This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 647 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 647 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fossil fuels are derived from which of the following sources? A) Organic matter trapped in sedimentary rock. B) Non organic matter trapped in metamorphic rock. C) Organic matter trapped in igneous rock. D) Organic matter on the crust's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organic matter trapped in sedimentary rock. 2. Biologists put extra effort into protecting these because they have many species living in them. A) Cities. B) Biodiversity Hotspots. C) Farms. D) Conservation stations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity Hotspots. 3. What material did hunter-gatherers make their tools with? A) Tools were made with stone. B) Tools were made with bronze. C) Tools were made with copper. D) Tools were made with iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tools were made with stone. 4. How is weather measured? A) Over several years. B) A. C) On a day to day basis. D) Over several weeks. E) Over several centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On a day to day basis. 5. Which of the following two gasses make up 90-98% of the gasses created by landfills? A) Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide and Methane. C) Methane and Oxygen. D) Nitrogen and Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide and Methane. 6. The process of removing salt from salt water A) Desalination. B) Potable. C) Pathogen. D) Reservoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desalination. 7. What is the process in which the oceanic crust creates a ocean trench and is pushed back into the mantle? A) Sea Floor Spreading. B) Sublimation. C) Subduction. D) Volcanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subduction. 8. Water rising and sinking as it is heated in a pot is an example of ..... A) Radiation. B) Conduction. C) Evaporation. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection. 9. The transfer of energy in the form of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are in direct contact. A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Radiation. D) Oogielation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduction. 10. A forest that has regrown after a primary forest has been cut down or disturbed A) Secondary-growth forest. B) Reconciliation ecology. C) Wilderness area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary-growth forest. 11. How do MOST invasive species get to new areas where they don't naturally belong? A) Humans take them accidentally or on purpose. B) They ride on the back of sea turtles from one country to another. C) They get blown by the wind to a new location. D) They buy a bus ticket and travel there themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans take them accidentally or on purpose. 12. Most trees in tropical dry forests are ..... which means they lose their leaves and stop photosynthesis during part of the year. A) Coniferous. B) Deciduous. C) Elms. D) Fir trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous. 13. Film production creates an influx of people needing residential housing options in a community. Once land is acquired, permits are approved, and blueprints are drafted, which profession would the community rely on to build these houses and complexes? A) Mechanical Engineer. B) Epidemiologist. C) Construction Engineer. D) Economist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construction Engineer. 14. If I feed Puff Puff McGuff mole crabs, then his teeth will wear down. The responding variable in this hypothesis is: A) Mole crabs as food. B) Wearing down puffs teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearing down puffs teeth. 15. The depletion of the ozone layer can lead to A) Warmer climates. B) Increased skin cancer rates. C) The recovery of the ocean's ecosystems. D) Extreme mutations among the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased skin cancer rates. 16. What does the acronym "GMO" stand for? A) Genetically Modified Organisms. B) Ground Molecule Oxygen. C) Girls Move Out. D) Gulf of Mexico Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetically Modified Organisms. 17. Which of the following refers to where an organism lives and the properties of its surroundings? A) Ecosystem. B) Biosignature. C) Vicariance. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environment. 18. A ..... is used to accelerate protons in the study of subatomic particles. A) Television. B) The termans. C) Technology. D) Tevatron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tevatron. 19. Scientists form ..... hypotheses to answer questions. A) Accurate. B) Short. C) Mathematical. D) Testable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testable. 20. When the air above is warmer than the air below, it is called a A) Temperature shift. B) Temperature change. C) Temperature inversion. 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