This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 106 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Organisms can tolerate any range of temperature, salinity, and pH. True or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. The atmosphere contains ..... which traps radiated heat near Earth's surface. A) Greenhouse Gases. B) Dust. C) Erosion. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouse Gases. 3. Renewable energy sources are beneficial because they A) Can be replenished in a short time frame. B) Are inexpensive. C) Are not cost effective (take lots of money). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be replenished in a short time frame. 4. How is nitrogen (N2) replenished? A) Denitrification. B) Decomposition. C) Nitrification. D) Bacterial conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denitrification. 5. What is one major difference between fossil fuels and biofuels? A) Burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases; burning biofuels releases no greenhouse gases. B) Fossil fuel exist in unlimited supply; our supply of biofuels may run out someday. C) Fossil fuels are very expensive to manufacture; biofuels are very inexpensive to manufacture. D) You can drive farther on a single tank of fossil fuel than you can on a single tank of biofuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You can drive farther on a single tank of fossil fuel than you can on a single tank of biofuel. 6. Ozone (O3) is destroyed by what man-made chemical? A) Adenosine triphosphate (ATP). B) Carbon dioxide (CO2). C) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). D) Methane (CH4). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). 7. Garbage produced by households and businesses A) Hazardous waste. B) School lunch. C) Municipal solid waste. D) City water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Municipal solid waste. 8. Which best describes a characteristic of both lakes and estuaries? A) Both have saltwater. B) Both have freshwater. C) Both have a rocky bottom. D) Both have brackish water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both have freshwater. 9. This state of matter does not have a definite size or shape. A) Gas. B) Liquid. C) Solid. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas. 10. What is the type of water that moves underground? A) Surface water. B) Water table. C) Groundwater. D) Watershed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundwater. 11. How would a scientist categorize a testable explanation for an observation? A) Correlation. B) Hypothesis. C) Experiment. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 12. Which of the following are common sources of phosphorus? A) Gases in the atmosphere. B) Fertilizer and detergent. C) Snow and rain. D) Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fertilizer and detergent. 13. What is the core made of? A) Steel. B) Iron. C) Aluminum. D) Iron and nickel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron and nickel. 14. Permanently frozen ground at high altitudes or latitudes. A) Abyss. B) Arctic tundra. C) Tundra. D) Permafrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permafrost. 15. Pollution source that cannot be traced to a single point because comes from many sources A) Thermal. B) Toxic. C) Nonpoint source pollution. D) Point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonpoint source pollution. 16. Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem? A) Water. B) Bacteria. C) Plants. D) Vertebrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 17. The first step in soil formation is A) Soil tillage by farmers. B) Erosion. C) Plants taking root in soil. D) Weathering parent material. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weathering parent material. 18. Ozone is formed in the A) Troposhere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 19. The San ANdreas Fault is an example of a A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Transform plate boundary. C) Convergent plate boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transform plate boundary. 20. An area that receives very little precipitation and is hot all year. A) Tundra. B) Hot desert. C) Cold desert. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hot desert. ← 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