This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 101 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Starting at TEN years old, this young activist has brought attention to water contamination from lead pipes in her hometown and is the youngest Women's March Youth Ambassador. A) Autumn Peltier. B) Varshini Prakash. C) Let's Copeny. D) Georgie Badiel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let's Copeny. 2. Chose a more holistic prospective, saying healthy ecosystems depend on all protecting all interacting parts. He argued that people should view themselves as "The land" as members of the same community and we are obligated to treat the land in an ethical manner. A) Aldo Leopold. B) Grifford Pinchot. C) John Muir. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aldo Leopold. 3. What is the direction of flow of energy in an ecosystem? A) Unidirectional. B) Bidirectional. C) Multidirectional. D) Cyclic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unidirectional. 4. Using the 'CER' writing strategy for scientific discussion and questioning, what is needed for proper use of the 'R': A) A direct statement agreeing or disagreeing with the question. B) The reasoning behind why evidence given supports a claim. C) Citation and direct quote (or data) confirming the claim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reasoning behind why evidence given supports a claim. 5. The biosphere also known as the ecosphere is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The salinity of the ocean water is the concentration of all tje undissolved salt it contains. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. True or False. When seawater becomes warmer, its volume decreases. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Why is environmental science considered an interdisciplinary field? A) It borrows techniques from many science subjects. B) It is more of a social movement than a scientific study. C) It is a new form of science that is still being developed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It borrows techniques from many science subjects. 9. A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or how it is organized A) Prediction. B) Conceptual model. C) Control group. D) Physical model. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceptual model. 10. "Criteria to be considered an air pollutant" was established by which federal agency? A) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). B) Department of the Interior (DI). C) Center for Disease Control (CDC). D) United Nations (UN). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 11. Conduct in accordance with what a person determines is right versus wrong is A) Legal behavior. B) Moral behavior. C) Lawful behavior. D) Mannerly behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral behavior. 12. An organims that only eats animals A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Detritivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivore. 13. A species that is still abundant in its natural range, but because of declining endangered in the near future is called. A) Threatened species. B) Endangered species. C) Keystone species. D) Biologically extinct species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered species. 14. Because environmental science encompasses so many different fields of study, itis said to be a(n) ..... science. A) Ecological. B) Interdisciplinary. C) Social. D) Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interdisciplinary. 15. The troposphere gets colder as you go up. What is the reason for this? A) The troposphere is heated by the sun reacting with oxygen (ozone). B) The troposphere is heated by Earth's surface. C) The troposphere is heated by Carbon dioxide heat release. D) It is getting closer to outerspace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The troposphere is heated by Earth's surface. 16. The age of the crust at a divergent plate boundary is ..... than the crust in the center of a plate. A) Older. B) Younger. C) The same age. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Younger. 17. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth report, "Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations." What does anthropogenic mean? A) Naturally generated. B) Human generated. C) Unexplained. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human generated. 18. The most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere is A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 19. What term describes the state in which a human population can survive indefinitely? A) Embalming. B) Developed nation. C) Renewable resource. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainability. 20. Exhaust from vehicles is one of the largest forms of air pollution. What can communities do to reduce air pollution from vehicles? A) Fine people that own cars. B) Encourage people to walk, ride a bike, or carpool. C) Charge more money to buy a car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encourage people to walk, ride a bike, or carpool. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Environmental Sciences Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books