This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 678 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 678 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... Resources-Not replaced by natural processes, or the rate of replacement is so slow as to be ineffective. A) Renewable. B) Restorabe. C) Nonrenewable. D) Nonrestorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonrenewable. 2. Eutrophication is a condition of natural nutrient enrichment of a shallow lake, estuary, or slow-moving stream. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. In the upper atmosphere the form of oxygen that protects Earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays is? A) Oxygen. B) Ozone. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone. 4. ..... air is more dense and tends to sink A) Cold. B) Warm. C) Moist. D) Dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold. 5. Which type of plate boundary would mostl likely have mountains to form? A) Convergent boundary btwn. 2 oceanic plates. B) Convergent boundary between 1 oceanic and 1 continental plate. C) Convergent bondary between 2 continental plates. D) Divergent boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent bondary between 2 continental plates. 6. Which method is used to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions? A) Installation of catalytic converters. B) Increased temperature of combustion. C) The addition of oxygen to combustion processes. D) The use of fluidized bed combustion. E) The use of calcium carbonate to absorb emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Installation of catalytic converters. 7. Which of the following can help fix the environment? A) Green Roofs. B) Renewable Energy. C) Global Reforestation Efforts. D) All of the These. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the These. 8. Number of children born each year for every 1, 000 people A) Birth rate. B) Literacy rate. C) Death rate. D) Tax rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rate. 9. Underground formation containing groundwater A) Watershed. B) Aquifer. C) Recharge zone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquifer. 10. When is international ozone day celebrated A) October 16. B) September 16. C) November 16. D) October21. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) September 16. 11. The chemical Equation NaCl represents which molecule? A) Water. B) Salt. C) Glucose. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt. 12. We use our ..... to feel. A) Eyes. B) Skin. C) Nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 13. Why do we depend on fossil fuels? A) Electricity, transportation, and heating. B) Food. C) Sunlight. D) Growing, building muscle, calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electricity, transportation, and heating. 14. If a lake receives a large input of a limiting nutrient, which of these would happen first? A) An algal bloom occurs. B) Algae begin to die and decomposers take over. C) Nitrogen compounds are recycled. D) The concentration of oxygen drops below the necessary level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An algal bloom occurs. 15. Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads is defined as a(n) A) Infrastructure. B) Heat island. C) Urban area. D) Rural area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rural area. 16. An undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms A) Agriculture. B) Biodiversity. C) Pollution. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 17. Water that moves from bodies of water and moist soil into the atmosphere by ..... A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 18. All of these types of waves travel from the Sun to Earth EXCEPT A) ) Light Waves. B) ) Sound Waves. C) ) Infrared Waves. D) ) Ultraviolet Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ) Sound Waves. 19. Which of the following biogeochemical cycles does not have an atmospheric phase? A) Hydrologic cycle. B) Nitrogen cycle. C) Carbon cycle. D) Phosphorus cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phosphorus cycle. 20. If a population's growth rate is-6%, is the population increasing, decreasing, or staying the same? A) Increasing. B) Decreasing. C) Staying the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreasing. ← 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