This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 588 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 588 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do you call broad explanations of phenomenon supported by much evidence and may include more than one hypothesis? A) Scientific law. B) Scientific theory. C) Theoretical hypothesis. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific theory. 2. Which is a primary energy source used by power plants to generate electricity? A) Wood. B) Coal. C) Batteries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 3. Nitrogen and sulfur oxides cause..... A) Acid precipitation. B) Acid shock. C) Asbestosis. D) Fish to suffocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid precipitation. 4. Carbon Dioxide is returned to the atmosphere mostly by A) Respiration of Consumers. B) Volcanic eruptions. C) Photosynthesis. D) Solar flare fallout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiration of Consumers. 5. The Endangered Species Act is legislation designed to protect only animals A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience is called A) Brainstorming. B) Debate. C) Prejudice. D) Civil Discourse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prejudice. 7. Control rods in nuclear reactors are commonly made of boron and cadmium because these two elements have the ability to A) Absorb neutrons. B) Emit neutrons. C) Decrease the speed of neutrons. D) Increase the speed of neutrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorb neutrons. 8. Which species naturally originates in a given ecosystem? A) Invasive. B) Native. C) Keystone. D) Endemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Native. 9. Energy is created in the core when two ..... atoms join together to form a ..... atom. A) Helium, hydrogen. B) Carbon, hydrogen. C) Nitrogen, helium. D) Hydrogen, helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrogen, helium. 10. What city has the worst ammonia levels in the air? A) Los Angeles, CA. B) Tokyo, japan. C) Dhaka, Bangladesh. D) Delhi, India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delhi, India. 11. Law describing the relationship between an item's availability and its value A) Supply and demand. B) "The Tragedy of the Commons". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply and demand. 12. The process of breathing in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide into the air (or water) is ..... A) Assimilation. B) Decomposition. C) Photosynthesis. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiration. 13. Which of these sentences does not describe part of the process of evolution bynatural selection? A) The environment contains limited resources. B) Organisms produce more offspring than will survive to reproduce. C) Communities include populations of several species. D) Organisms in a population differ in their traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communities include populations of several species. 14. An animal that eats only plants or producers is a (an) A) Carnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Decoposer. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivore. 15. Which of the following questions cannot be answered by scientists? A) Is this painting beautiful?. B) How does an engine work?. C) How do trees produce food?. D) What is a star?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is this painting beautiful?. 16. Most of our energy in The United States comes from ..... A) Non-renewable energy sources. B) Renewable energy sources. C) Sustainable energy sources. D) Wind and Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-renewable energy sources. 17. What were the two "revolutions" that changed the human population? A) Industrial and French Revolution. B) American and French Revolution. C) Industrial and Agricultural Revolution. D) Agricultural and French Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial and Agricultural Revolution. 18. In what year are fossil fuel reserves expected to peak? A) 2030. B) 2045. C) 2050. D) 2100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2030. 19. A company wants to build a development to support more people, even though it displaces several species of animals. What type of world view is depicted? A) Anthropocentrism. B) Biocentrism. C) Ecocentrism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentrism. 20. Group of similar things that is being studied. A) Average. B) Mean. C) Statistical populations. D) Probability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statistical populations. ← 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