common:sunlight, wind energy, wave energy A) They will always be there for us. B) They can run out. C) They're pretty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will always be there for us. 6. There are ..... major layers of the Earth's atmosphere A) Three. B) Four. C) Five. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four. 7. A swamp: A) Only has ogres living in it. B) Contains trees and vines. C) Contains only different types of grasses. D) Contains only a few types of organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contains trees and vines. 8. Which method reduces the volume of waste but could release toxic emission into the atmosphere? A) Sanitary landfill. B) Incineration. C) Discharge to sewers. D) Chemical treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incineration. 9. Industrial waste and sewage cause most of ..... pollution. A) Mangrove swamp. B) Deep ocean. C) Freshwater swamps. D) Coastal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coastal. 10. Which process below does NOT release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere: A) Respiration (Breathing). B) Burning Fossil Fuels. C) Decomposition of organic matter. D) Consumption of nutrients (Eating). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumption of nutrients (Eating). 11. What do you call the part of the investigation that IS manipulated? A) Control. B) Independent variable. C) Dependent variable. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 12. What gives "topsoil" its dark color? A) Dark rock colored particles that have eroded. B) Excess water found in the soil. C) Decomposition of living organisms. D) A large percentage of clay particles found in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposition of living organisms. 13. What is the prime factor in moving surface currents of the ocean? A) Earthquakes. B) Inflow from rivers. C) Heat from the sun. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 14. What will need to happen with the depletion of fossil fuel reserves? A) Increasing use of fossil fuels. B) Production of new fossil fuels. C) Increasing use of alternative energy sources. D) Reduction of renewable energy sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing use of alternative energy sources. 15. According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of copperdeclined but the demand remained the same? A) Copper prices would drop. B) Copper prices would increase. C) Copper usage would drop. D) Copper usage would increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Copper prices would increase. 16. Renewable resources are unlimited A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Photosynthesis is the process of making food. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. All the organisms on earth get their energy directly or indirectly from? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Water. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sun. 19. A relationship between two species in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it. A) Mutualism. B) Symbiosis. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasitism. 20. Anything that is obtained from the environment to meet the needs and wants of human beings. A) Renewable resources. B) Non-renewable resources. C) Resources. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resources. ← 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