This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 453 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 453 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How long does it take Earth to rotate one time? A) 24 Hours. B) 365 Days. C) 29.5 Days. D) 1 Hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 Hours. 2. Which of these is not one of the two goals of almost every conservation plan? A) To protect a species from harm. B) To be as sustainable as possible. C) To protect the species' habitat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be as sustainable as possible. 3. A water strider can skate along the top of a pond because: A) Specific heat. B) Surface tension. C) Adhesion. D) Capillary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface tension. 4. Most of the water on Earth is A) Fresh water. B) River water. C) Salt water. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt water. 5. It is an international agreement to protect ozone layer by phasing out the use of ozone-depleting subtances. It is one of the most sucessful international environmental agreement. A) Paris Agreement. B) CITES. C) Kyoto Protocol. D) Montreal Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Montreal Protocol. 6. Which of the following is considered to be biodegradable? A) Soda Can. B) Paper cups. C) Water Bottles. D) Styrofoam cups. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paper cups. 7. Estimates measurements A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 8. Below are the human activities that cause the environmental changes, except ..... A) Mining. B) Deforestation. C) Earthquake. D) Environmental pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake. 9. A secondary pollutant A) Forms in the stratosphere. B) Is transformed by sunlight or water. C) Cannot be directly tracked. D) Does not directly harm humans. E) Forms primarily from incomplete combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is transformed by sunlight or water. 10. Tsunamis are caused by ..... A) Underwater Earthquakes that create large ripples in the water that eventually push out into land. B) Someone leaving the faucet running for too long. C) Someone doing a huge cannon ball in the middle of the ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underwater Earthquakes that create large ripples in the water that eventually push out into land. 11. Another term for consumer A) Heterotroph. B) Autotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterotroph. 12. Minamata disease was first detected in ..... ? A) Japan. B) USA. C) India. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 13. The number and variety of a species that live in a given area is the ..... A) Variability. B) Community. C) Species. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 14. The easy way to pick out an experiments responding (DV) variable is to look for: A) What was purposefully changed. B) Number of trials. C) What's being measured. D) The test group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What's being measured. 15. Species are threatened asforests and other habitats are cleared andpolluted. A) Resource Depletion. B) Deforestation. C) Pollution. D) Habitat Destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat Destruction. 16. All the water on, in, and surrounding the earth A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 17. The major source of noise pollution worldwide is due to: A) Office Equipment. B) Transport System. C) Sugar, Textile, and Paper Industries. D) Oil Refineries and Thermal Powerplants tagsModerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oil Refineries and Thermal Powerplants tagsModerate. 18. How does the air move in a land breeze? A) From east to west. B) From west to east. C) From the land to the ocean. D) From the ocean to the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From the land to the ocean. 19. All organisms that cannot swim actively in open water, they are consumed by other living creatures A) Nekton. B) Benthos. C) Plankton. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plankton. 20. A species is considered endangered if it ..... A) Lives in an area that is legally protected from harmful human activities. B) Lives in an area that has been impacted by many invasive species. C) Has so few individual survivors that the species could soon become extinct. D) Has been identified as part of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has so few individual survivors that the species could soon become extinct. ← 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