This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 492 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 492 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The soil in the deciduous forest is A) Poor and rocky. B) Rich in nutrients. C) Permafrost (frozen solid). D) Poor thin soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rich in nutrients. 2. In making environmental policies, government interacts with A) Organizations. B) Businesses. C) Citizens. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. How long does it take Earth to revolve one time? A) 24 Hours. B) 365 Days. C) 29. Days. D) 1 Hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 365 Days. 4. Scientists who study the weather and try to predict it are called A) Astronomers. B) Climatologists. C) Meteorologists. D) Weatherologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorologists. 5. If a species can no longer produce offspring, the species will ..... A) Adapt to its new environment. B) Become extinct. C) Evolve into a new species. D) Move to a new location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become extinct. 6. What are the two largest reservoirs of carbon on Earth?A. OceanB. MountainC. Rivers and lakesD. AtmosphereE. Lithosphere A) A and B. B) A and E. C) B and C. D) B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A and E. 7. What is a proxy? A) Direct data that is used to build a climate model of the past. B) Direct data that tells us what the temperature was at the time. C) Indirect data that measures the amount of living organisms present on the planet during an ice age. D) Indirect data that is used to build a climate model of the past, temperature, carbon and methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect data that is used to build a climate model of the past, temperature, carbon and methane. 8. What is migration coming to an area? A) Emmigration. B) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigration. 9. Where is the largest 'hole' in the ozone layer located? A) Over the United States. B) Over Europe. C) Over Antarctica. D) Around the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over Antarctica. 10. Organization of life terms from smallest to largest A) Biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism. B) Population, Species, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere. C) Species, population, community, ecosystem, biome. D) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome. 11. A study in which all variables are controlled except for the ONE variable being investigated A) Manipulated variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Controlled variable. D) Controlled study. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Controlled study. 12. Companies might offer these to encourage consumers to adopt environmentally firendly behaviors. A) Consumber treats. B) Green Taxes. C) Local Incentives. D) Sanctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Local Incentives. 13. Using resources in a manner which guarantees there will be more of that resource to use in the future is ..... A) Compostable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Tragedy of the Commons. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainability. 14. All of the water-salt water and fresh water, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor-above and below Earth's surface and in the atmosphere A) Hydrosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 15. Which of the following is an example of nonrenewable energy? A) Milk. B) Coal. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 16. What is divided up into Earth's tectonic plates? A) The crust. B) The lithosphere. C) The hydrosphere. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lithosphere. 17. Water on the top the earth can form lakes or rivers, these are termed ..... A) Fresh water. B) Infiltration. C) Surface water. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface water. 18. Red light A) Organism growth light. B) A range of visible light. C) Light that appears to have red. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light that appears to have red. 19. What type of interaction is indicated by the following description:Barnacles are transported to plankton-rich waters by whales; but the whales are not affected in any way. A) Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commensalism. 20. El Niño ..... the trade winds causing the warm pool to move ..... A) Weakens or reverses; west. B) Intensifies; east. C) Weakens or reverses; east. D) Intensifies; east. 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