This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water that contains waste from industries or homes A) Water pollution. B) Eutrophication. C) Wastewater. D) Biomagnification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wastewater. 2. Which is NOT used used in determining whether a country is considered developed or developing? A) GDP. B) Health Care System. C) Political System. D) Literacy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political System. 3. Examples of renewable resources include: A) Solar energy, water, wood, soil, air. B) Iron, salt, clay, fossil fuels, copper. C) Water, fossil fuels, wood, iron, soil. D) Water, fossil fuels, wood, iron, soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar energy, water, wood, soil, air. 4. Environmental effects of an individual or population in terms of total amount of land and water required to provide raw materials, as well as dispose of wastes, for all populations. A) Hypothesis. B) Ecological Footprint. C) Environmental Science. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological Footprint. 5. Look up pictures of the Aurora Borealis on google. The Aurora Borealis occurs in the A) Troposhere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 6. Sunlight is an inexhaustible resources: A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. The cost of the action against the benefits one expects from it. A) Cost-benefit analysis. B) Risk assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost-benefit analysis. 8. What is the largest reservoir of carbon? A) Carbon in the atmosphere in the form of a carbon dioxide. B) Carbohydrates stored in animals. C) Carbon found within limestone rocks. D) Carbohydrates stored in plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon found within limestone rocks. 9. Which of the following could NOT be measured scientifically? A) Which flower is prettiest. B) Which flower more people prefer. C) Which flower needs the most light to grow. D) The effects of limited sunlight on the flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which flower is prettiest. 10. Fossil Fuels are an example of which type of resource? A) Renewable. B) Non Renewable. C) Recycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non Renewable. 11. Currently, ..... people are moving to urban areas. A) More. B) Fewer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More. 12. Describe the scarcity of water in some places when almost three-fourths of the Earth is covered by water. A) Most of Earth's water is frozen at the poles. B) Most of Earth's water is in the atmosphere. C) Most of Earth's water is salty water. D) Most of Earth's water is underground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most of Earth's water is salty water. 13. This layer of the Earth is made up of the Continental and Oceanic ..... A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Core. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 14. Which of the following can be defined as:a change in conditions that causes the Pacific Ocean to be warmer, leading to worldwide changes in weather A) The boy. B) The girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl. 15. In which layer of the atmosphere are polar stratospheric clouds found? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 16. Which of the following could cause secondary succession? A) Gas leak. B) Acid rain. C) Forest wildfire. D) Ice age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest wildfire. 17. Which of the following is an appropriate unit of primary productivity A) Kg/m2. B) Kg/m/day. C) KJ/m2. D) Kj/ma/yr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kj/ma/yr. 18. What is considered to be in the middle of the pH scale A) Acidic. B) Neutral. C) Basic. D) Indicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutral. 19. Without the ..... there would be no life on the earth. A) River. B) Road. C) Atmosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 20. A tree adds a new layer of wood every year called a tree ring. Scientists examine these rings to learn about ..... A) The classification of the tree. B) Past climate conditions. C) The hardness of the wood. D) How long the tree will live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past climate conditions. ← 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