This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 88 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 88 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the below are concerns surrounding GMOs: A) They use more water than traditional crops. B) Unknown effects of consuming GMOs on the health of humans. C) A reduced supply of food. D) More pesticides will be used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unknown effects of consuming GMOs on the health of humans. 2. Choose the correct answer to fill in the missing content in the concept below? "Solid waste is..... in solid or viscous form (also known as sludge) discharged from production, business, and services. services, activities or other activities" A) Agent. B) Material. C) Element. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waste. 3. ..... rock forms from magma/lava A) Metamorphic. B) Sedimentary. C) Igneous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous. 4. The amount of water on Earth that is drinkable is A) 0.5 %. B) 97.5 %. C) 100 %. D) 50 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.5 %. 5. What is the name of the area of groundwater where the open space is filled with water? A) Zone of Saturation. B) Zone of Aeration. C) Water Table. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zone of Saturation. 6. What is the major cause for noise & air pollution? A) Deforestation. B) Oil spills. C) Transportation. D) Factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transportation. 7. Which of these is not an observed impact of global warming? A) Droughts are much more common, while flooding is much more rare. B) The range of certain insects, such as pine bark beetles, is increasing. C) Growing seasons in some regions of the world are becoming longer. D) Glaciers in Greenland, West Antarctica, and the Andes and Himalayan mountains are shrinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Droughts are much more common, while flooding is much more rare. 8. Cebu Hawk Owl-Kuwago Ninux rumseyi, ..... Endangered bird species and considered distinct species of hawk owl in 2013. A) Critically. B) Threatened. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threatened. 9. With the concerns about climate change increasing, the production of gases and their effects on the atmosphere are being closely watched. When fossil fuel is burned in a car engine, A) Increases in the atmosphere. B) Oxygen. C) Are planted and take over. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases in the atmosphere. 10. ..... are broad explanations which apply to a wide range of situations and observations. A) Theories. B) Hypotheses. C) Ethics. D) Variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theories. 11. What parts of a classroom aquarium ecosystem are abiotic? A) Water, rocks, algae. B) Water, rocks, air. C) Plants, rocks, air. D) Fish, plants, coral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water, rocks, air. 12. Which of the following is not a possible process that results in ammonification? A) Photosynthesis. B) Decomposition. C) Nitrogen fixation. D) Fertilizer production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 13. When demand for a product is low, the producer will A) Raise price and drop supply. B) Raise price and supply. C) Drop price and raise supply. D) Drop price and supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drop price and supply. 14. Animals exhale this gas. A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 15. Method that uses pumps to blast huge volumes of a mixture of water, sand, and various chemicals into a well to fracture rock and release natural gas or oil A) Refining. B) Proven oil reserves. C) Hydraulic fracturing (fracking). D) Peak production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydraulic fracturing (fracking). 16. A sustainable world would be the type of world would be described by the indefinite existence of ..... in a healthy and prosperous condition? A) The Earth. B) Human populations. C) All organisms. D) World economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human populations. 17. Radon gas A) Primary pollulant. B) Secondary pollulant. C) Indoor air pollulant. D) Pollution control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indoor air pollulant. 18. You should always clean up after a lab. A) True, I agree. B) False, I disagree let the teacher do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True, I agree. 19. Energy can be created. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The parable '' the Tragedy of the Commons" focuses on A) Renewable resources. B) Limited resources. C) Shared resources. D) An amusing story. 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