This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 441 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 441 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As more and more water vapor condenses, the water droplets grow heavier and eventually will fall back to earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Evaporation. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitation. 2. The number of protons and neutrons in an atom A) Atomic Number. B) Atomic Mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atomic Mass. 3. Which transfer of energy most directly contributes to sea breeze? A) Gravitational. B) Conduction. C) Convection. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection. 4. Means suitable for drinking A) Potable. B) Porous. C) Permeable. D) Pathnogenic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potable. 5. Resources can be renewable or non-renewable. A) True. B) False. C) Not enough information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The phenomenon of eutrophication is a manifestation of polluted pond and lake environments due to excess nutrients. Excess nutrition is mainly due to the content of which of the following ions exceeding the allowable level? A) Na+, K+. B) Ca2+, Mg2+. C) Type, BU43-. D) Cl-, SO42-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Type, BU43-. 7. What is salination? A) Is a process of accumulation of soluble salts in upper soil horizons. B) It is a process of accumulation of soluble minerals in upper soil horizons. C) It is a process of accumulation of soluble acid in upper soil horizons. D) It is a process of accumulation of soluble base in upper soil horizons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a process of accumulation of soluble salts in upper soil horizons. 8. An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed. A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Endemic species. D) Climax Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 9. Which term describes how many natural resources a person/group use over a period of time? A) Resource Management. B) Tragedy of Commons. C) Ecological Footprint. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological Footprint. 10. Many monomers can be linked together to form ..... A) Building blocks. B) Chemical reactions. C) Polymers. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polymers. 11. Between May 18 and August 7, 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted four times. What did the eruptions of Mount Saint Helens teach scientists? A) Salvage logging was essential to protecting the area from fire and insect threats. B) Many of the initial pioneering species actually survived the eruptions. C) Seeding the slopes was necessary to prevent erosion. D) Planting Douglas fir trees was essential to recovering the forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many of the initial pioneering species actually survived the eruptions. 12. Which type of plate boundary is associated with earthquakes? A) Convergent boundary. B) Divergent boundary. C) Transform boundary. D) Subduction boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform boundary. 13. True or False? Charles Darwin developed the "Theory of Evolution." A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. ABIOTIC factors in an environment are CONSTANT (always staying the same): A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which of the following is a source of point-pollution? A) Unlined landfills. B) Runoff from city streets. C) Precipitation containing air pollution. D) Runoff from farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlined landfills. 16. Scientists classify consumers into Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores based on how they meet their need for ..... A) Food. B) Water. C) Shelter. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food. 17. .... after carefully, these boots will last for many years. A) Looking. B) Looked. C) Look. D) Having looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking. 18. Chemicals dumped into a river from an unknown source. A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source pollution. 19. The theory of island biogeography suggests that species richness is affected by which of the following factors? I. island distance from mainlandII. how the island is formedIII. island size A) II only. B) III only. C) I and III. D) II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and III. 20. What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years? A) It has remained at the same level. B) It has decreased only slightly. C) It has increased dramatically. D) It has decreased dramatically. 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