This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. System that uses solar energy to heat water for household use A) Solar water heating. B) Geothermal energy. C) Passive solar heating. D) Solar cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar water heating. 2. When resources are limited, populations exhibit logistic growth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Full form of PETA A) People of Ethical Treatment of Animals. B) People of Endangered Treatment of Animals. C) Population of Endangered species of Animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People of Ethical Treatment of Animals. 4. Terrestrial biomes are defined mainly by their A) Climate & plants. B) Climate & animals. C) Animals & plants. D) Climate only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate & plants. 5. Which of the following is studied in environmental science? A) Interactions between living organisms and their nonliving environment. B) Impact of humans on the environment. C) Interactions between organisms. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 6. Some people argue that because Earth's resources are ultimately limited, nonstop economic growth is A) Not a problem. B) Inevitable. C) Not sustainable. D) Highly desirable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not sustainable. 7. Abbreviation for carbon monoxide? A) SN. B) CO. C) He. D) CO5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CO. 8. Which scientific discipline is closely related to environmental science and focuses on the interactions between organisms and their environments? A) Chemistry. B) Sociology. C) Ecology. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 9. What is one specific effect caused by global warming on the environment? A) Reduction in polar ice. B) Coral reefs being destroyed. C) More extreme storms. D) All of the other answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other answers. 10. The Tragedy of the Commons refers to Government A) Overuse of privately held resources. B) Overuse of common shared resources. C) Overregulation of resources. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overuse of common shared resources. 11. Covers large areas of the interior of continents, moderate rainfall, but too little for trees. A) Temperate grassland. B) Desert. C) Savannah. D) The obi is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperate grassland. 12. Many things we use on a daily basis, including pencils, ..... and wooden furniture, are made from trees. A) DVDs. B) Magic. C) Computers. D) Paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paper. 13. In a food web that consists of grass, mice, deer, coyotes, and hawks, which species is likely to have the greatest biomass? A) Grass. B) Mice. C) Coyotes. D) Hawks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grass. 14. Why has acid rain increased in the last 200 years? A) Depletion of the ozone layer. B) Climate change. C) Increased burning of fossil fuels. D) Increased water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased burning of fossil fuels. 15. The mountains of the Sierra Nevada play a role in the formation of desert in eastern California and Nevada. What is this an example of? A) The lithosphere influencing the cryosphere. B) The biosphere influencing the lithosphere. C) The lithosphere influencing the atmosphere and biosphere. D) The atmosphere influencing the lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lithosphere influencing the atmosphere and biosphere. 16. Layer of atmosphere in which Ozone layer lies is: A) Exosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 17. Ecological footprint A) A philosophy that has led social movement with the consequences Impact of of human activities on the environment. B) Aesthetic and spiritual values formed the core of his philosophy of nature protection. C) Evaluates and illustrates our ecological impacts. D) The idea that economic improvements for the world's poorest populations is possible without devastating the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaluates and illustrates our ecological impacts. 18. Volcanoes are created along A) Divergent and Convergent boundaries. B) Transform and Convergent boundaries. C) Divergent and Transform boundaries. D) The boundary between Illionois and Wisconsin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent and Convergent boundaries. 19. Increasing public transit is one way to get people in a metropolitan area to drive less. What is public transit? A) A network of buses, trains, and other vehicles used for moving passengers. B) Not allowing people to build developments on farmland. C) Replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building. D) When all the 7th graders get in Ms. Dodor's beetle and go to Taco Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A network of buses, trains, and other vehicles used for moving passengers. 20. The erosion of land caused by ocean waves is called ..... A) Erosion. B) Abrasion. C) Sediment. D) Glacier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abrasion. ← 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