This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 468 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 468 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What characteristic of a cactus could be found in many other desert plants? A) Leaves and stems that are adapted to conserve water. B) A deep root system for gathering water. C) Lush growth that serves to trap water if it rains. D) Broad leaves that protect the plants from the hot sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaves and stems that are adapted to conserve water. 2. Pollutants that are not broken down by natural processes A) Nondegradable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Renewable. D) Biodegradable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nondegradable. 3. The rotation of Earth on its axis is gradually slowing. This change in rotation rate will MOST likely cause the A) Length of days on Earth to become longer. B) Phases of the moon to change more slowly. C) Changing of seasons on Earth to occur more quickly. D) Length of the orbit around the Sun to become shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Length of days on Earth to become longer. 4. Industrialization is a contributing factor to climate change. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. A top predator ..... A) Has no natural enemies. B) Is a meat eater. C) Is a heterotroph. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Polluted groundwater is difficult to clean up because A) Groundwater is deep in the ground and dispersed through large areas of rock. B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up the aquifer and contaminate the clean water. C) The recycling process of groundwater can take hundreds or thousands of years. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. Cannot be broken down by biological processes A) Plant waste. B) Paper. C) Plastic. D) Yard waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic. 8. Why is freshwater important? A) So we can have lakes and Rivers. B) There is no such thing as freshwater. C) We need it to survive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We need it to survive. 9. This professional plays a vital role in maintaining the safety of the public by researching trends in data related to weather. Some professionals broadcast over media outlets when extreme weather warnings are in effect. A) Hydrologist. B) Physicist. C) Meteorologist. D) Epidemiologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorologist. 10. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral? A) Naturally occuring. B) Atoms in random patterns. C) Usually an inorganic solid. D) Orderly internal structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms in random patterns. 11. A carbon containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things A) Black Gold. B) Nonrenewable. C) Fossil Fuel. D) Petrified Dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil Fuel. 12. New individuals move into a population. A) Immigration. B) Emigration. C) Migration. D) Survivorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration. 13. Upper soil layers holding air and water make up the A) Zone of aeration. B) Zone of saturation. C) Zone of alliteration. D) Recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zone of aeration. 14. Warmer, less salty water moves along the surface of the ocean, while cooler saltier water moves deep beneath the ocean. This ocean movement is referred to as ..... A) Global warming. B) Thermohaline circulation. C) The boy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermohaline circulation. 15. Who was Garret Hardin? A) Author of pride & Prejudice. B) Father of Evolution. C) Won the nobel prize in ecology. D) Author of the essay Tragedy of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author of the essay Tragedy of the Commons. 16. Which of the following is NOT a step in the scientific method? A) State Observations about the problem. B) Collect Data. C) Theory of relativity. D) Retest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory of relativity. 17. If new information conflicts with previous findings, what should the scientist do? A) Keep the new information to themselves. B) Argue against the new information. C) Evaluate the new information. D) Ignore the new information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaluate the new information. 18. Pythons in the Everglades and Lionfish in the Atlantic are examples of A) Invasive species. B) Pioneer species. C) Keystone species. D) Native species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasive species. 19. An ocean, a forest, and a grassy meadow are each examples of a complete ecosystem. Complete ecosystems contain ..... A) Only animals. B) Only rocks and water. C) Living and nonliving things. D) Populations of plants and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living and nonliving things. 20. Environments have changed over millions of years. Which of these would be best for a scientist to study when investigating these environmental changes? A) Volcanic deposits. B) Weather forecasts. C) Fossil records. D) Ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil records. ← 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