This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 115 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The latitudinal gradient is a natural pattern in which species diversity generally A) Increases toward the equator. B) Decreases toward the prime meridian. C) Increases toward the poles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases toward the equator. 2. What is the most common use for coal? A) Being burned for electricity. B) Paper production. C) Making concrete. D) Plastic production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being burned for electricity. 3. What type of species interaction involves fighting over resources? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Competition. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 4. In which area of the sun does gas rise as it heats up, then fall back down as it cools? A) The core. B) The radiation zone. C) The convection zone. D) The corona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The convection zone. 5. Possible long-term effect of noise pollution A) Nausea. B) Lung cancer. C) Deafness. D) Pollution control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deafness. 6. How does the location of Los Angeles make it more susceptible to pollution? A) Its tropical location causes high temperatures, which increases air pollution. B) Its location in a bowl formed by mountains causes air pollution to get trapped. C) Its location on a large, flat plain exposes it to the wind, which carries air pollution. D) Its coastal location exposes it to pollution from the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its location in a bowl formed by mountains causes air pollution to get trapped. 7. The last major layer of the atmosphere. A) Troposphere. B) Exosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere. 8. A student designed an experiment to test how fertilizer affects the growth of a tomato plant. She applied different amounts of fertilizer to different tomato plants and made observations. All the other variables were held constant. Which data should the student use to determine the effectiveness of the fertilizer? A) The height of each plant. B) The color of the soil in each pot. C) The amount of water in each pot. D) The amount of sunlight each plant received. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The height of each plant. 9. The presence of water indicates A) Dead things. B) Aquifers. C) Life. D) Cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 10. The only ways to fix atmospheric nitrogen into useable chemical compounds are what? A) Virus. B) Bacteria and lightening. C) Carbon. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria and lightening. 11. Normally, as you go up (increase in altitude), the air temperature gets ..... in the troposphere A) Cooler. B) Warmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooler. 12. Yeasts, Mushrooms, and Mold are members of which Kingdom? A) Fungi. B) Protist. C) Plantae. D) The animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fungi. 13. What type of sediment is commonly found on abyssal plains? A) Limestone and shale. B) Volcanic ash. C) Sand and gravel. D) Clay and silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clay and silt. 14. What does the blue line represent on a climatograph? A) Precipitation. B) Temperature. C) Weather. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precipitation. 15. Why is leachate dangerous? A) It has toxic fumes. B) It can leak into our water supply. C) It can't be processed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can leak into our water supply. 16. Tremendous and rapid human population growth can be attributed to: A) Agricultural Revolution. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Both Agricultural and Industrial Revolution. D) Neither the Agricultural or Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Agricultural and Industrial Revolution. 17. The following activities contribute to an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere except A) Volcanic eruptions. B) Photosynthesis by plants. C) Burning Fossil Fuels and Deforestation. D) Oceanic respiration by marine organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning Fossil Fuels and Deforestation. 18. Which of the following is a finite resource? A) Solar energy. B) Wind energy. C) Trees. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuels. 19. Which of the following is the name of the ancient, super-continent formed 250 million years ago? A) Pangea. B) Gondwanda. C) Neverland. D) Gondor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pangea. 20. Winds are to the atmosphere as currents are to the ..... A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Troposphere. 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