This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 482 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 482 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the climate of an area? A) Average amount of rainfall throughout the year. B) Average precipitation throughout the year. C) Average Temperature throughout the year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Average Temperature throughout the year. 2. Environmental science:biology:: A) Botany:zoology. B) Biology:zoology. C) Zoology:geology. D) Social sciences:chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biology:zoology. 3. Who who harvests trees for a living? A) Soil Conservationist. B) Soil Scientist. C) Logger. D) Forestry Consultant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logger. 4. What type of heterotroph eats dead and decaying organisms? A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Detritivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Detritivore. 5. Sustainability is- A) The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged. B) The ability to save resources for years and years. C) The ability to use resources faster than they are renewed. D) The process of using resources for one's own benefit without regard for others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged. 6. Local winds blow over: A) Short distances. B) Long distances. C) The poles. D) The equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short distances. 7. Plate moments, volcanic eruption, faulting and folding leads to A) Earthquake. B) Volcanoes. C) Flood. D) Cyclone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 8. Which of the following processes is the loss of water from the leaves of plant? A) Evaporation. B) Transpiration. C) Interception. D) Infiltration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 9. The Richter scale measures ..... A) Location of a wave. B) Frequency of a wave. C) Duration of an earthquake. D) Magnitude of an earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magnitude of an earthquake. 10. Originally, how did people get their resources A) They were hunter/gatherers. B) They had various trades. C) They were technology based. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were hunter/gatherers. 11. Which air pollutant scars the lungs A) Asbestos. B) Radon. C) Fungi. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asbestos. 12. The biosphere is made up of many different ecosystems A) True. B) False. C) None. D) Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. What classifies a species as endangered? A) It is at risk of becoming extinct. B) There aren't a lot of them left. C) It's arbitrary and doesn't depend on anything. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is at risk of becoming extinct. 14. Industrial food production includes A) Aquaculture. B) Monocultures. C) Feedlots. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 15. Which of the following describes the geosphere? A) The gases that surround the Earth. B) The Earth's interior and rocks and soil on the surface. C) The areas of Earth where organisms live. D) All the liquid and frozen water on or below the Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Earth's interior and rocks and soil on the surface. 16. Aside from increasing energy efficiency, what energy resource has the highest net energy ratio for space heating? A) Oil. B) Active solar. C) Electric resistance heating. D) Passive solar. E) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passive solar. 17. A scientist hypothesizes the the temperature at which an alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The dependent variable is A) The size of the baby alligators. B) The gender of the baby alligators. C) The incubator. D) The temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gender of the baby alligators. 18. The neutral charged particle of an atom A) Proton. B) Neutron. C) Electron. D) Cation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutron. 19. Environmental problems can occur on which of the following scales? A) Regional. B) Global. C) All of the above. D) Local. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 20. The process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are similar in that they both A) Capture energy in the form of sugar. B) Occur in all living organisms. C) Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are not similar, they are opposite processes. D) Capture energy from the sun. 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