This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 653 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 653 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Smoke coming out of a smokes stack is an example of what? A) Secondary Pollution. B) Primary pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary pollution. 2. Which is NOT included in the key themes in Education for Sustainable Development. A) Overcoming Poverty. B) Peace and Solidarity. C) Gender Equality. D) Health Promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peace and Solidarity. 3. How does the human body return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle? A) Waste products. B) Photosynthesis. C) Cellular respiration. D) Formation of glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cellular respiration. 4. Which layer of the atmosphere am I? I start at the Earth's surface and extend upward about 12 miles. A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 5. Who were the native habitants on Easter Island? A) The Rapa Nui. B) Chileans. C) Taino People. D) Tonga Islanders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Rapa Nui. 6. Which of the following is an example of fossils that can be used as climate data? A) Whale bones found in the desert. B) Sloth bones found in South America. C) Arrowheads found in a river in North America. D) Turtle fossils found in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whale bones found in the desert. 7. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, result in air pollution. What could be an outcome if the amount of smoke released is not regulated? A) The temperature of the region would decrease. B) Trees would begin to die, leading to habitat loss. C) The smoke would settle around cities, reducing visibility. D) Sunlight would not be able to reach Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The smoke would settle around cities, reducing visibility. 8. Which species have been reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park to balance out the ecosystem and increase biodiversity? A) Eurasian Lynx. B) Beaver. C) Gray wolf. D) Grizzly Bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gray wolf. 9. Police & the law would be involved in which of Hylton's rules? A) Sense of belonging. B) Maintenance & safety. C) Human architecture. D) Human scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maintenance & safety. 10. Obtaining lumber from a forest would be considered what type of ecosystem service? A) Provisioning. B) Regulating. C) Supporting. D) Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provisioning. 11. What is NOT appropriate ATV riding gear? A) Helmet. B) Long Shirt. C) Long Pants. D) Flip Flops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flip Flops. 12. The spotted owl lives in an old growth forest. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. What rock type is the product of Deposition and Lithification? A) Igneous Rock. B) Sediments. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Metamorphic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 14. Which of the following are biotic factors:insect, turtle, rock, and rain? A) The biotic factors are insect and turtle. B) The biotic factors are rock and rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The biotic factors are insect and turtle. 15. Supply:demand:: A) Overpopulation:resources. B) Renewable:nonrenewable. C) Computer production:sales of computers. D) Population:consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Computer production:sales of computers. 16. Species that are only found in a specific geographic area are ..... A) Introduced species. B) Local species. C) Endemic. D) Biodiversity hot spot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endemic. 17. All living things are composed of organic molecules that contain atoms of the element ..... A) Oxygen. B) Hydrogen. C) Carbon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon. 18. Longitude is the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Energy from sources that are constantly being formed. A) Renewable Energy. B) Non-renewable Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable Energy. 20. When you study a population, you might study A) The competition for habitat between two species of snails. B) The effect of fertilizer on a group of plants of different species. C) The number of seeds of a single species that germinate (sprout and grow) each season. D) Climate patterns in a given area. 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