This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 65 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Streams start out as rivers but collect into a larger volume of running water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. A person who studies earthquakes is called a ..... A) Ecologist. B) Biologist. C) Geologist. D) Seismologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismologist. 3. All of the following are renewable resources EXCEPT A) Energy from the sun. B) Minerals. C) Crops. D) Fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minerals. 4. From your reading, what are some of an organism's basic needs? A) Food, water, and shelter. B) Food, water, shelter, space, companionship. C) Food, water, shelter, sanitation, and sleep. D) Food, water, shelter and a place to bear and raise their young. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food, water, shelter and a place to bear and raise their young. 5. Information known as ..... are gathered by senses A) Observations. B) Controls. C) Hypotheses. D) Variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observations. 6. Month growing season A) Deciduous. B) Rain. C) Coniferous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coniferous. 7. The USA is considered a ..... country. A) Developed. B) Developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developed. 8. An atom that has a nucleus that will split is said to be ..... A) Fussion. B) Fissionable. C) Combinable. D) Discontinuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fissionable. 9. Precipitation A) Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds. B) A single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of Earth's surface. C) The flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact. D) Vibration caused by slippage along a fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds. 10. We get information from books and magazines. A) True. B) False. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Validity A) Accuracy. B) IV. C) DV. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accuracy. 12. Solar cells uses ..... to produce electricity. A) UV rays. B) Sunlight. C) Thermal energy. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 13. Water vapor forms water droplets on dust particles, which form into clouds and fall as rain, sleet, snow or hail A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Evaporation. D) Convection current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 14. Scientist are studying a graph showing the time differences between the seismic P-waves and the seismic S-waves as they travel through Earth. Which information can they learn from the graph? A) The magnitude of am earthquake. B) The duration of an earthquake. C) The epicenter of an earthquake. D) The intensity of an earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The epicenter of an earthquake. 15. Fuel cells produce A) Fossil fuels. B) Hydrogen gas. C) Electricity. D) Gasoline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electricity. 16. The amount of matter in an object is the A) Mass. B) Volume. C) Length. D) Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass. 17. Which of the following is an example of a climax community? A) Cacti in a desert. B) Stable grasses on a prairie. C) Tall oak trees in a forest. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 18. What is pollution? A) An unhealthy diet. B) Global warming. C) Is the process of making land, water, air or other parts of the environment dirty and not safe or suitable to use. D) Lands, people and plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is the process of making land, water, air or other parts of the environment dirty and not safe or suitable to use. 19. The farther a planet is from the Sun, the ..... the period of revolution. A) Longer. B) Shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longer. 20. How do scientist think that early atmosphere was probably formed? A) Gases from volcanoes. B) Lava from volcanoes. C) Gases released from bacteria. D) They are unsure how it is formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gases from volcanoes. ← 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