This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Environmental Science does NOTinclude which of the following: A) Biology. B) Physics. C) Chemistry. D) Accounting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accounting. 2. Why does the troposphere experience (have) the greatest amount of atmospheric pressure compared to the other atmospheric layers? A) It produces the ozone layer. B) It has the highest temperatures. C) It contains a high concentration of gas particles. D) It is the region in which weather occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It contains a high concentration of gas particles. 3. The first organisms to populate an area after a disaster A) Succession. B) Pioneer species. C) Keystone Species. D) Invasive Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pioneer species. 4. The world's top consumer of crude oil is ..... A) Venezuela. B) United States. C) China. D) Saudi Arabia. E) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States. 5. The combination of resources, improved transportation, and technological breakthroughs all led to the A) Agriculture Revolution. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Better Planet Act. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial Revolution. 6. Which type of rock is formed from cooled melted rock? A) Organic. B) Sedimentary. C) Igneous. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous. 7. Which of the following is an example of cogeneration? A) Driving a fuel-efficient car. B) Using the waste heat from a furnace to power a steam turbine. C) Using ocean thermal energy conversion to run a turbine. D) Using tidal power to generate electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using the waste heat from a furnace to power a steam turbine. 8. Has a negative charge, a positive charge, and no charge A) Electrons, Neutrons, Protons. B) Neutrons, Electrons, Protons. C) Electrons, Protons, Neutrons. D) Protons, Electrons, Neutrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrons, Protons, Neutrons. 9. Weather and Climate are directly affected by the A) Amount of solar energy entering the atmosphere. B) Amount of oxygen leaving the atmosphere. C) Types of ions exposed in the atmosphere. D) Interaction of the troposphere and stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amount of solar energy entering the atmosphere. 10. Ecosystem services provided by Earth system's are said to have ..... A) Non-market values. B) Economic values. C) Family values. D) Liberal values. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-market values. 11. A mule cannot evolve because ..... A) It doesn't easily adapt to its environment. B) It is perfectly adapted to its habitat. C) It is infertile. D) It is a member of the Eubacteria kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is infertile. 12. The water that was around many hundreds of years ago A) Is about halfway gone. B) Is gone, and has been gone for a long time. C) Would be really dirty if it were still around. D) Is the same water we use today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is the same water we use today. 13. Aquatic zone found near the shore A) Benthic zone. B) Littoral zone. C) Runoff zone. D) Swamp zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Littoral zone. 14. Which type of energy can be regenerated in one's lifetime by nature? A) Invasive. B) Nonrenewable. C) Renewable. D) Endemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable. 15. A Solar Eclipse can only happen during A) Full Moon. B) New Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Moon. 16. Which of the following is known as advocating political and social action to improve the quality of environments? A) Environmentalism. B) Liberalism. C) Conservatism. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmentalism. 17. The side of a mountain range that faces the oncoming wind and receives precipitation: A) Climate. B) Windward. C) Leeward. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Windward. 18. Capillaries have very ..... Blood pressure. A) High. B) Fast. C) Low. D) Slow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low. 19. Which of the following is linked to the problem of global warming? A) Too much ozone. B) Too much nitrogen. C) Too much carbon dioxide. D) Too much smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too much carbon dioxide. 20. Products obtained from nature that humans can use such as lumber, medicines and food crops are A) Ecological benefits. B) Provisions. C) Supplies. D) Services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provisions. ← 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