This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 454 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 454 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A method for studying the natural world is ..... A) Science. B) Social studies. C) English. D) Math. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science. 2. Temperature inversions can create A) Fog. B) Earthquakes. C) Droughts. D) Floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fog. 3. Cellular Respiration is a chemical reaction in which living organisms take in oxygen and glucose (sugar) from the environment and are converted to carbon dioxide, water, and ATP (energy). These products are then later outputted to the external environment. This is an example of a: A) Open system. B) Closed system. C) Process plants can't complete. D) Cool process organisms go through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed system. 4. Which fossil fuel can be stored underground until use or transported through pipelines and liquefied? A) Coal. B) Oil. C) Peat. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural gas. 5. The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another. A) Continental Drift. B) Igneous Rock. C) Lithosphere. D) Erosion. E) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erosion. 6. In a rain forest, plants called THIS use the entire surface of a tree as a place to live. A) Understory. B) Epiphytes. C) Canopy. D) Permafrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphytes. 7. Which sector of the US uses the majority of energy resources? A) Residential. B) Commercial. C) Residential. D) Industry and Manufacturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industry and Manufacturing. 8. A social movement advocating for protection of the natural environment. A) EACA. B) Environmental activism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental activism. 9. A factor that responds to the changes the experimenter makes on the y-axis of a graph A) Dependent Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Control Group. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Variable. 10. The long term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region A) Precipitation. B) Climate. C) Weather. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 11. Fishermen have harvested certain fish to the point where the population of that fish is decreasing. This level of direct harvesting could cause A) Ecosystems to be improved for future generations. B) Ecosystems to be severely damaged. C) The restoration of environmental stability. D) All other fish species to increase in number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystems to be severely damaged. 12. Oceans are responsible for 40% of all photosynthesis that occurs on Earth A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Canada has one of the largest estuaries in the world A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What is one human action that may have caused global ozone depletion? A) Use of CFC's. B) Over fishing. C) Using alternate energy. D) Reducing our use of plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of CFC's. 15. All organisms that swim actively in open water, independent of currents A) D Nekton. B) B) Littoral. C) C) Benthos. D) D) Nekton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D) Nekton. 16. Which of the following is NOT one of the three types or levels of biodiversity? A) Genetic biodiversity. B) Species biodiversity. C) Ecosystem/habitat biodiversity. D) Evolutionary biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evolutionary biodiversity. 17. Which biome is found on the mountain above the tree line? A) Grassland. B) Deciduous forest. C) Tundra. D) Tropical forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra. 18. What does climate mean? A) Average rain, snow, or sleet fall over a season. B) Average temperature of the world over a period of time. C) Average temperature and precipitation over a period of time. D) The temperature and precipitation for ONE particular day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Average temperature and precipitation over a period of time. 19. How many periods is US Environmental Policy divided? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 20. Which scenario is most likely to be a direct impact of a growing human population on the environment? A) Increased biodiversity for use in feeding the growing human population. B) Decreased caloric needs per person as the human population continues to grow. C) Decreased land availability for growing food to feed the growing human population. D) Increased plant species to be used in developing new medicines and pharmaceuticals. 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