This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 140 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 140 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following government agencies is responsible for the Clean Air Act? A) The USGS. B) The USDA. C) The EPA. D) The USDOJ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The EPA. 2. What are the three primary ways that organisms depend on each other? A) Predation, herbivory, and parasitism. B) Mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. C) Symbiosis, predation, mutualism. D) Commensalism, predation, mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. 3. Which is an example of an external cost? A) Raw materials. B) Electricity payments. C) Wages. D) Depleted natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depleted natural resources. 4. Placer deposits are surface deposits concentrated by A) Surface mining. B) Subsurface mining. C) Movement of wind and water. D) Evaporation and condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement of wind and water. 5. If average global temperatures reach their projected levels in 2100, what percent of animals and plants are predicted to be at risk? A) 60-70%. B) 10-20%. C) 80-90%. D) 20-30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20-30%. 6. Because of their large size, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids are together called A) Carbohydrates. B) Amino acids. C) Macromolecules. D) Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macromolecules. 7. Organisms that make energy from the sun are called ..... A) Heterotrophs. B) Autotrophs. C) Carbohydrates. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autotrophs. 8. What is the name of the scientist who conducted extensive explorations and recognized the interconnectedness of ecosystems and species, also known as the 'Father of Ecology'? A) Alexander von Humboldt. B) Paul Ehrlich. C) John Muir. D) Eugene Odum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander von Humboldt. 9. An organism that must get nutrients by eating other organisms is called a A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Decaposer. D) Nitrifying bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 10. Countries with strong infrastructure [transportation/ communication/ healthcare/ education systems] would be which level of economic development? A) More developed. B) Less developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More developed. 11. Asbestos A) Is used for insulation. B) Can be easily removed and treated. C) Can be a problem in new construction. D) Causes skin irritation, nausea, and fatigue. E) Is commonly used in furniture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is used for insulation. 12. The term for water evaporating from plants is A) Transpiration. B) Precipitation. C) Runoff. D) Infiltration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 13. Which of the following is a step in the hydrologic (Water) cycle? A) Infiltration. B) Ammonification. C) Combustion. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infiltration. 14. A human-centered worldview would be considered? A) Anthropocentric. B) Biocentric. C) Ecocentric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentric. 15. Many different disciplines make up Environmental Science. This means Environmental Science is a ..... A) Interdisciplinary field. B) Complicated. C) Interesting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interdisciplinary field. 16. The process by which one community replaces another community that has been partially or totally destroyed. A) Primary Succession. B) Secondary Succession. C) Evolution. D) Climax Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary Succession. 17. A rate of resource usage that replaces what is used at the same rate. A) Agricultural revolution. B) Individual responsibility. C) Sustainable rate. D) Environmental science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainable rate. 18. Which organelle receives material from the ER, then sorts and packages the material before shipping it out? A) Central Vacuole. B) Lysosome. C) Peroxisome. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golgi apparatus. 19. ..... is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment. A) Environmentalism. B) Environmental Science. C) Biocentrism. D) Ecological Footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmentalism. 20. An organism whose DNA has been altered is called a(n) A) Sediment. B) Organic. C) Genetically Modified Organism. D) Pollution. 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