This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 514 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 514 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the term ecological footprint mean? A) The impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. B) The amount of carbon that is measured on a daily basis. C) The amount of nitrogen that is used for to allow the ecosystem to survive. D) Refers to the trail of data you leave when using the internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. 2. A scientific ..... is a broad explanation for events that is widely supported and accepted as true. A) Law. B) Theory. C) Observation. D) Method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 3. ..... :harvesting of trees before they have reached maturity. A) Harvest cutting. B) Intermediate cutting. C) Prescribed burns. D) Pulpwood cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intermediate cutting. 4. Producers are organisms that eat other organisms or their products. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. The one thing that is changed in an experiment. *Can only have 1 A) Independent Variable. B) Dependent Variable. C) Control. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Variable. 6. Forms when small pieces of magma are ejected into the air then fall back to Earth and pile up around a vent A) Cinder Cone Volcano. B) Composite Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinder Cone Volcano. 7. How do scientist characterize a nonrenewable resource? A) A resource used by humans. B) A resource that cannot be replaced. C) A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly. D) A resource that takes more time to replace than to deplete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A resource that takes more time to replace than to deplete. 8. Solar, wind, and geothermal energy are all examples of ..... A) Renewable resources. B) Nonrenewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resources. 9. Which layer contains the ionosphere, a layer of charged particles, that interact with solar winds to cause the auroras? A) Exosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere. 10. Data A) Information gathered during an experiment. B) A logical statement about what will happen in an experiment. C) A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or how it is organized. D) Principles or standards considered to be important. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information gathered during an experiment. 11. What is the content of our atmosphere? A) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% assorted other gases. B) 70% oxygen, 21%carbon dioxide and 10% oxygen. C) 80% nitrogen, 10% carbon and 10% oxygen. D) 70% oxygen, 20%carbon, 10%nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% assorted other gases. 12. The "Tragedy of the commons" describes the problem between A) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. B) Farmers & industrialized society. C) Poor people & rich people. D) People & animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. 13. This type of experiment is conducted in a laboratory setting. A) Controlled experiment. B) Natural experiment. C) Scientific experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controlled experiment. 14. Pollution that has a known single source is A) Point source. B) Non-point. C) Inexhaustible. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point source. 15. You can tell an area on a contour map has a steep slope because A) The contour lines will be close together. B) The contour lines will be far apart. C) The contour interval will be large. D) The contour interval will be small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The contour lines will be close together. 16. Glaciers are part of which sphere? A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 17. Air in the atmosphere is 78% A) Einsteinium. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 18. Other instances of unregulated resource consumption. Tragedy of the Commons examples A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What percent of insect pollination are bees responsible for? A) 50. B) 60. C) 70. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80. 20. Tributaries A) The lower thermosphere. B) The process in which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor. C) Earth's innermost compositional layer. D) Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones. ← 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