This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 117 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 117 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What occurred in the 1700's and led to expansion in the US. A) The Renaissance. B) The Industrial Revolution. C) Pearl Harbour. D) World War 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Industrial Revolution. 2. If I have a data table that has one column for years and one column for temperature, what would I put on the x-axis of a graph? A) Temperature. B) Carbon Dioxide levels. C) Population. D) Years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Years. 3. Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff. A) Surface water. B) River system. C) Groundwater. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surface water. 4. What happens to abiotic factors when biotic populations increase? A) Increase. B) Decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease. 5. Ecosystem services A) Are the processes by which life-supporting resources are produced. B) Indicate the current state of the environment. C) Are valued for their beauty. D) Refer to abiotic features of the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are the processes by which life-supporting resources are produced. 6. During this period, droughts had an impact on the environment.Droughts are long periods of low rainfall. A) Agricultural revolution. B) Hunter-gatherer period. C) Industrial revolution. D) Ice age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural revolution. 7. What effect does removing too much groundwater have on the water cycle? A) It increases the rate of transpiration. B) It decreases the water level of lakes. C) It decreases the energy that drives evaporation. D) It increases the amount of runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It decreases the water level of lakes. 8. M =..... km A) 100. B) 10. C) 1. D) 0.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 9. What groups of organisms are most in danger of extinction? A) A. those with small populations. B) B. those that migrate or need special habitats. C) C. those with large populations that breed quickly. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 10. In the movie "The Lorax" was was one unintended consequence of clear cutting the tuffula trees? A) The environment was destroyed. B) The Once-ler made a lot of money. C) The Once-ler got his family jobs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The environment was destroyed. 11. The application of ethical standards to the relationship between humans and the environment. A) Environmental ethics. B) Socialism. C) Environmentalism. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental ethics. 12. What is the name of the first national park established in the United States? A) Yosemite. B) Zion. C) Yellowstone. D) Glacier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellowstone. 13. We need water when we are..... A) Hungry. B) Thirsty. C) Angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thirsty. 14. Which surface has the least albedo affect? A) Ocean water. B) Areas with lots of plant cover. C) Dark exposed soil. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark exposed soil. 15. These resources are naturally replenished, or renewed, over short periods of time. A) Depletable resources. B) Non-renewable resources. C) Finite resources. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable resources. 16. When a river is dammed, an artificial lake, or ..... is formed behind the dam. A) Watershed. B) Reservoir. C) Desalination. D) Permeability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoir. 17. This ethical view gives value to all living things. A nonhuman life has ethical standing so consideration must be advocated to human and nonhuman alike. A) Anthropocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Biocentrism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biocentrism. 18. Which zone has the coldest temperatures? A) Polar Zone. B) Temperate Zone. C) Tropical Zone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polar Zone. 19. Parks and green spaces help reduce: A) Nitrogen. B) Runoff. C) Landfills. D) Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runoff. 20. Untreated sewage is released into the environment. What type of pollution would this cause? A) Nutrient. B) Bacterial. C) Toxic. D) Thermal. E) Sediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacterial. ← 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