This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 495 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 495 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following does not make up part of Earth's surface water? A) Wetlands. B) Rivers. C) Aquifers. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifers. 2. According to the graph at right, atmospheric CO2 has been ....., and as a result the ..... has occurred. A) Increasing, Earth's temperature is increasing. B) Increasing, ozone hole is larger. C) Decreasing, Earth's temperature is increasing. D) Decreasing, ozone hole is smaller tagsSEV1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing, Earth's temperature is increasing. 3. A crocodile is covered with scales. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. (a) is the formal set of plans and principles for addressing problems and guiding decision-making. A) A Policy. B) Government. C) The EPA. D) The Executive Branch. E) The Legislative Branch. F) The Judicial Branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Policy. 5. Which of the following is not a form of fixed nitrogen? A) Ammonia. B) Nitrogen gas. C) Nitrate. D) Nitrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen gas. 6. Which zone of the ocean is the warm, top layer that is heated by sunlight? A) Deep zone. B) Thermocline zone. C) Saline zone. D) Surface zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface zone. 7. Earth Rotates A) Clockwise. B) Counterclockwise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterclockwise. 8. This layer contains most of Earth's mass. (NOTE:This does not mean it is the most dense!) A) Inner Core. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 9. A strip of vegetated open space that connects parks or neighborhoods is called a(n) A) Urban area. B) Greenway. C) Heat island. D) Suburb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenway. 10. Which among the following is not an ex situ site of preservation of Biodiversity? A) Home Garden. B) Seed bank. C) Botanical Garden. D) Marine National park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marine National park. 11. Living organisms and dead organisms is a(n) A) Community. B) Population. C) Abiotic factor. D) Biotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic factor. 12. What is the term used for the largest population that an environment can support at any given time? A) Carrying capacity. B) Full level. C) Organism scope. D) Biotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 13. Where does the energy in most ecosystems come from? A) Green Plants. B) The Sun. C) Wind. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sun. 14. In ....., plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to make glucose and oxygen A) Combustion. B) Respiration. C) Decomposition. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 15. Carbon-neutrality approaches refer to: A) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. B) Eliminating use of of all carbon-based compounds. C) Cap-and-trade efforts currently employed by global interprise. D) Adhering to the Montreal Protocol, purchasing carbon offsets, and employing ecosystem services. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. 16. What effects does global warming have on the hydrologic (water) cycle? A) Increases the rate of evaporation from land. B) Increases the rate of evaporation from the sea. C) Increases the amount of water vapor the atmosphere can hold. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. An ecological footprint does NOT measure which of the following? A) The amount of raw materials needed. B) The economic wealth of an individual. C) The amount of land needed to dispose of the waste produced. D) The amount of space for recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The amount of space for recycling. 18. Of Earth's water, 97% is saltwater in the oceans and 3% is freshwater. Of that 3% ..... A) 10% frozen in glaciers and icecaps, 89% groundwater, 1% lakes, rivers, and other. B) 77% frozen in glaciers and icecaps, 22% groundwater, 1% lakes, rivers, and other surface water. C) 5% frozen in glaciers and icecaps, 70% groundwater, 25% lakes, rivers, and other. D) 50% frozen in glaciers and icecaps, 5% groundwater, 45% lakes, rivers, and other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 77% frozen in glaciers and icecaps, 22% groundwater, 1% lakes, rivers, and other surface water. 19. Which of the following practices would help achieve source reduction? A) More consumption. B) Increased use of plastics. C) More packaging. D) Designing goods that last longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Designing goods that last longer. 20. Makes use of science, ethics, economics, and political process to solve environmental problems. A) Industrialization. B) Environmental policy. C) Environmental science. D) Environmental Impact statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental policy. ← 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