This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 105 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 105 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This picture represents our field trip to? A) The sandbox at CES. B) UWG geosciences. C) Carroll EMC. D) The art festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UWG geosciences. 2. A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce is a(n) A) Organism. B) Species. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 3. Which part of the water cycle occurs when ocean water is heated? A) Precipitation. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 4. A resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate at which it is consumed A) Nonrenewable Resource. B) Renewable Resource. C) Biodegradable. D) Nonbiodegradable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable Resource. 5. Residents of the US & Canada enjoy some of the lowest ..... taxes in the world. A) Gasoline. B) Energy. C) Electricity. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gasoline. 6. Who was the Most Quoted Voice in the history of conservation, and in their writings, laid the groundwork for the field of environmental ethics? A) Aldo Leopold. B) James Perkins Marsh. C) John Muir. D) Theodore Roosevelt. E) Rachel Carson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aldo Leopold. 7. A radioactive gas that can build up in homes. A) Uranium. B) Helium. C) Oxygen. D) Radon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radon. 8. Concerns over the wide use of synthetic pesticides include all of the following unintended effects EXCEPT A) The pesticide may be lethal to nontarget species as well as target species. B) Pesticide use leads to an altered species composition of the community. C) The chemistry of the inert ingedients. D) Acidification of nearby streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acidification of nearby streams. 9. Which of the following can increase a person's ecological footprint? A) Reusing materials before disposal. B) Riding a bicycle more often. C) Turning the air conditioning on. D) Reducing the use of plastic bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turning the air conditioning on. 10. Through the process of photosynthesis, plants pull CO2 from the air to make plant food for themselves. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. What are some of the functions of proteins? A) Provide quick energy for cells. B) Repair tissue and store long-term energy. C) Enzymes and transporting materials across the cell membrane. D) Storing genetic information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enzymes and transporting materials across the cell membrane. 12. When energy is passed from one trophic level to the next, only about ..... of the energy is passed to the next level. A) 99%. B) 50%. C) 10%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10%. 13. What cause land pollution? A) People throw too much rubbish in the sea. B) People throw too much rubbish everywhere. C) People reduce making rubbish. D) People reuse things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People throw too much rubbish everywhere. 14. Approximately ..... percent of Earth's water is freshwater. A) 97. B) 1. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 15. Easter island is a territory of ..... A) Chile. B) Thailand. C) Ukraine. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chile. 16. Why is it important to preserve farmland? A) Farmland provides crops and fruits to support urban and rural populations. B) Farmland moderates the temperature of urban areas. C) Farmland provides an important oxygen source for urban areas. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. We should eat foods that have good fats in them, like olive oil, fish, and eggs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The amount of land and water needed to supply an individual or a population with renewable resources and to absorb/recycle wastes and pollution such resource use produces A) Ecological footprint. B) Carbon footprint. C) Earth hectares. D) Landfill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological footprint. 19. Which of the following is not a likely component of soil formed during primary succession? A) Cast-off parts of shrubs and trees. B) Decayed lichens and bacteria. C) Dust particles from the air. D) Broken bits of stone and rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cast-off parts of shrubs and trees. 20. What is the correct order of the processes? A) They all happen at the same time. B) Erosion, weathering, deposition. C) Weathering, erosion, deposition. D) Weathering, deposition, erosion. 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