This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 552 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 552 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Emphysema, heart disease and lung cancer are ..... of air pollution. A) By products. B) Causes. C) Long-term effects. D) Examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long-term effects. 2. The Hetch Hetchy dam construction was one of the first debates between the anthropocentrist and ecocentrist environmental philosophies. What decision was eventually made regarding the dam? A) A dam was built in another location that was not a National Park. B) The dam was built in the Hetch Hetchy valley. C) A dam was constructed, then later removed. D) No dam was constructed; San Francisco had to find another source of fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dam was built in the Hetch Hetchy valley. 3. The release of water vapor from plants is called A) Combustion. B) Transpiration. C) Evaporation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 4. A small bird lands on a hippo and eats the ticks off the hippo's back. This helps the bird by giving it an easy meal and helps the hippo by removing annoying pests from its skin. Which type of symbiotic relationship do the bird and hippo share? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 5. Evidence of fertilizer use A) Decaying plants. B) Dead animals. C) Algal bloom. D) Phosphate in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algal bloom. 6. An example of an item made from a renewable resource would include ..... A) Cotton rag. B) Motor oil. C) Styrofoam egg carton. D) Aluminum soda pop can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton rag. 7. The gradual increase in average global temperatures due to higher concentrations of gases is known as: A) Climate change. B) Global warming. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Milankovitch cycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global warming. 8. Taiga or great north woods A) Rain. B) Coniferous. C) Deciduous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coniferous. 9. How many mass extinctions have happened BEFORE the current one? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 10. At the equator, Earth spins at a rate of about 1670 kilometers per hour. Thecircumference of Earth at the equator is about 40, 000 kilometers. About how longdoes it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis at the equator? A) ) 12 Hours. B) ) 24 Hours. C) ) 29.5 Days. D) ) 365 Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ) 24 Hours. 11. What causes ocean trenches to form? A) Meteor impact. B) Subduction. C) Volcanic eruptions. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subduction. 12. Strontium-90 has a half-life of 29 years. If a site held 2000 kg of this isotope, approximately what mass of Strontium-90 would be left after 116 years? A) 1000 kg. B) 500 kg. C) 250 kg. D) 125 kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 125 kg. 13. Photosynthesis and ..... are important processes in the carbon-oxygen cycle. A) Transpiration. B) Respiration. C) Evaporation. D) Water cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiration. 14. Species that normally lives and thrives in a particular area. A) Keystone species. B) Endangered species. C) Native species. D) Indicator species. E) Extinct species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Native species. 15. ..... is a tool that helps us create cost-effective ways to protect our health and the environment A) Supply and Demand. B) Cost Benefit Analysis. C) Tragedy of the Commons. D) Risk Assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Risk Assessment. 16. Which of the following is not present in the air. A) Ice. B) Germs. C) Smoke. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice. 17. A carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things is called ..... A) Biodiversity. B) Environment. C) Fossil Fuel. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil Fuel. 18. When solar energy reaches Earth, it is in the form of A) Infrared radiation only. B) Visible light only. C) Ultraviolet light only. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. Dark, cooler than average regions on the Sun's surface are known as ..... A) Sunspots. B) Radiation spots. C) Black holes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunspots. 20. What does an eco-footprint represent? A) How much water we use. B) How many trees we cut. C) How much food we consume. D) How much of the environment we use to support our lifestyles. 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