This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Resources that can theoretically last forever are called ..... resources. A) Biodiverse. B) Industrial. C) Renewable. D) Nonrenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable. 2. Which of the following products contains harmful CFC's? A) Refrigerator. B) Spray paint cans. C) Aerosol hairspray cans. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. Which of the following does NOT describe an effect of the Industrial Revolution? A) Fossil fuels became important energy sources. B) The amount of land and labor needed to produce food increased. C) Artificial substances replace some animal and plant product. D) Machines replaced human muscle and animal power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of land and labor needed to produce food increased. 4. What gas is increasing in large amounts due to human activities? A) BP. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Diesel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 5. What is Scum? A) Wastewater and other different types of waste. B) A network of pipes that carry sewage. C) A dense material that sinks to the bottom of the septic tank. D) A material that floats at the top of a septic tank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A material that floats at the top of a septic tank. 6. According to most scientists, what is the ultimate cause of most mass extinctions? A) Overhunting. B) Evolution of new species to replace old ones. C) Major change in environment due to extreme natural events. D) Asteroid impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Major change in environment due to extreme natural events. 7. A marsh and a swamp are both types of wetlands. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. How does weathering differ from erosion? A) Weathering and erosion are the same process. B) Weathering only occurs in deserts, while erosion only occurs near water. C) Weathering creates new rocks, while erosion destroys rocks. D) Weathering breaks down rocks, while erosion transports the weathered materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weathering breaks down rocks, while erosion transports the weathered materials. 9. Which of the following is NOT a fuel source? A) Copper. B) Coal. C) Uranium. D) Oil sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper. 10. What is the term for organisms, including plants and algae, that create their own food? A) Consumers. B) Producers. C) Legumes. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 11. Biodiversity or biological diversity A) Where humans have conducted selection under our own direction. B) Populations become physically separated over a geographic distance. C) Variety of life across all levels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variety of life across all levels. 12. What happens when there is a spring tide? A) Small tidal ranges. B) Higher high tides and lower low tides. C) Low tides and medium tides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher high tides and lower low tides. 13. We get solar energy from the ..... A) Water. B) Wind. C) River. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 14. The higher the temperature, the more dissolved oxygen in water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Scientists think people have directly caused the extinction of some species through ..... A) Habitat destruction. B) Poaching. C) Pollution. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. What is a lack of physical, social, or economic access to safe and nutritious foods called? A) Famine. B) Food security. C) Food shortage. D) Food insecurity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food insecurity. 17. ..... roots help give support to tropical palm trees growing in shallow, wet soils. A) Butrees. B) Prop stilt. C) Drip tips. D) Liana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prop stilt. 18. What year did the Paris agreement happen? A) 1972. B) 1976. C) 2015. D) 1989. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2015. 19. Producers are organisms that can make their own food from their non-living environment A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. The deepest point in the ocean is where A) Pacific Ocean. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Indian Ocean. D) Arctic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Ocean. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEnvironmental Sciences Quiz 1Environmental Sciences Quiz 2Environmental Sciences Quiz 3Environmental Sciences Quiz 4Environmental Sciences Quiz 5Environmental Sciences Quiz 6Environmental Sciences Quiz 8Environmental Sciences Quiz 9Environmental Sciences Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books