This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 520 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 520 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which ocean current keeps Britain warmer than it otherwise would be? A) The Gulf Stream. B) The Canary Current. C) The Labrador Current. D) North Pacific Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gulf Stream. 2. What are the environmental problems that environmental scientists hope to solve? A) Pollution. B) Loss of biodiversity. C) Resource depletion. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. Occurs when fertilizers, animal waste, sewage, or other substances rich in nitrogen and phosphorus flow into water ways, causing algae growth. The algae rapidly grow, absorb all of the oxygen in the water, causing other aquatic organisms to suffocate because of lack of oxgen. A) Eutrophication. B) Overexploitation. C) Acid precipitation. D) Habitat fragmentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eutrophication. 4. Your aunt believes the color of your hair determines how fast you can run. She gathered 3 blond haired boys, 3 brown haired boys, and 3 red haired boys and forced them to race each other. What is the dependent variable? A) Hair color. B) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speed. 5. Sunlight, water, and wind are examples of inexhaustible forms of energy. What does inexhaustible mean? A) We will run out at any minute. B) We will run out in 100 years. C) We will never run out. D) We will run out in 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will never run out. 6. What is something that changes in an experiment based on the experiment being run. A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 7. Which of these determines the distribution of biomes on Earth's surface? A) Climate conditions determine the location of a biome. B) Annual rainfall determines the location of a biome. C) Geographical longitude determines the biomes in any particular area. D) Concentration of plants and animals determines the location of a biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate conditions determine the location of a biome. 8. One of coal's negative effects is: A) Acid rain. B) It's expensive. C) Not available. D) Radioactivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid rain. 9. The solid part of Earth that consists of all rock, as well as the soils and loose rocks on Earth's surface A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 10. Most of the municipal solid waste in the United States is A) Stored in landfills. B) Recycled. C) Incinerated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stored in landfills. 11. The amount of resources that you use is called your ..... A) Resource debt to use ratio. B) Ecological footprint. C) Nonrenewable/renewable data. D) Use / nonuse data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 12. Gases released from power plants mix with water vapor in the sky to make ..... A) Smog. B) Acid rain. C) Global warming. D) Particulate matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain. 13. What is the City with the highest Population that is threatened by gobal sea level rises? A) Shanghai. B) Dhaka. C) Miami. D) London. E) Rio de Janeiro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shanghai. 14. Which of the following has been shown to decrease the rate of human population growth in an area? A) Increased labor costs. B) Education for women. C) Increased use of fertilizers and farm equipment. D) Fair banking rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Education for women. 15. Ecolabeling..... A) Identifies and certifies products with reduced environmental impact. B) Does not consider environmental impact. C) Promotes the use of harmful chemicals in products. D) Encourages excessive waste production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identifies and certifies products with reduced environmental impact. 16. A property of water that results from the cohesion of water molecules at the surface of a body of water and creates a sort of skin on the water's surface. A) Capillary action. B) Polarity. C) Adhesion. D) Surface tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface tension. 17. This the liquid water component of the Earth. A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Watersphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 18. Is the following statement true or false? "The increase in the greenhouse effect is a decrease in the concentration of greenhouse gases while the right" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sai. 19. Using energy but using it better A) Energy Efficiency. B) Kinetic Energy. C) Renewable Energy. D) Non-Renewable Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy Efficiency. 20. Make sure your car runs on unleaded petrol and your home uses sources of ..... energy. A) Recycling. B) Reused. C) Renewable. D) Recyclable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable. ← 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