This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 503 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 503 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among the following is not a family member? A) Grandfather. B) Uncle. C) Teacher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher. 2. Is water considered abiotic or biotic? A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 3. Non-living A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 4. Which is a way humans have impacted greenhouse effect? A) Decreasing atmospheric O2. B) Decreasing atmospheric CO2. C) Increasing atmospheric CO2. D) Increasing atmospheric O2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing atmospheric CO2. 5. A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural resources A) Nonrenewable resource. B) Renewable resource. C) Natural resource. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource. 6. The stratosphere helps protect Earth from too much ultraviolet radiation because this layer of the atmosphere contains A) Ozone. B) Ions. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone. 7. Solar collectors are parts of ..... A) Passive solar heating systems. B) Active solar heating systems. C) Internal combustion engines. D) External combustion engines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active solar heating systems. 8. Biofuel is A) Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air. B) Energy that comes from the Sun. C) A source of nonrenewable energy. D) Fuel from plant material. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fuel from plant material. 9. ..... currents circulate warm water great distances causing land areas they flow past to have more moderate climates. A) Deep. B) Ocean. C) Surface. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface. 10. What is the disadvantage of coal? A) Air Pollution. B) Not much left. C) World does not use much. D) It is only used to roast hot dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air Pollution. 11. In a temperate forest ecosystem, a black bear feeds on fish that live in a stream while a robin feeds on berries on mountainside bushes. The fish would be classified as a A) Prey. B) Omnivore. C) Decoposer. D) Herbivore. E) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prey. 12. This term below refers to the extreme weather phenomenon that warms the central and eastern Pacific Ocean in winter months due to unusually weak tradewinds. A) The boy. B) Hurricane. C) Tornado. D) Indian Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy. 13. What do we call the permanently frozen soil that prevents plants from growing deep within the soil. A) Permafrost. B) Ice soil. C) Desert pavement. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permafrost. 14. When there is a drought and there is limited water, the water would A) Cause exponential growth. B) Be a limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be a limiting factor. 15. Environmental Science:The study of how the natural world works and how humans and the environment ..... eachother A) Affect. B) Harm. C) Ignore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect. 16. The "hole" in the ozone is found in A) The Caribbean. B) China. C) Antarctica. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antarctica. 17. What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates separate? A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent. 18. At which type of boundary do plates move away from each other A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent. 19. The ..... Ocean is the largest ocean. A) Atlantic. B) Arctic. C) Indian. D) Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacific. 20. Verifiable results A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science. ← 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