This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 480 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 480 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Protons are much smaller in mass than electrons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. What president signed the bill that turned the Clean Air Act into a law? A) Nixon. B) Roosevelt. C) Washington. D) Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nixon. 3. Sunlight reacts with waste gases from the burning of fossil fuels to form A) Greenhouse gases. B) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). C) Photochemical smog. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photochemical smog. 4. Which is a source of sulfur dioxide found in nature? A) Forest fires. B) Lightning strikes. C) Plant emissions. D) Volcanoes. E) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcanoes. 5. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the coniferous forest? A) No permafrost. B) Has permafrost. C) Long cold winters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has permafrost. 6. Calories; referred to as a calorie in everyday usage A) Kilocalorie. B) Vitamin C. C) Famine. D) Overnutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kilocalorie. 7. Unfenced grasslands in temperate and tropical climates that supplies forage for grazing and browsing animals A) Ocean. B) Rangeland. C) Polar Region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rangeland. 8. Our forest are carbon sinks and produce fresh oxygen A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Which of the following directly effects the hydrologic cycle A) Deforestation. B) Urbanization. C) Mining of fossil fuels. D) Urbanization and Mining of fossil fuel. E) Deforestation, Urbanization and Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Deforestation, Urbanization and Mining. 10. Lines of ..... measure how far from the equator a place is. A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Prime Meridian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 11. This process takes Carbohydrates (sugars and starch) and converts into Energy and Carbon Dioxide A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular Respiration. C) Combustion. D) Decomposition tagsCarbon Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular Respiration. 12. Lower birth rate A) More developed. B) Less developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More developed. 13. The agricultural and industrial revolution mainly changed: A) The laws and policies that regulate how humans use resources. B) The rate at which humans use the available natural resources. C) The number of animal species on earth. D) The earth's weather patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rate at which humans use the available natural resources. 14. Health problems related to air pollution include: A) Coughing. B) Asthma. C) Bronchitis. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 15. True or False? Carson Gordon wrote the book Silent Spring. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Match the Definition:A term used by scientists to describe the role a species plays in an ecosystem. It is an organism's occupation. A) Endangered species. B) Habitat. C) Niche. D) Threatened species. E) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 17. Non-living parts of the environment A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 18. Earth is known as a ..... system. A) Closed. B) Opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Closed. 19. Temperature inversions work to trap pollution when A) Cool air above keeps warmer air at the surface from moving upward. B) Cool air above keeps warmer air at the surface from absorbing solar radiation. C) Warm air above keeps cooler air at the surface from absorbing solar radiation. D) Warm air above keeps cooler air at the surface from moving upward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm air above keeps cooler air at the surface from moving upward. 20. An area where organisms are found interacting with one another. A) Ecosystem. B) Habitat. C) Biosphere. D) Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. ← 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