This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 38 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Characterized by high population growth rate, low energy use, and very low personal wealth A) Developed nation. B) Developing nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing nation. 2. National Parks are A) Species Centric. B) Ecosystem Centric. C) Habitat Centric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat Centric. 3. The variables you keep the same in the experiment essentially eliminating them are called ..... A) Independent variables. B) Dependent variables. C) Controlled variables. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Controlled variables. 4. Which correctly states the flow of energy in a food chain? A) Sun deer grass coyote. B) Deer grass sun coyote. C) Sun grass deer coyote. D) Sun grass coyote deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun grass deer coyote. 5. Environmentalism is different than Environmental Science because A) Environmentalism is unbiased, while env science can be biased. B) Environmental ism can be biased, while env science is an unbiased scientific study. C) Environmentalism is not a popular topic on the news, while env science is. D) Environmentalism is a scientific discipline, while env science is a social movement that fights to save the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental ism can be biased, while env science is an unbiased scientific study. 6. Which of these will reduce your carbon footprint? A) Drinking bottled water. B) Drinking filtered tap water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking filtered tap water. 7. Ozone molecules are made up of how many oxygen molecules? A) 6. B) 4. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 8. The word smog comes from a mix of the word ..... and ..... A) Smoke and fog. B) Industrial and photochemical. C) Fog and warmth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smoke and fog. 9. What pollutant created a hole in the ozone layer? A) CFCs. B) Chemicals from burning oil. C) PFPs. D) Oxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CFCs. 10. There's a joke going around about a midget who disperses seed which one of these relates to that A) C-a-s-t-r-a by hello my honey hello my right pod gal. B) Non native plants. C) Native plants. D) Pioneer plant species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pioneer plant species. 11. The water that flows out of a watershed is known as ..... A) Aquifer. B) Stream. C) River. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runoff. 12. What are the 4 main agents of erosion? A) Ice, Snow, Rocks. B) Landslides, Erosion, Volcanoes, Flooding. C) Wind, Water, Ice, Gravity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind, Water, Ice, Gravity. 13. ..... % of energy is passed on to the next level in the food chain/pyramid? A) 10%. B) 20%. C) 50%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 14. Which of the following statements about the biosphere is not true? A) The biosphere is a system closed to matter. B) Energy enters the biosphere in the form of sunlight. C) Nutrients in the biosphere must be continuously recycled. D) Matter is constantly added to the biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Matter is constantly added to the biosphere. 15. Check the box/es that apply. People who move from place to place; no permanent home A) Hermits. B) Nomadic. C) Pilgrims. D) Explorers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomadic. 16. Aquifer A) Underground rock formation that holds water. B) Law designed to improve water quality. C) Process by which increasing amounts of toxins in the bodies of organisms as toxins move up the food chain. D) Removing salt from salt water to make fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underground rock formation that holds water. 17. A team from an alternative energy corporation are working to design a special turbine that will run a rural area on wind power alone. Which professional could work with the engineering team to ensure that the force of wind on the blades will sufficiently turn the turbine to generate power? A) Archaeologist. B) Botanist. C) Physicist. D) Marine Biologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physicist. 18. All of the following are macromolecules EXCEPT A) Nucleic Acids. B) Proteins. C) Carbohydrates. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon Dioxide. 19. Trash from homes and businesses A) Bituminous. B) E-Waste. C) Municipal Solid Waste. D) Recycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Municipal Solid Waste. 20. Results in an increase of water temperature A) Thermal pollution. B) Water pollution. C) Biomagnification. D) Eutrophication. 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