This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 378 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 378 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When Convection occurs in the atmosphere A) Cool air rises, warm air sinks. B) Warm air rises. cool air sinks. C) Warm air sinks, cool air sinks. D) Air moves sideways in layers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm air rises. cool air sinks. 2. How can we decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Burning more fossil fuels. B) Increasing industrial emissions. C) Planting more trees and reducing deforestation. D) Clearing more land for agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planting more trees and reducing deforestation. 3. Scientific ideas are tested by ..... A) Hypotheses. B) Theories. C) Experiments. D) Variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiments. 4. Which of the following of Mrs. Bennett's favorite animals is a herbivore? A) Owl. B) Natasha. C) Dog. D) Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natasha. 5. Means "man-made" A) Irrigation. B) Manufactured. C) Artificial. D) Anthropogenic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthropogenic. 6. The basic functional unit of life is a cell and all organisms are made up of one or more cells called ..... A) Carbon. B) Macromolecules. C) Macrocells. D) DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macromolecules. 7. A ..... material is not found naturally in the earth but is made by people. A) Non-renewable resource. B) Sustainable. C) Synthetic. D) Environmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthetic. 8. Pertaining to certain season of the year. A) Seasonal. B) Hotbed. C) Cold frame. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seasonal. 9. What is the name of the type of large brown algae that grows from the ocean floor of continental shelves, reaching upward toward the sunlit surface? A) Coral. B) Chiton. C) Kelp. D) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kelp. 10. Which biome is located in the eastern third of the US, most of Europe, and Japan? A) Tundra. B) Taiga. C) Grassland. D) Temperate deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate deciduous forest. 11. Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere but can only be used by plants when fixed by bacteria first? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen. 12. What is one of the primary factors that draws people from rural areas to urban areas? A) Less pollution. B) More jobs. C) More open space. D) Heat islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More jobs. 13. Warm water is drawn away from the equator toward the poles by A) The boy. B) The girl. C) The greenhouse effect. D) Thermohaline circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermohaline circulation. 14. What is part of the atmosphere? A) Air. B) Fungi. C) Soil. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air. 15. Fill in the blank: ..... :areas of land that belonged to a local municipality and used to obtain natural resources. A) Territory. B) Acres. C) Commons. D) Backyards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commons. 16. Which layer in the atmosphere protects us form harmful UV radiation? A) Ozone. B) Troposphere. C) Ionosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone. 17. A good way to save trees is to reduce one's paper usage A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which of the following can cause a biome to change very quickly? A) Climate. B) Plant life. C) People. D) Its latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People. 19. Permeable rock layers or sediments that freely transmit groundwater are A) Springs. B) Water tables. C) Rivers. D) Aquifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquifers. 20. Climate change involves factors, both internal and external. External ones include:A. Feedback between the atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaceB. Solar variabilityC. Earth's orbit alterationD. Variability within the climate systemE. Volcanic activityChoose from the options given below: A) A, B, and C only. B) B, C, and E only. C) C, D, and E only. D) A, B, and E only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B, C, and E only. ← 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