This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 467 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 467 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following biomes would support and be characterized by the greatest number and diversity of herbivores? A) Tundra. B) Short. C) Taiga. D) Grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grasslands. 2. What are the two stages of photosynthesis? A) Calvin Cycle and Krebs Cycle. B) ATP and ADP. C) Light Dependent and LIght Independent reactions. D) Light sensitive and cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light Dependent and LIght Independent reactions. 3. Which of the following has a bigger impact on your eco footprint? A) How much TV you watch. B) Length of your shower/bath. C) Type of Foot you eat. D) Type of Phone you have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Type of Foot you eat. 4. Grassland that receives less than 50 cm of annual rainfall. A) Prairie. B) Steppe. C) Grasslands. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steppe. 5. In which atmospheric layer is most water vapor found? A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 6. During which period in human history were most of our modern environmental problems introduced? A) Hunter-gatherer. B) Agricultural. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Biotechnology Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 7. The act of one organism consuming another for food is called what? A) Predation. B) Predator. C) Prey. D) Prada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predation. 8. What percentage of the global population lives in developed countries? What percentage of Earth's resources do they use?What percentage of the world's pollution do they cause? A) 10%, 80%, 75%. B) 25%, 98%, 80%. C) 19%, 88%, 75%. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 19%, 88%, 75%. 9. The massive spike in population growth that has occurred in the past 100 years is due to A) Modern medicine. B) Increased sanitation. C) Improved agriculture. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. What is the very next thing that happens after fertilisers enter a river in eutrophication? A) Fish die due to a lack of oxygen. B) Plants below the surface die due to a lack of sunlight. C) The number of aerobic bacteria increases. D) Fast growth of plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fast growth of plants. 11. What river caught fire in 1969 from all of the waste and pollution filling it? A) East River, New York. B) Mississippi River, Louisiana. C) Cuyahoga River, Ohio. D) Des Plaines River, Illinois. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuyahoga River, Ohio. 12. What protects the earth from harmful UV rays from the sun? A) Clouds. B) Ionosphere. C) Nitrogen gases. D) The ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ozone. 13. Hetch Hetchy was a beautiful valley in Yosemite. It damming in the 1920's caused major controversy among environmentalists. Opposition was led by John Muir and the Sierra Club. A) Hetch Hetchy. B) Rachel Carson. C) Sustainable world. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hetch Hetchy. 14. Assuming North is at the top of the map, which side of the mountain whose peak is 682.5 m is the steepest? A) Northwest. B) Southeast. C) North. D) East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northwest. 15. Environmental science does not consider the economic costs and benefits of environmental policies and actions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Which of the following government organizations is responsible for maintaining and enforcing environmental standards and laws? A) DOE-Department of Energy. B) NOOA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. C) EPA-Environmental Protection Agency. D) USGS-United States Geological Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EPA-Environmental Protection Agency. 17. Which procedure helps guard against faulty science contaminating the literature on which all scientists rely? A) Theorizing. B) Peer review. C) Considering ethics. D) Sustainable use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peer review. 18. ..... succession is a progression that begins with a total lack of organisms and bare minerals or water. A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Land. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 19. East or west amity is the ..... A) Good. B) Better. C) Best. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Best. 20. The ecological footprint for a person in a particular country takes into accountwhat requirements of supporting that individual? A) Land used for crops. B) Land taken up by housing. C) Forest area that absorbs pollution. D) All of these. 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