This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 472 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 472 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The variable that is being measured or observed is called the ..... Hint:this is the variable that is the result or effect A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 2. Which is best described as a whirling wind moving through a narrow path in the form of a funnel? A) Hurricane. B) Earthquake. C) Thunderstorm. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tornado. 3. Cebu Cinnamon Cinnamomum cebuense (Kost.1986) locally called Kaningag/Kalingag, is an ..... tree species on the island of Cebudeclared as a ..... plant species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under DAO 2007-1 (Paguntalan, et al., 2015) A) Exotic, endangered. B) Exotic, critically extinct. C) Exotic, extinct. D) Endemic, critically endangered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endemic, critically endangered. 4. Using fossil fuels is a safe for the environment. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. A hole dug in an aquifer to reach groundwater A) Permeable. B) Impermeable. C) Well. D) Water table. E) Recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well. 6. Smelting is when the mineral being mined is A) Isolated. B) Heated or reacted with chemicals. C) Reclaimed. D) Left in tailings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heated or reacted with chemicals. 7. When humans are able to live with a high quality of life while not depleting nonrenewable resources, a level of ..... has been reached. A) Sustainability. B) Depletion. C) Desparation. D) Overuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainability. 8. Generators are used to produce electricity from all of these sources EXCEPT ..... A) Solar. B) Wind. C) Tidal. D) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar. 9. Which of the following can be defined as the state of the atmosphere ate any given place and time? A) Weather. B) Climate. C) Global Warming. D) Atmospheric CO2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 10. True or False. In the global wind patterns, warm air rises at the poles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. What is one of the biggest producer of methane? A) Car and factory fumes. B) Dead bodies. C) Cow manure. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cow manure. 12. The ..... is the sphere inhabited by life. A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 13. Human activity can increase carbon ( CO2 ) levels in the atmosphere through A) Photosynthesis. B) Burning fossil fuels. C) Planting more trees. D) Adding nitrogen to fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning fossil fuels. 14. Scientists believe the Universe began in a large explosion called A) The Big Bang. B) The Extravagant Explosion. C) The Ferocious Fireball. D) The Immense Ignition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Big Bang. 15. Arid and semiarid lands are prone to desertification because A) The Sahara is expanding. B) Gigantic dust storms blow sand from China into North America. C) The precipitation cannot meet the growing human demand for water. D) 10 percent of productivity is lost to erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The precipitation cannot meet the growing human demand for water. 16. You can live somewhat sustainably anywhere you are. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. New crust is created at this type of boundary. A) Divergent. B) Convergent, Subduction Zone. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent. 18. Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue? A) It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature. B) It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses. C) It leads to more factories. D) It causes a major decrease in people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature. 19. The Milky Way galaxy looks like a band of light across the sky. Which observation would provide the BEST view of this band of light without a telescope? A) Observing only near the north or south pole. B) Observing only during a lunar or solar eclipse. C) Observing on any sunny, clear day. D) Observing on any dark, clear night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observing on any dark, clear night. 20. 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