This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which phrase defines a scientific theory? A) An untested idea. B) An educated guess. C) An accepted description. D) A well-supported explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A well-supported explanation. 2. Which of the following in a natural resources? A) Water. B) Food. C) Sunlight. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. Per capita land consumption means the A) Amount of land a country uses as a whole. B) Amount of land each person uses. C) Type of land covered by state capitals. D) Type of land people live on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount of land each person uses. 4. Information gathered is A) An amazing thing. B) Data. C) Its not relevant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Data. 5. Isolines connecting points of equal temperature are called A) Isotherms. B) Isobars. C) Contour Lines. D) Equality Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isotherms. 6. The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support ..... A) Demography. B) Emigration. C) Exponential growth. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying capacity. 7. Describes the routes that carbon atoms take through the environment. Earth's oceans function extensively in this cycle. The largest human impact on the ..... cycle is through our use of fossil fuel as an energy source A) Water. B) Phosphorus. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon. 8. Observation or inference? The folder is blue A) Observation. B) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 9. How do biodiversity and sustainability work together? A) The lower the biodiversity the greater the sustainability. B) The higher the biodiversity, the less sustainable the ecosystem. C) The higher the biodiversity, the greater the sustainability. D) Biodiversity has nothing to do with sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The higher the biodiversity, the greater the sustainability. 10. What type of forest is the Great Smoky Mountains? A) Tropical Rain forest. B) Coastal Forest. C) Coniferous forest. D) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deciduous forest. 11. Rene grew bacteria from the mouth on special plates in the laboratory. She placed drops of different mouthwashes on bacteria on each plate. Which step of the scientific method is this? A) Stating the problem. B) Forming a hypothesis. C) Conducting an experiment. D) Drawing a conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conducting an experiment. 12. What was the first United States National Park? A) Yosemite. B) Yellowstone. C) Joshua Tree. D) The Grand Canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellowstone. 13. Which will occur if humans continue to overload water systems with excess nutrients? A) Chemosynthesis. B) Eutrophication. C) Nitrification. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eutrophication. 14. A planet traveling around the Sun is called A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) The Big Bang Theory. D) Solar Cycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 15. The ecological pyramid always starts with the following at the base A) Decoposer. B) Producer. C) Consumer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 16. Cynometra cebuensis a new species of Caesalpiniaceae described by Franz Siedensharz in 2013. It is only found in ..... A) Mt. Lantoy, Argao, Cebu. B) Tabunan Forest, Cebu City. C) Mt. Lanaya, Carmen, Cebu. D) Mt. Mayana, Barley, Cebu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tabunan Forest, Cebu City. 17. The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 18. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of renewable resources? A) They can be intermittent (only available at certain times or in certain places). B) They release a lot of CO2 and have a large carbon footprint. C) They are renewable and will always be available. D) Renewable resources have no disadvantages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can be intermittent (only available at certain times or in certain places). 19. Land used for houses, businesses, industry and roads A) Rangeland. B) Farmland. C) Parks and preserves. D) Urban land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urban land. 20. A spent fuel rod is one that has lost all of its radioactivity A) True. B) False. 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