This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 135 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 135 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The impact that you have on the Earth, based off of the resources you use is A) Sustainable. B) Carrying Capacity. C) Ecological Footprint. D) Demography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological Footprint. 2. Which is the best example of a point source pollution? A) Runoff from fields. B) Pesticides sprayed into the air. C) Oil spill from a boat in the Atlantic Ocean. D) Smoke from multiple industries in a large city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil spill from a boat in the Atlantic Ocean. 3. Describes the relationship between an item's availability and its value A) Tragedy of the Commons. B) Renewable resource. C) Loss of biodiversity. D) Law of supply and demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Law of supply and demand. 4. Latitude is the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. If an animal is nearly extinct, it is ..... A) In danger. B) Endangered. C) Dangerous. D) Extinctish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered. 6. The relationship that exists when athlete's foot fungus grows on a human is an example of ..... A) Predator/prey. B) Producer/consumer. C) Parasite/host. D) Decomposer/ autotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasite/host. 7. Body of air surrounding our planet A) Biosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 8. Fats, oils, and waxes are examples of A) Lipids. B) Proteins. C) Nucleic acids. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lipids. 9. How are species lost to extinction through human activities? A) Destroying habitat. B) Pollution. C) Over hunting. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 10. Process that causes the characteristics of a population to change in a way controlled by humans is: A) Adaptation. B) Evolution. C) Artificial selection. D) Resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artificial selection. 11. ..... is started in Arabari Research Range in 1971-72 A) Social Forestry. B) Joint Forest Management. C) Agroforestry. D) Ecotourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint Forest Management. 12. The information you collect while doing your experiment is called A) Conclusions. B) Data. C) Hypotheses. D) Procedures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Data. 13. Currently, California and 12 other states have adopted ..... mandates requiring all NEW cars sold in 2035 and beyond are zero-emission vehicles which includes battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles. A) Fossil fuels forever. B) Bicycle. C) Zero emission. D) Gas powered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zero emission. 14. Sprawl increase carbon dioxide emissions by A) Generating more factories. B) Increasing the need to drive. C) Resulting in more tree growth. D) Expanding the use of public transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing the need to drive. 15. Global dimming is a phenomenon whereby incoming solar energy is reflected back into space prior to hitting the Earth's surface. A non-human source of this dimming could be from A) Soot from coal fired power plants. B) Forests burned for conversion to agriculture. C) Methane emission from livestock. D) More volcanic ash in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More volcanic ash in the atmosphere. 16. Which of the following does a plant NOT need to survive? A) Air. B) Sunlight. C) Soil. D) Pancakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pancakes. 17. Why is it important to monitor turbidity levels of a water system? A) Frogs will destroy fish eggs in murky water. B) Fish are better able to find food in cloudy water. C) Water can only be used for recreation when it is clear. D) Suspended particles diffuse sunlight and absorb too much heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspended particles diffuse sunlight and absorb too much heat. 18. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the visual appearance of an area and can lower its aesthetic value and attractiveness? A) Aesthetic pollution. B) Visual pollution. C) Eyesore. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Ionosphere A) The lower thermosphere. B) The process in which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor. C) Bottom layer of ocean from base of thermocline to the bottom of the ocean. D) Earth's innermost compositional layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The lower thermosphere. 20. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Oil A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable. ← 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