This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 445 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 445 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Animal waste runoff is an example of which of the following? A) Point source pollution. B) Nonpoint source pollution. C) Widespread air pollution. D) Widespread hazardous waste pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint source pollution. 2. Name the inner body parts. A) Head, heart, tongue. B) Lungs, liver, heart. C) Eyes, hands, head. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs, liver, heart. 3. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a shift in two plates that pushed one section of the sea floor under another section of the sea floor by 5 meters. What type of boundary is this? A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent. 4. The variable that is being tested or changed A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 5. Select true or false:Natural resources called fossil fuels are the remains of plants, animals and other living things that died millions of years ago. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Aquaculture is defined as growing plants without soil. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. If these are present in a new environment, a species is unlikely to become invasive. A) Predators, parasites, and competitors. B) Cane toads, kudzu, and zebra mussels. C) Exotic species. D) Symbiotic and commensalist species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predators, parasites, and competitors. 8. Possible short-term effect of air pollution A) Temperature inversion. B) Lung cancer. C) Deafness. D) International agreement. E) Nausea. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Nausea. 9. A scientist wants to see if flower petal color attracts more pollinators. The Scientist uses different colored impatiens (a type of flower) and measures how many pollinators visits each of the different colored flowers over the span of 3 hours. What is the Dependent Variable? A) The type of pollinator. B) The color of the flower petal. C) The number of visits. D) The amount of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of visits. 10. What advantage does biodiesel have over ethanol? A) It is 100% carbon nutral. B) It can be manufactured from non-inorganic material. C) It requires less energy to produce. D) It can be used in any gasoline-burning engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It requires less energy to produce. 11. Photochemical smog forms when nitrogen oxides from car exhaust and VOCs react with heat and ..... to form ..... A) Warmth to form ozone. B) Sunlight to form ozone. C) Fog to form ozone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight to form ozone. 12. Which of the following has the possibility to reduce U.S. dependence on energy imports? A) Higher market prices for oil. B) More efficient distribution systems. C) The discovery of new oil sands. D) Continued extraction of crude oil. E) Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. 13. Cost-benefit analysis: A) Is one way to express the differences in consumption between nations. B) Is a tool that helps us create cost effective ways to protect our health and environment. C) Is the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely. D) Lists both the expenses and merits or benefits of a decision to implement a particular solution to an environmental problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lists both the expenses and merits or benefits of a decision to implement a particular solution to an environmental problem. 14. Bees make honey by shucking nectar from flowers A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The amount of a product offered for sale at a given price is ..... A) Supply. B) Cost. C) Inventory. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 16. Which of the following is a fossil? A) A plant that has recently died. B) A group of organisms that can reproduce. C) A structure or organ that no longer functions. D) A trace of an organisms that existed in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A trace of an organisms that existed in the past. 17. What is the benefit from switching from coal to natural gas? A) Stops oil burning fossil fuels. B) It only produces carbon dioxide. C) Prevents CO2 from becoming acidic. D) Helps with burning gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It only produces carbon dioxide. 18. Which of the follow belong to Social Sciences? A) Climatology. B) Anthropology. C) Ecology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropology. 19. Ecosystem ecology refers to how ..... and ..... come into an environment and move around. A) Time and Space. B) Energy and Materials. C) Energy and Time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy and Materials. 20. A nonrenewable energy source, formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago. A) Fossil Fuels. B) Troposphere. C) Greenhouse Gases. D) Solar Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil Fuels. ← 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