This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 484 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 484 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Full-cost pricing is a great example of which factor of sustainability? A) Biodiversity. B) Solar Power. C) Economics. D) Political Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economics. 2. The most abundant dissolved elements in the ..... are sodium and chlorine. A) Human body. B) Earth's crust. C) Ocean. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ocean. 3. In the logistic growth model, If population size equals the carrying capacity, the population growth rate will be zero. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Which of the following adaptations are used by animals of the Arctic tundra? A) Rodents burrow underground for winter protection. B) Deer and foxes use seasonal camouflage. C) Geese and caribou migrate to avoid predators. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rodents burrow underground for winter protection. 5. Southeast Asian flying foxes are responsible for pollinating durian tree flowers and spreading durian seeds. Durian trees and fruit are critical for the survival of many species and a decline in the flying fox population would be devastating to the local ecology. Flying foxes can be considered A) An indicator species. B) An invasive species. C) A keystone species. D) A pioneer species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A keystone species. 6. An invasive species are living things A) That are naturally found in all ecosystems. B) That are naturally found in a particular ecosystem. C) That are not naturally found in a particular ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That are not naturally found in a particular ecosystem. 7. What is one human action that may have caused Acid Rain? A) Use of CFC's. B) Over fishing. C) Pollution from factories. D) Reducing our use of precious metals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution from factories. 8. The distance north or south of the equator is called ..... A) Rotation. B) Latitude. C) Longitude. D) Biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude. 9. Because people are packed densely together in cities, ..... land outside cities is left undeveloped. A) More. B) Less. C) Dump. D) Balanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More. 10. What is a major advantage that alternate energy has over fossil fuels? A) Alternate energy does not produce radioactive waste. B) Alternate energy is more efficient than fossil fuels. C) Alternate energy increases the amount of sulfur dioxide ejected into the atmosphere. D) Alternate energy reduces the amount of carbon dioxided ejected into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alternate energy reduces the amount of carbon dioxided ejected into the atmosphere. 11. Reduced biodiversity, or variety of species found in a particular habitat or ecosystem. Elevated rates of extinction cause this. A) Pollution. B) Law of unintended consequences. C) Tragedy of the commons. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 12. Which is a concern we should have about nuclear power? A) It can cause political conflict if a nuclear accident affects a neighboring country. B) There are no concerns. C) It uses up fossil fuels. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can cause political conflict if a nuclear accident affects a neighboring country. 13. Snow acts as an insulating blanket in the rain forest. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Koalas eat eucalyptus. What happens if all the eucalyptus dies? A) The koalas die due to lack of food. B) The koalas adapt to eat other organisms. C) The eucalyptus finds a way to regrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The koalas die due to lack of food. 15. Robert Brown observed Brownian motion in? A) 1827. B) 1826. C) 1828. D) 1837. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1827. 16. Dredging stream beds may be an effective technique for mining A) Silica. B) Coal. C) Gold. D) Sulfur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gold. 17. Flexible layer of the mantle that flows slowly, allowing plates above it to move A) Geosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Athensosphere. D) Paleosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athensosphere. 18. Environmental studies is defined as the branch that deals with the: A) Design, study, and discovery of new materials. B) The study of humanities, social, biological, and physical sciences. C) Incorporate the information and physical sciences. D) Approach about the natural world and the imapct of humans on its integrity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Approach about the natural world and the imapct of humans on its integrity. 19. Whose influential book Silent Spring heightened public awareness of pollution problems and led to the regulation of several dangerous pesticides. A) Aldo Leopold. B) Theodore Roosevelt. C) Rachel Carson. D) John Muir. E) James Perkins Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rachel Carson. 20. .... is a type of forestry activity that affects flooding, increases sediment production and leads to greater terrain instability. A) Clear-cutting. B) Harvesting. C) Re-Planting. D) Road Construction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear-cutting. ← 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