This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 86 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 86 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does a paleoclimatologist study? A) Life. B) Atoms. C) Climates. D) Kinetic and Potential Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climates. 2. Certain gases in the atmosphere-water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide-help maintain the Earth's temperatures and climate. These are called: ..... A) Ozone gases. B) Solar gases. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Stomach gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouse gases. 3. Protein A) A compound that does not contain the element carbon or contains carbon bound to elements other than hydrogen. B) A compound that contains carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds. C) A compound composed of carbon, hydrogen and water molecules. D) A critical component for life, made up of long chain of nitrogen-containing organic molecules known as amino acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A critical component for life, made up of long chain of nitrogen-containing organic molecules known as amino acids. 4. Listing both the merits and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of a(n) A) Cost-benefit analysis. B) Risk assessment. C) Ecological footprint. D) Market equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost-benefit analysis. 5. Which of these are sense organs? A) Rib, Bone, Torso, Taste bud & head. B) Arms, Legs, Curved bones, Abdomen and Lungs. C) Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Skin. D) Brain, Upper Limbs, Lower Limbs, Shoulder and nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Skin. 6. An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Estuary. C) Marshes. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 7. The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur, is called the ..... zone. A) Limnetic. B) Aphotic. C) Photic. D) Benthic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photic. 8. We're talking ..... pollution. A) To. B) With. C) In. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About. 9. The price at which a good is bought and sold in a market equilibrium is called A) Retail price. B) Equilibrium price. C) Discount price. D) Base price. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equilibrium price. 10. Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere A) Are in steady state. B) Are decreasing. C) Are increasing. D) Can not be measured. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are increasing. 11. What is a major effect to the environment of combusting (burning) plastic? A) It releases toxic chemicals and fumes. B) It is smelly. C) It is an eyesore. D) Animals step on and it is hot so it will damage their paws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It releases toxic chemicals and fumes. 12. What layer is the deepest layer beneath the Earth's surface at 1, 500 miles and is considered to be a solid iron ball because of the pressure it is placed under? A) Outer Core. B) Crust. C) Mantle. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner Core. 13. Taking personal responsibility for sustainable resource usage. A) Honesty. B) ?. C) Individual responsibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual responsibility. 14. Respiration is the process by which (a) is consumed and (b) is produced. A) Carbon, Oxygen. B) B Oxygen, Carbon dioxide. C) H20, oxygen. D) Carbon, H2O. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B Oxygen, Carbon dioxide. 15. You are a snail living in the deep dark forest. What could be a "biotic" factor in your environment? A) Bird. B) Rock. C) Soil. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bird. 16. A group of only one type of organism is a A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 17. Earth's atmosphere is important to living things because it A) Contains dust and other particles. B) Is very thin compared to the size of Earth. C) Provides all the gases that living things need to survive. D) Maintains a constant amount of hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provides all the gases that living things need to survive. 18. This biome has trees with leaves that change color and fall off each year A) Taiga. B) Tundra. C) Temperate rain forest. D) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deciduous forest. 19. Agricultural Society A) Was the beginning of pollution. B) Used advanced techology. C) Lived in nomatic tribes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was the beginning of pollution. 20. The plant is 7 cm tall. A) Qualitative data. B) Quantitative data. 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