This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 478 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 478 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted ..... the Sun in Summer. A) Away From. B) Towards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Towards. 2. What part of chlorofluorocarbons is destructive to ozone? A) CO2. B) Chlorine. C) Hydrochloric acid. D) Nitric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorine. 3. A Columbian tropical rainforest food chain includes the following set of feeding relationships:fig leaves $\rightarrow$ leaf cutter ants $\rightarrow$ anteater $\rightarrow$ jaguar Approximately how many pounds of ants would support one 300-pound adult jaguar? A) 30, 000 lbs. B) 300, 000 lbs. C) 3, 000 lbs. D) 300 lbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30, 000 lbs. 4. Withdrawing freshwater from deep aquifers amounts to mining a nonrenewable resource. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Coal, Natural Gas and Oil are known as ..... A) Biotic factors. B) Fossil fuels. C) Alternative energies. D) Renewable energies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil fuels. 6. Sprawl increases carbon dioxide emissions by A) Generating more factories. B) Increasing the need to drive. C) Resulting in more tree growth. D) Expanding the use of public transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing the need to drive. 7. The amount of energy that water takes to boil will change with the volume of water. What would you graph on the X axis for the above statement? A) Boiling temperature. B) Amount of water. C) Amount of energy. D) Flavor of ramen noodles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount of water. 8. A chemical compound made up of one or more simple sugar e.g. bread, rice, pasta A) Protein. B) Water. C) Fat. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbohydrates. 9. What is the source of energy for all producers? A) Sun. B) Wind. C) Earth. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 10. Area of land on the Earth's surface from which groundwater originates A) Recharge zone. B) Watershed. C) Ozone layer. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recharge zone. 11. Working together as a community to sustainably use resources. A) Effort. B) Community cooperation. C) Help. D) Tag-Team. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community cooperation. 12. Stratosphere:troposphere:: A) Biosphere:water. B) Mantle:core. C) Water cycle:lithosphere. D) Ocean:phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle:core. 13. What is produced by a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell? A) Water and carbon Dioxide. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Water. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 14. Areas that have widely scattered vegetation and receive very little rain A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) The obi is. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 15. The colour of your hair is ..... A) Brown. B) Black. C) White. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black. 16. The study of how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants by making choices A) Economics. B) Policy. C) Environmental economics. D) Subsidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 17. What is most likely the cause of the great changes that happen to the town in the selection from Silent Spring? A) Pesticides. B) Radiation. C) Bacteria. D) Floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pesticides. 18. Which ones are consider primary air pollutants? A) Nitrogen oxides. B) Sulfur dioxide. C) Carbon monoxide. D) All are correct!!!!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct!!!!. 19. Before an explosive volcanic eruption, ..... pressure grows until it must be released. A) Water. B) Gas. C) Lava. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gas. 20. In a food chain / food web, what do first level consumers eat? A) Herbivores. B) Other first level consumers. C) Producers. D) Second level consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producers. ← 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