This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 143 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 143 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Quantitative is a research that based on ..... A) Measurements. B) Words. C) Opinions. D) Expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Measurements. 2. Scientists make ....., which are specific statements about what might be observed. A) Hypotheses. B) Variables. C) Predictions. D) Models. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predictions. 3. Fossil fuel, copper, aluminum, coal, oil, salt, and sand are examples of: A) Nutrient cycling. B) Inexhaustible resources. C) Renewable resource. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonrenewable resource. 4. A resource that is used faster than it can be made. A) Renewable. B) Internet. C) Non-Renewable. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-Renewable. 5. What is the difference between reusing and recycling? A) Reusing requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. B) Recycling requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. C) Reusing is a type of recycling. D) Recycling does not require changes in the item available. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycling requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. 6. Nitrogen and Oxygen are part of the: A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 7. What growth model has an S-shaped curve? A) Logistic. B) Exponential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logistic. 8. A testable idea A) Prediction. B) Theory. C) Hypothesis. D) Educated guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 9. Which of the resources below is considered renewable? A) Petroleum. B) Copper. C) Clay. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wood. 10. Which human activity most directly causes a significant increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Growing corn for food. B) Not using products containing plastics. C) Driving cars long distances. D) Planting large numbers of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving cars long distances. 11. The Earth's atmosphere is made up of mostly which 2 gases? A) Water & Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide & Oxygen. C) Nitrogen & Carbon Dioxide. D) Nitrogen & Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen & Oxygen. 12. ..... is the concept that communities will proceed through a series of recognizable, predictable changes in structure over time. A) Procession. B) Succession. C) Equation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procession. 13. Which axis would you graph the independent variable? A) X. B) Y. C) A. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X. 14. High biodiversity is A) Having a lot of the same organism. B) Having a few of the same organism. C) Having a lot of variety of different organisms. D) Only having one of each organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having a lot of variety of different organisms. 15. There is only ..... percent of freshwater on earth. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 16. The temperate zones of the United States experience changing of seasons from winter to summer. Which is the reason for this annual change of seasons? A) The rotation of Earth on its axis. B) The tilt of Earth's axis of rotation. C) The distance of Earth from the Sun. D) The size and orbit of the Moon around Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of Earth's axis of rotation. 17. Organizing information in a meaningful way A) Classification. B) Division. C) Inference. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classification. 18. ..... Services-Beneficial effects of functioning ecosystems for people and society. A) Economical. B) Ecosystem. C) Value. D) Supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem. 19. A consumer that eats both plants and animals A) Carnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Omnivore. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivore. 20. Why does a vegetarian leave a smaller ecological footprint than a person who eats meat? A) There is an excess of plant biomass in all terrestrial ecosystems. B) Vegetarians need to ingest less chemical energy than omnivores. C) Fewer animals are slaughtered for human consumption. D) Vegetarians require less protein than do omnivores. E) Eating meat is an inefficient way of acquiring photosynthetic productivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Eating meat is an inefficient way of acquiring photosynthetic productivity. ← 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