This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 617 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 617 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term that describes the discovery of farming? A) Domesticated. B) Paleolithic age. C) Neolithic age. D) Agricultural revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agricultural revolution. 2. What process is used in undersea mining to collect sand and gravel from the sea floor? A) Smelting. B) Froth floatation. C) Dredging. D) Placering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dredging. 3. Wind Power A) Non-renewable. B) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable. 4. The weather is the same as the climate. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Discuss the concept of sustainable development and its importance in environmental conservation. A) Sustainable development balances economic, social, and environmental needs for the benefit of present and future generations. B) Sustainable development only focuses on economic growth. C) Sustainable development has no impact on future generations. D) Sustainable development is not related to environmental conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable development balances economic, social, and environmental needs for the benefit of present and future generations. 6. Which form of farming is holistic? A) Conventional farming. B) Regenerative farming. C) Farming monoculture. D) Farms that till the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regenerative farming. 7. Principal sources of firewood, tanbark, cutch, dyewood, and charcoal A) Molave. B) Mangrove. C) Select. D) Narra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mangrove. 8. An organelle in eukaryotic cells that is the site of cellular respiration and generates most of the cell's ATP A) Chlorophyll. B) Chloroplast. C) Mitochondria. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mitochondria. 9. Why are mathematical models so important? A) They are especially useful in situations with many variables. B) They can be used to create useful digital images. C) They can represent how a system or process works. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are especially useful in situations with many variables. 10. Developed land covered mostly with buildings and roads is a(n) urban area. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. You set up an experiment to see if the color of a bird feeder effects how many birds visit it to eat. You set up 4 different colored feeders and count the birds. You find that 15 visit the red one; 12 visit the yellow; 8 visit the blue; and 25 visit the orange one. What type of data did you collect? A) Qualitative. B) Quantitative. C) Descriptive. D) Theoretical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative. 12. Cars with oil leaks are what kind of pollution? A) Point Pollution. B) Nonpoint pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint pollution. 13. ..... have a pH between 1 and 7. A) Colloid. B) Acid. C) Base. D) Neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid. 14. Group that is tested on during an experiment. A) Control group. B) Experimental group. C) Independent variable. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experimental group. 15. Does the flavor of ice cream effect how fast the ice cream melts? The flavor of ice cream is the ..... A) Constant Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Dependent Variable. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Variable. 16. Which of the following biogeochemical cycles requires bacteria found in the roots of plants, like beans, in order for nutrients to cycle? A) Water. B) Carbon. C) Nitrogen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 17. The rock and minerals on Earth's surface and below it. Includes the crust, mantle, and core. A) Hydrosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of a commons? A) Air. B) Oceans. C) Private beach. D) Forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private beach. 19. Choose the correct answer to fill in the missing content in the concept below? ".....is solid waste arising from production, business and service activities" A) Production waste. B) Production solid waste. C) Industrial solid waste. D) Industrial waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial solid waste. 20. What rock type is the product of cooling of molten materials? A) Igneous Rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Magma. 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