This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 414 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 414 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes science? A) Scientific ideas are supported and accepted. B) Scientific ideas are proven and accepted. C) Scientific ideas are supported and believed. D) Scientific ideas are proven and believed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific ideas are supported and accepted. 2. If an animal is amphibious, it means it can live on land and in the water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Smog is a form of air pollution that ..... visibility A) Reduces. B) Increases. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduces. 4. What is a man-made hole drilled below water table? A) Natural spring. B) Lake. C) Wetlands. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Well. 5. International law where countries agree to cut back on carbon emissions to curb climate change A) Montreal Protocol. B) Kyoto Protocol. C) Stockholm Agreement. D) CITES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kyoto Protocol. 6. Soil is a A) Perpetually renewable resource. B) Potentially renewable resource. C) Nonrenewable resource. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potentially renewable resource. 7. The amount of salt in a quantity of water is called ..... A) Salinity. B) Evaporation. C) Mohs Scale. D) Richter Scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salinity. 8. When energy changes forms some of it is lost usually as heat A) CERCLA. B) The Second Law of Thermodynamics. C) Law of conservation of energy. D) Law of conservation of mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second Law of Thermodynamics. 9. An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Autotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivore. 10. What is one way a person can help to conserve or save energy? A) Drive a big car with no passengers. B) Cut off lights when they exit a room. C) Brush teeth with hot water. D) Ride a tricycle to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut off lights when they exit a room. 11. Which of the following determines whether a resource is a renewable or nonrenewable resource? A) The cost for obtaining and using the resource. B) The effect of the resource on the environment. C) Whether the resource is used to generate energy or is made into products. D) The rate at which the resource can be replaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The rate at which the resource can be replaced. 12. How much of our planet is estimated to be covered with water? A) 68%. B) 50%. C) 97%. D) 75%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 75%. 13. About how many known species are in the world? A) 1.4 million. B) 140, 000. C) 5, 600, 000. D) 1, 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.4 million. 14. Species that is NOT native to a specific location AND has a tendency to spread/damage the environment: A) Native species. B) Invasive species. C) Endemic species. D) Exotic species. E) Extinct species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invasive species. 15. What is one of the goals of soil conservation? A) Reduce pesticide usage. B) Increase herbicide usage. C) Reduce erosion. D) Increase nutrient depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce erosion. 16. Helped establish the national parks system: A) John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt. B) The Endangered Species Act. C) Sustainability. D) Environment. E) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt. 17. Which biome covers approximately 70% of the Earth's surface? A) Deciduous forest. B) Ocean. C) Rivers. D) Coral reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ocean. 18. Which of the following is an example of secondary succession? A) Growth of plants after a forest is destroyed by fire. B) Breaking down of bare rock by fungi and mosses. C) Appearance of weeds in cracks in a concrete surface. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth of plants after a forest is destroyed by fire. 19. The series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and organisms A) Phosphorus cycle. B) Nitrogen cycle. C) Denitrification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen cycle. 20. When water changes form from a LIQUID to a GAS? A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Precipitation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. ← 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