This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 450 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 450 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The most common gas in the atmosphere is ..... A) Nitrogen. B) Ozone. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen. 2. The prefix bio means ..... A) Two. B) Death. C) Life. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 3. Which is a service function of the environment? A) Natural greenhouse gases to aid atmosphere. B) Logging to create timber prodcuts. C) Policies that look out for the environments future. D) The creation of chemicals to be used to prevent damage to the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural greenhouse gases to aid atmosphere. 4. Solar, Wind and Geothermal energy are known to be ..... and ..... energy sources. A) Renewable, alternative. B) Renewable, conventional. C) Conventional, alternative. D) Nonrenewable, conventional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable, alternative. 5. Any harmful substance released into the soil, air, or water is called ..... A) Coliform. B) Nurdles. C) Smog. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollution. 6. 2 types of pollution include A) Recyclable pollutants a biodegradable pollutant. B) Point source pollutant & nonpoint source pollutant. C) Gross pollutant & disgusting pollutant. D) Leachate & solid municipal waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point source pollutant & nonpoint source pollutant. 7. What is land subsidence? A) The gradual depletion of the topsoil. B) The gradual or sudden sinking of the land due to the removal of subsurface materials. C) The gradual degradation of the land by the use of pesticides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gradual or sudden sinking of the land due to the removal of subsurface materials. 8. What is part of the atom is negatively charged? A) Proton. B) Neutron. C) Electron. D) Magnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electron. 9. Which of the following terms means "the process by which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals" ? A) Evolution. B) Natural Selection. C) Artificial Selection. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural Selection. 10. What is a harm of the hunter-gatherer period? A) People lived in big cities. B) Individual families relied on themselves for food. C) Extinction of animals. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extinction of animals. 11. The brown haze dome formed in cities is because of which gas? A) Sulphur dioxide. B) Nitrogen oxide. C) . Carbon dioxide. D) Carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon monoxide. 12. What is one of the major disadvantages of solar energy? A) It is only available when there is sunlight. B) It gives of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. C) Scientists have not discovered a way to capture it. D) It produces radioactive waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is only available when there is sunlight. 13. What does denitrification do? A) Converts fixed nitrogen into nitrogen gas. B) Converts nitrogen gas into fixed nitrogen. C) Makes nitrates. D) Makes ammonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Converts fixed nitrogen into nitrogen gas. 14. Which choice describes a way that humans have used passive solar energy historically? A) Drying clothes in a drying machine. B) Gas home heaters. C) Greenhouses that use glass to trap heat. D) To power computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouses that use glass to trap heat. 15. Student has found the following information:* Blades of a turbine that is turned by water * Located near rivers and large lakes What alternative energy source does this information describe? A) Solar energy. B) Hydroelectricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydroelectricity. 16. Which is considered a nonrenewable resource? A) Water. B) Animals. C) Fossil fuels. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 17. When a product breaks down or doesn't work properly, fix it. A) Reduce. B) Recycle. C) Reuse. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repair. 18. Process of germination is A) Leaf preparing food. B) New plants grow from the seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New plants grow from the seeds. 19. Which group of animals would be served best by the following adaptations?Large ears to dissipate heat. A) Animals that live in deserts. B) Animals that live in the tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animals that live in deserts. 20. Biodegradable:nonbiodegradable:: A) Pollutant:toxin. B) Plastic:newspaper. C) Cotton:polyester. D) Mercury:lead. 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