This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 470 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 470 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of the Tragedy of the Commons A) The cod population in a bay is wiped out due to overfishing. B) The cod population in a bay is saved by regulated fishing. C) The cod population in a bay is increasing due to poaching. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cod population in a bay is wiped out due to overfishing. 2. If a substance is being transported via endocytosis, what does this mean? A) No energy is being used. B) It is being moved into the cell. C) It is being moved out of the cell. D) Water is involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is being moved into the cell. 3. Demand it the ..... A) Amount of product offered for sale. B) Comparison of sacrifice and gain by a specific action. C) Amount of product bought at a certain price. D) Study of how resources are converted into goods and services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amount of product bought at a certain price. 4. Uniform measure of weather and other atmospheric impacts A) CLimate. B) Season. C) Tundra. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CLimate. 5. What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface? A) Wind. B) Ocean currents. C) Convection in the mantle. D) Convection in the inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection in the mantle. 6. Renewable resources are resources that could be replaced with a human lifetime. A) True. Examples would be coal, plastic and gasoline. B) False. Renewable resources take million of years to replace. C) True. Examples would be trees, oxygen, and solar energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. Examples would be trees, oxygen, and solar energy. 7. The procedure used by scientists to find a cause and effect relationship is the ..... A) Standard deviation. B) Correlation. C) Experimental method. D) Model synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimental method. 8. This layer allows for tectonic plate movement A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asthenosphere. 9. What can contaminate a river as a result of dredging? A) Potash. B) Seawater. C) Placer deposits. D) Muddy sediments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muddy sediments. 10. What is the source of the thermal energy that heats our planet's atmosphere? A) Earth's core. B) Green plants. C) The Sun. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sun. 11. Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy? A) An apple. B) A can of gasoline. C) A flying bird. D) A piece of coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A flying bird. 12. A terrestrial ecosystem is A) Communities of living and non-living things on the land. B) Variety of life. C) Different types of plants, animals and flowers. D) Communities of living and non-living things under water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communities of living and non-living things on the land. 13. There is a plan to establish an 8000-kilometer-long strip of land across eight southeast Asian countries to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat. This is an example of a A) Wildlife corridor. B) Worldwide biodiversity treaty. C) Captive breeding program. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wildlife corridor. 14. What does "rural" mean? A) Relating to characteristic of a town or city. B) Relating to characteristics of a farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to characteristics of a farmland. 15. Fire Suppression is good for the ecosystem A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. How does an increase of carbon dioxide affect the overall temperature of the surface of the Earth? A) The average surface temperature will stay the same. B) The average surface temperature will increase. C) The average surface temperature will decrease. D) Carbon dioxide does not relate to surface temperature because it is a greenhouse gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The average surface temperature will increase. 17. Animals, plants and fungi are all examples of ..... A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Elfin. D) Reputable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic. 18. Select true or false:Geothermal, also known as crude oil, is a liquid fuel which is dark in colour. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which of the following is NOT evidence of global warming? A) Sea level rising. B) Loss of Arctic Sea Ice. C) Less Water Vapor in the Air. D) More extreme weather events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less Water Vapor in the Air. 20. A gas-like mixture with no definite volume or shape that is made up of positively and negatively charged particles is a ..... A) Solid. 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