This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 550 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 550 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Science can force a person to live in a certain principle. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature ..... A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Stays the same. D) Gets very hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 3. In 1970 the US government set air quality standards called the ..... A) Breath Easy Act. B) Clean Air Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clean Air Act. 4. Uranium-235 is considered ideal for nuclear reactors due to A) Is wide distribution as a resource. B) Its stable nature as an isotope. C) Its high EROEI. D) Its fissionability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its fissionability. 5. What types of trees are found in boreal forests? A) Spruce and fur trees. B) Maple and oak trees. C) Tall broad-leaf evergreen leaves. D) Joshua trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spruce and fur trees. 6. The three final steps in the scientific method are ..... A) Analyze data, make observations, form hypothesis. B) Analyze data, draw conclusions, communicate results. C) Make observations, form hypothesis, communicate results. D) Communicate results, analyze data, draw conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze data, draw conclusions, communicate results. 7. Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms. A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decoposer. 8. Which energy resource is renewable? A) Crude oil. B) Atomic nuclei. C) Biomass. D) Natural gas. E) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomass. 9. Positive particle located in the nucleus of an atom A) Neutron. B) Electron. C) Proton. D) Electron cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proton. 10. Secondary pollutant A) Soot from smoke. B) Car exhaust fumes. C) VOCs. D) Ground-level ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ground-level ozone. 11. An ant is successful because all of the following except: A) It moves quickly. B) Reproduces rapidly. C) Has a waterproof external skeleton. D) Can eat a multitude of different things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can eat a multitude of different things. 12. Complete the following statement by selecting the correct answer:The main ingredient of natural gas is ..... A) Methane. B) Coal. C) Natural gas. D) Fossil fuels. E) Crude oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 13. National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2009 A) RA 6969. B) RA 9512. C) RA 9275. D) RA 8749. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RA 9512. 14. ..... are consumers that eat plants and meat. A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivore. 15. Programs that breed animals in captivity then release them to the wild are called ..... A) Kidnapping. B) Breeding Buildings. C) Captive Breeding Programs. D) Catch and Release Programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captive Breeding Programs. 16. Which of the following is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments? A) Ecology. B) Environmental science. C) Biology. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental science. 17. Which part of the water cycle occurs when water vapor rises to an elevation where the air is cooler? A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condensation. 18. Which gas is most abundant in the atmosphere? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Methane. C) Nitrous oxide. D) Nitrogen gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen gas. 19. Uppermost layer of Earth's atmosphere A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermosphere. 20. Biodiversity is a fundamental to human welfare and economic development and plays a critical role in meeting human needs by maintaining the ecological processes upon which our survival depends A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. ← 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