This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 660 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 660 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago. This continent is called A) America. B) Super Earth. C) Pangea. D) Eurasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pangea. 2. Which is a health problem directly connected to air pollution? A) Cancer. B) Hearing loss. C) Asthma. D) Sun burn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthma. 3. Developing Country A) A country with no resources. B) A country with a LOW GDP. C) A country with a High GDP. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A country with a LOW GDP. 4. Scientists used planes and high-altitude balloons to look for predicted correlations between altitude and the levels of CFCs and chlorine monoxide. This is an example of a(n) A) Experiment. B) Observational study. C) Model. D) Controlled study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observational study. 5. These days we have ..... on mobile phones and in cars. A) Letters. B) Radios. C) Magazines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radios. 6. Many antibiotics are derived from chemicals that come form this group A) Insects. B) Fungi. C) Biodiversity hotspot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fungi. 7. Which of the following lives attached to hard surfaces? A) Plankton. B) Nekton. C) Benthos. D) Angler fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benthos. 8. Which of the following is most likely a characteristic of a developing country? A) Low unemployment rate. B) High GDP per capita. C) High birth rate. D) High literacy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High birth rate. 9. The approximate world population is A) 3.5 billion. B) 7.5 billion. C) 10 billion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7.5 billion. 10. Coral A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 11. ..... is the Earth's second most abundant gas. A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Argon. D) Ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 12. Which type of environmental scientist is most likely to study the effects of air pollution on asthma? A) Hydrologist. B) Toxicologist. C) Environmental physician. D) Ecologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental physician. 13. Right after the damage, many animals will migrate into a natural disrupted area. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Water beads up on the surface of a penny because of what property? A) Adhesion. B) High Surface Tension. C) Universal Solvent. D) Changes in Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High Surface Tension. 15. What layer of Earth is made of solid metal? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner core. 16. What describes the outer core? A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Viscous. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid. 17. The GEOSPHERE starts at the ground and extends all the way down to earth's core. We rely on the geosphere to provide natural resources and a place to grow food. Volcanos, mountain ranges, and deserts are all part of the geosphere. Without the geosphere, there would be no Earth!What does the prefix "geo" mean? A) Soft. B) Stone. C) Ground. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ground. 18. The air in the desert has ..... humidity while the air in the tropical rainforest has ..... humidity. A) High / low. B) Low / high. C) Low / low. D) High / high. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low / high. 19. Where does the Mississippi River begin? A) Louisiana. B) Minnesota. C) Mississippi. D) Oregon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minnesota. 20. When the wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone, the enire ecosystem flourished. A species form that supports an entire ecosystem. A) Endangered Species. B) Invasive Species. C) Keystone Species. D) Threatened Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keystone Species. ← 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