This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 619 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 619 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which two taxons are used to give an organism their scientific name? A) Kingdom/phylum. B) Phylum/class. C) Genus/species. D) Kingdom/species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genus/species. 2. What is the 4th step in the scientific method? A) Conclude. B) Analyze. C) Problem. D) Hypothesize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze. 3. A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain type of plants. A) Taiga. B) Climate. C) Biome. D) Canopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biome. 4. What is the measure of distance in degrees north and south from the equator? A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Elevation. D) Topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 5. You notice that the strawberries in your garden all have tiny bitemarks in them. You hypothesize that rabbits are the culprits, so you put a wire fence around half of the strawberry patch. What is the dependent variable in this experiment? A) The strawberries. B) The wire fence. C) The rabbits. D) The bitemarks on the strawberries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bitemarks on the strawberries. 6. Over time, growth of ..... depletes and degrades Earth's natural capital. A) Nutrient cycling. B) Pollution. C) Ecological footprints. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological footprints. 7. Allopatric Speciation occurs when populations become physically separated over a geographic distance A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Organic compounds that control several body functions. e.g. A, C, K A) Carbohydrates. B) Metabolism. C) Vitamins. D) Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamins. 9. Cutting steps into a hill or mountain to farm on is A) Terracing. B) Contour farming. C) Conservation tillage. D) Stripcropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terracing. 10. What product does a nuclear power plant produce for its customers? A) Electricity. B) A turbine. C) Hot water. D) Steam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electricity. 11. Jack notices a puddle of water on his way home from school. The next day the puddle is gone. What most likely happened to the puddle of water? A) It melted. B) It condensed. C) It infiltrated. D) It evaporated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It evaporated. 12. Vertebrates are to animals as angiosperms are to ..... A) Eubacteria. B) Plants. C) Fungi. D) Protists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants. 13. Which of the following best describes the Greenhouse Effect? A) When solar radiation reflects off the atmosphere. B) Heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases. C) Plants grow better when a greenhouse is filled with CO2. D) When solar radiation hits Earth's surface directly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases. 14. What is the drawback to recycling materials like metals, glass, and plastics? A) Recycling requires more energy. B) The amount of material recaptured for future use is minimal. C) Market prices for recycled materials can fluctuate wildly. D) Easy to do tags V4 V5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Market prices for recycled materials can fluctuate wildly. 15. Which are the three COLD climate biomes? A) Desert, Savanna, and Temperate Grassland. B) Artic Tundra, Alpine Tundra, & Coniferous Forest. C) Tropical Rainforest, Temperate Deciduous Forest, & Ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artic Tundra, Alpine Tundra, & Coniferous Forest. 16. If you are not understanding the material who do you ask? A) My classroom coach. B) My online teacher. C) The school nurse. D) Susie from P.E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My online teacher. 17. The hydrosphere includes the following: A) Glaciers, ice caps, and frozen tundra. B) Oceans, lakes, streams, and rivers. C) Rocks, Earth's interior, and minerals. D) Mother nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceans, lakes, streams, and rivers. 18. Majority of nitrogen fixation occurs by A) Biological nitrogen fixing organisms. B) Lightning. C) Volcanic eruptions. D) Haber-Bosch process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological nitrogen fixing organisms. 19. Which of the following activities is the largest producer of primary air pollutants in the United States? A) Electricity production. B) Healthcare. C) Transportation. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electricity production. 20. A resource that is made faster than it is used A) Non-renewable Resource. B) Renewable. C) Coal. D) Oil. 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