This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 654 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 654 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... are wetlands that are dominated by grasses and reeds. A) Marshes. B) Swamps. C) Deltas. D) Mangroves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marshes. 2. If water is recycled in the atmosphere, which best describes why water availability on Earth is decreasing? A) An increase in droughts is slowly reducing freshwater reservoirs. B) Due to an increase in Earth's temperature, evaporation rates continue to increase reducing liquid water on the surface. C) Earth's freshwater continues to become more polluted, reducing the supply of freshwater safe for humans to consume. D) Freshwater is not decreasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth's freshwater continues to become more polluted, reducing the supply of freshwater safe for humans to consume. 3. Group that serves as a standard of comparison in an experiment (DOES NOT receive experimental treatment) A) Control Group. B) Experimental Group. C) Data. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control Group. 4. Caribou, Musk Oxen, Lemmings, and insects are herbivores in which biome? A) Coniferous Forest. B) Deciduous Forest. C) Desert. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tundra. 5. Caused by wind and influenced by Earth's rotation A) The boy. B) The girl. C) Prevailing winds. D) Surface ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface ocean currents. 6. A pH of 1-6 means you are a A) Acid. B) Base. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid. 7. Listened(A) to his(B) favorite songs, Max checked(C) all the papers and signed(D) the posters A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 8. Molly investigated if the age of students caused them to be better drivers. What is the independent variable? A) Type of car. B) Skill of driving. C) Age of student. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Age of student. 9. Meeting to stop production of CFC's A) Niche. B) Endangered Species Act. C) Kyoto Treaty. D) The Montreal Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Montreal Protocol. 10. What is food waste? A) Throwing away uneaten food. B) A type of food you shouldn't eat. C) Composting leftover meals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Throwing away uneaten food. 11. A network of entries in coal mines A) Rooms. B) Flux. C) Dredge. D) Long wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rooms. 12. The nuclear fuel cycle can last up to ..... years. A) 24. B) 240. C) 2, 400. D) 24, 000. E) 240, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 240, 000. 13. Which of the following is not a conifer? A) Cedar. B) Fir. C) Sphagnum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sphagnum. 14. A student rescues an abandoned baby squirrel from her backyard. Which professional would help her develop a care plan for the animal and provide necessary vaccinations and medications as needed? A) Ecologist. B) Marine Biologist. C) Veterinarian. D) Architect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veterinarian. 15. Air is matter. We found that the weight of the ball increases by.5lbs each time we pumped more air into it. This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter. Which sentence is the reasoning? A) Air is matter. B) We found that the weight of the ball increases by.5lbs each time we pumped more air into it. C) This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter. 16. Had a vast impact (27) ..... the earth A) On. B) In. C) At. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 17. In eutrophication, what does 'algal bloom' refer to? A) The rapid increase in the number of bacteria. B) The rapid increase in the number of plants. C) The rapid decrease in the number of fish. D) The rapid increase in the amount of nitrates in the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rapid increase in the number of plants. 18. Which of these types of information do scientists use to organize the Earth into biomes? A) Forest and endangered species. B) Biomass, energy, and human populations. C) Precipitation, temperature, and vegetation. D) Renewable and non-renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation, temperature, and vegetation. 19. Relating to a large company or group (e.g. Coca Cola, Khol's, Frito-Lay) A) Non-Market Values. B) Environmental Economics. C) Corporate. D) Consumer. E) Ecological Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corporate. 20. What makes an enzyme substrate specific? A) Size. B) Shape. C) Name. 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