This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 399 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 399 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sulfur can be added to the atmosphere by A) Burning coal, oil and gasoline. B) Respiration. C) Nitrogen fixing bacteria. D) Decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning coal, oil and gasoline. 2. Unwanted material A) Ecological footprint. B) Environment. C) Pollution. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 3. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples of A) Organizations that promote poaching. B) Polls measuring American opinion about biodiversity. C) Treaties to protect biodiversity. D) Laws to increase the number of species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treaties to protect biodiversity. 4. Where is most fresh water located? A) In lakes and rivers. B) Below ground. C) In the atmosphere. D) In glaciers and ice sheets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In glaciers and ice sheets. 5. A grant of cash or a public resource that is intended to encourage a particular activity or lower the price of a product A) Economics. B) Subsidy. C) Green tax. D) Ecolabeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsidy. 6. Tolerance is the ability to survive and reproduce under changing environmental conditions. What is the term for organisms with very wide tolerance ranges? A) Specialists. B) Generalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalists. 7. Which of the following activities emits the most air pollutants? A) Agricultural activities. B) Traffic activities. C) Living activities. D) Industrial production activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traffic activities. 8. Which of Earth's spheres encompasses all of Earth's water? A) The hydrosphere. B) The atmosphere. C) The asthenosphere. D) The geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The atmosphere. 9. How can we conserve virtual water use? A) Turning off the faucets when brushing your teeth. B) Fixing your leaky faucets. C) Installing low-flow showerhead. D) Eating more whole foods and fewer processed foods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating more whole foods and fewer processed foods. 10. Within this time, population (26) ..... hugely and people A) Has increased. B) Have increased. C) Increases. D) Increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has increased. 11. Completed in 2005, this is the most comprehensive assessment of the condition of the world's ecological systems and their capacity to continue supporting us A) Environmental Law. B) Clean Air Act. C) Environmental Protection Agency. D) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 12. A logical interpretation of the data based on prior knowledge and experience A) Law. B) Theory. C) Inference. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inference. 13. What are "apex predators?" A) Primary consumers. B) Producers. C) Top predators. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Top predators. 14. Increasing quantities of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be ..... A) Warmer. B) Cooler. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warmer. 15. What causes the seasons? A) Earth's tilt on its axis. B) The Earth's distance from the sun. C) Global warming/climate change. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's tilt on its axis. 16. What occurs at tectonics plate boundaries that collide and separate from one another? A) Earthquakes. B) Landslides. C) Tsunamis. D) Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcanoes. 17. Hyrdo Power is a ..... energy resource. A) Renewable. B) Non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 18. The dependent variable is graphed on the A) X-axis. B) Y-axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Y-axis. 19. What term describes the increase in the Earth's average temperature A) Global cooling. B) Climate Alteration. C) Global Warming. D) Climate Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global Warming. 20. On our field trip to the Ecocenter, we learned that the ..... is the 2nd most biodiverse river system in the world. A) Amazon. B) Coosa River Basin. C) Chattahoochee River Basin. D) Atlantic ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coosa River Basin. ← 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