This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 525 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 525 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the percentage of the total volume of rock that has spaces (pores). A) Recharge zone. B) Aquifer. C) Porosity. D) Pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Porosity. 2. An area experiences a drought, which causes the production of wheat to be less than expected. What will likely happen to the price of wheat? A) It will decrease even through there is less of it. B) It will remain the same. C) If the demand for wheat is still high, then the price will increase since the supply is low. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If the demand for wheat is still high, then the price will increase since the supply is low. 3. ..... Is the use of facts and assumptions to estimate the probability of harm to people or the environment from particular environmental factors or conditions. A) Probability Risk. B) Risk Assessment. C) Natural risk. D) Environmental cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk Assessment. 4. What part of the carbon cycle results in the production of coal and oil? A) Burial. B) Combustion. C) Exchange. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burial. 5. What is the third step of the scientific method? A) Make an observation. B) Research. C) Make a hypothesis. D) Perform an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make a hypothesis. 6. Summer and winter are caused by ..... A) The Earth's rotation and revolution. B) The Earth's distance from the Sun during revolution. C) The Earth's axial tilt and revolution. D) The Earth's axial tilt and rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth's axial tilt and revolution. 7. Parasites ..... the organism they live on. A) Harm. B) Help. C) Shares. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harm. 8. A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock? A) Magma. B) Igneous. C) Metamorphic. D) Sedimentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic. 9. One of my fish has a white fuzzy patch growing on his side. I looked in my fish books, and I think it is a fungus. I put some medicine in the water, and one week later he was fine and the fungus was gone. What was my hypothesis? A) The fish is sick with a fungus. B) If I give my fish the medicine then the fungus will go away. C) My hypothesis was supported. D) Fish sometimes get white fuzzy fungus growing on them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I give my fish the medicine then the fungus will go away. 10. Which of the following are reactants of photosynthesis? A) CO2 and H2O. B) O2. C) H2O and Glucose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CO2 and H2O. 11. Considering(A) the best application for learning English(B), my English learning application(C) crossed(D) 1 billion downloads. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 12. In the town of Podunk, Alabama, the population at the beginning of the year was 4882. If 27 people were born and 19 people died, what is the growth rate of the town? Births-Deaths = then / Pop = then X by 100 A) 2.3%. B) .16%. C) -1.7%. D) 3.45%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) .16%. 13. Trees are a A) Renewable resource. B) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resource. 14. Which of the following is NOT an renewable energy resource? A) Hydropower. B) Solar Energy. C) Fossil Fuels. D) Biomass. E) Geothermal Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil Fuels. 15. The layer of atmosphere closest to the Earth is called the A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Proctosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 16. Winds in our atmosphere are created as a result of which of the following processes? A) Energy that is absorbed in the atmosphere. B) Gravitational attraction from the Moon. C) Density of the air particles in the atmosphere. D) Uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere. 17. The mathematical discipline frequently used by scientists to analyze data is called A) Statistics. B) Algebra. C) Trigonometry. D) Geometry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statistics. 18. Which of the following can be caused by El Nino~? A) Flash floods. B) Mudslides. C) Droughts. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. What line is known to represent 23.5 degrees north latitude? A) The equator. B) The tropic of cancer. C) The tropic of capricorn. D) The prime meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tropic of cancer. 20. Why do we want to test only one independent variable at a time? A) Because it is hard to setup a data table with more than one variable. B) To better identify what is causing the changes. C) It is what has always been done. D) It's easier to perform the experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To better identify what is causing the changes. ← 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