This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. A) Overhunting of large mammals. B) Improved quality of life. C) Shift in the use of fossil fuels. D) Growth of cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overhunting of large mammals. 2. List three examples of renewable resources. A) Imaginary resources. B) Artificial resources. C) Solar energy, wind energy, and hydropower. D) Fictional resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar energy, wind energy, and hydropower. 3. The recovery of oil and gas by injecting large amounts of fluids under high pressure into a single well as the surrounding rock is broken up is called: A) Pressure drilling. B) Hydraulic fracturing. C) Deep will drilling. D) Disruptive recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydraulic fracturing. 4. What describes two biotic limiting factors that may affect organisms in marine biomes? A) Amount of carbon dioxide and variety of producers. B) Amount of algae and variety of consumer organisms. C) Amount of oxygen and concentration of salt in the water. D) Amount of precipitation and availability of prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount of algae and variety of consumer organisms. 5. Which of the following is a way that you can decrease your impact on the environment? A) Plant a tree. B) Recycle. C) Pay attention to the food you eat. D) All of these. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. Blue light A) A light in which in fact is blue. B) The range of A visible Light spectrum. C) A blue light in the visible light spectrum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The range of A visible Light spectrum. 7. What causes air pollution? A) Cars. B) Fossil fuels. C) Wildfires. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. A close long term association between 2 or more species A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Symbiosis. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbiosis. 9. The main factor that determines what type of plants grow in a biome is A) Temperature. B) Precipitation. C) Altitude. D) Temperature and precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature and precipitation. 10. Coal, oil and natural gas are forms of ..... A) Dinosaurs. B) Things. C) Donald Trump. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuels. 11. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere of Earth, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Which statement explains this fact? A) The Sun gives off more heat in the summer and less heat in the winter. B) Earth is farther from the Sun in winter and closer to the Sun in summer. C) With more clouds in the winter, less sunlight can reach the surface of Earth. D) Since Earth is tilted on its axis, heat from the Sun gets distributed unequally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since Earth is tilted on its axis, heat from the Sun gets distributed unequally. 12. Which of these types of fish is NOT good for aquaponics? A) Tilapia. B) Bluegill. C) Koi. D) Clownfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clownfish. 13. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution? A) Volcanoes. B) Animal waste. C) Oil spills. D) Silt from storms and floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil spills. 14. What are natural resources? A) Man-made objects. B) Radioactive materials. C) Anything found in the environment that is useful for survival. D) Chemical compounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anything found in the environment that is useful for survival. 15. All Tetrapods have A) Shells. B) Scales. C) Two sets of limbs. D) Gills to breathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two sets of limbs. 16. New Orleans, Louisiana and Cairo, Egypt are nearly the same distance north of the equator, this means that the 2 cities have almost the same A) Latitude. B) Projection. C) Equator. D) Elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 17. What unit would you use to measure the height of an elephant? A) Millimeter. B) Decimeters. C) Kilometer. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 18. How long has there been life on Earth? A) 5.3 billion years. B) 35 million years. C) 3.5 billion years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.5 billion years. 19. When a plant is eaten by a caterpillar and the caterpillar is eaten by a frog, the frog belongs to A) Producer. B) Primary consumer. C) Secondary consumer. D) Tertiary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary consumer. 20. Lack of access to safe drinking water A) Air quality. B) Energy Resources. C) Hunger. D) Clean Water. 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