This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 64 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A major difference between environmental science and ecology is the study of the A) Interaction among living things. B) Use of natural resources. C) Influence of humans on the environment. D) Living things interactions with the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Influence of humans on the environment. 2. Which agency or department enforces the Clean Water Act? A) Environmental Protection Agency. B) Department of Interior. C) Department of Agriculture. D) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental Protection Agency. 3. Which of these would not be included as part of the environment? A) What the soil is made of. B) The average temperature, wind, percipitation, and other factors. C) Animals and plants in the region and surrounding area. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. The term used to describe the productive area of Earth needed to support the lifestyle of one person in a particular country is called ..... A) Supply and demand. B) The ecological footprint. C) The consumption crisis. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ecological footprint. 5. What is the chemical formula for water? A) Is it?. B) Right. C) H2O. D) Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H2O. 6. Minerals concentrated by wind and water movement into surface deposits A) Alloy. B) Compound. C) Gemstonews. D) Placier deposits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Placier deposits. 7. The amount of a product or service offered for sale at a give price A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Economics. D) Lobbying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 8. The conversion of ammonium to nitrate is called what? A) Nitrification. B) Renitrification. C) Denitrification. D) Unnitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrification. 9. On what date is World Population Day celebrated every year? A) July 11. B) August 11. C) June 11th. D) May 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) July 11. 10. Which country is popularity known as 'Land of the wind mills'? A) The Nether lands. B) Poland. C) Norway. D) Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Nether lands. 11. Which of the following is an arid biome present in both high and low altitudes defined by extremely low amounts of precipitation? A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Aquatic. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 12. Which of the following are problems associated with landfills? A) Composting of organic materials at the site. B) Production of leachate and methane. C) Surface impoundment. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Production of leachate and methane. 13. We need water to..... A) Live. B) Sleep. C) Die. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Live. 14. The energy at each trophic level in food webs, chains, and energy pyramids ..... A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 15. Which tectonic boundary is it when two plates collide? A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent. 16. Species that are crucial to the functioning of an ecosystem A) Keystone species. B) Exotic species. C) Invasive species. D) Indicator species. E) Endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keystone species. 17. The layer of the atmosphere that reflects radio waves is the A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 18. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the natural balance of chemicals in an environment and can cause toxicity and acidification? A) Chemical pollution. B) Acidic pollution. C) Toxic pollution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Under the Climate Change, the result of the 1997 Kyoto Summit was an international commitment to A) Reduce the amount rainforest logging. B) Increase the amount of land placed in conservation easement. C) Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. 20. What is feedback in a system? A) A type of natural disaster. B) A type of animal behavior. C) Any process that increases or decreases a change to a system. D) A type of energy source. 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