This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 440 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 440 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water that seeps into soil and enters through aquifers is called ..... ? A) Reservoir. B) Standing Water. C) Running Water. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 2. If a 100 W incandescent bulb uses 400 kJ of energy per hour. How much would a CFL use that is 3 times as efficient IN 30 MINUTES? A) 66 kJ. B) 133 kJ. C) 200 kJ. D) 1200 kJ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 66 kJ. 3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:▪ Warns of safe weather, conducts research, and guides protection of ocean resources. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Which organization conducts particle physics experiments to better understand the universe? A) Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. B) Yosemite National Park. C) CERN. D) White Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CERN. 5. Biocentrism: A) Human-centered ethics. B) Life-centered ethics. C) Ecosystem-centered ethics. D) Corporate-centered ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life-centered ethics. 6. A poller bear has big nubs for ears. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. I am going to eat 5 chocolate candies everyday for the next year and see if my weight changes, what is the dependent variable? A) The candy. B) Your weight. C) The type of chocolate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your weight. 8. The type of reasoning where a person makes conclusions based on observations and patterns is called ..... A) Inductive reasoning. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Conjecture. D) Experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inductive reasoning. 9. Species critical to the functioning of an ecosystem A) Apex predator. B) Keystone species. C) Tertiary consumer. D) Endemic species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keystone species. 10. On a graph, which axis shows the dependent variable? A) X-axis. B) Y-axis. C) Neither. D) It changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Y-axis. 11. All the living things with which an organism interacts is called A) Ecosystem. B) Environment. C) Earth. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment. 12. The creation of dams and reservoirs has decreased the annual reliable runoff available for human use. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. As one apple on a tree ripens, it releases chemicals that lead the apples next to them to ripen as well. These apples also release chemicals that influence the apples around them until the entire tree has ripe fruit. Which type of feedback is this? A) Negative Feedback. B) Positive Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive Feedback. 14. Two-thirds of the sulfur dioxide that pollutes the air is produced by A) Automobile exhaust. B) Industrial boilers. C) Electric power plants. D) Catalytic converters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electric power plants. 15. What is the disease you get if you don't eat Vitamin B A) Night Blindness. B) Scurvy. C) Anaemia. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaemia. 16. ..... % of energy is release from each level through ..... A) 20% cooling. B) 10% heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10% heat. 17. ..... are organisms that use nonliving organic matter as a source of energy and raw materials to build their bodies. A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Parasites. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 18. How many plastic bottles were used last year? A) 38 million. B) 153 million. C) 768 million. D) 50 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50 billion. 19. Which condition would lead to the highest prices? A) Low supply, high demand. B) High supply, high demand. C) High supply, low demand. D) Low supply, low demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low supply, high demand. 20. The definition of pollution is A) The contamination of land. B) The contamination of sea. C) The contamination of air. D) The contamination of land, sea, and/or air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The contamination of land, sea, and/or air. ← 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