This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 511 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 511 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the limitations of climate modeling? A) Lack of computational power. B) Complexity of the Earth's climate system, uncertainties in data and parameters, inability to capture all relevant processes and feedbacks. C) Inaccurate climate models. D) Limited understanding of climate processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complexity of the Earth's climate system, uncertainties in data and parameters, inability to capture all relevant processes and feedbacks. 2. One of the best ways to manage the kitchen and other organic waste is A) Combustion. B) Pyrolysis. C) Gasification. D) Anaerobic Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaerobic Digestion. 3. A ..... feedback loop moves a system to an extreme. A) Positive. B) Neutral. C) Circular. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive. 4. ..... are aquatic ecosystems that are shallow, partially enclosed area with a mixture of fresh water and salt water. A) Delta. B) Estuary. C) Marsh. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 5. Pollution discharged from a single source, such as from a factory or wastewater treatment plant A) Biological magnification. B) Nonpoint pollution. C) Point pollution. D) Water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point pollution. 6. Complete the following statement by selecting the correct answer:We use ..... to power lots of things, such as lights, televisions and computers. A) Uranium. B) Sunlight. C) Electricity. D) Water. E) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electricity. 7. Scientists estimate that the windiest spots on Earth could generate more than ..... the energy used worldwide but the energy would have to be transported to where it is needed. A) Twice. B) Three times. C) Ten times. D) A hundred times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ten times. 8. Citizens of the US have a ..... times higher ecological footprint as compared to the rest of the world. A) 3. B) 4. C) 3.5. D) 2.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.5. 9. What is the following description an example of? The ants which live in one ant hill on Ralph Field. A) Community. B) Ecosystem. C) Habitat. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 10. Using more resources than the environment can support is known as ..... A) Excessive use. B) Over consumption. C) Wasteful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over consumption. 11. There are total ..... World Heritage Sites in India A) 8. B) 32. C) 40. D) 48. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 12. A secure food supply depends on all of the following EXCEPT A) Maintaining healthy soil and water. B) Increased use of fertilizer. C) Safe distribution of the food. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased use of fertilizer. 13. This type of energy is created from swamp plants that died a long time ago and their remains took a long time to decompose before turning into rock A) Coal. B) Natural Gas. C) Wind. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 14. What waste product released during the carbon dioxide oxygen cycle is necessary for the survival of animals? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) People and animals. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 15. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the living organisms in an ecosystem and can reduce biodiversity and cause diseases? A) Biological pollution. B) Ecological pollution. C) Invasive species. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Environmental costs associated with the use of coal include all of the following except A) Particulates that are released into the atmosphere when coal is burned. B) Degradation to land due to mining techniques. C) The creation of highly radioactive waste. D) Trace metals found in coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The creation of highly radioactive waste. 17. Passing of energy, in the form of food, from one organism to another A) Food cycle. B) Food network. C) Food chain. D) Food system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food chain. 18. An area where rivers deposit their load of mineral-rich mud A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Marshes. C) Salt Marshes. D) Swamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt Marshes. 19. ..... can be objects, information, reliable eyewitness testimony, video and images that can demonstrate something as fact, solve a problem. A) Theory. B) Hypothesis. C) Law. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 20. Temperate deciduous forest are located between which two areas: A) The tropics and the cold land around the poles. B) The equator and North America. C) Antartica and Africa. D) Near the equator. 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