This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 221 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 221 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The study of how humans interact with the environment A) Biology. B) Ethics. C) Environmental Science. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental Science. 2. What is labeled D? A) Infiltration. B) Precipitation. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infiltration. 3. Tornadoes are most likely to form from which condition? A) Thunderstorms at the leading edge of a warm front. B) Thunderstorms at the leading edge of an occluded front. C) Thunderstorms at the leading edge of a stationary front. D) Thunderstorms at the leading edge of a cold front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thunderstorms at the leading edge of a cold front. 4. Ozone acts as a ..... A) Shield from UV radiation for living creatures on Earth. B) Pollutant in the stratosphere. C) Pollutant in the thermosphere. D) Carcinogen in the stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shield from UV radiation for living creatures on Earth. 5. An example of a ..... feedback can be how your brain regulates temperature. If you are too cold, you start shivering and put on more clothes, then you warm up. If you are too hot, then you start sweating and cools your off. A) Negative. B) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 6. Oil and natural gas result A) Migration of carbohydrate molecules nonporous rock formation. B) Decay of marine organism gather to floor million of year ago. C) The burning of high-sulfur, low graded uranium. D) decay of plants that lived in swamps millions of years ago. D) Decay of plants that lived in swamps millions of years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decay of marine organism gather to floor million of year ago. 7. Eutrophication is caused by what? A) Increase in CO2 in the atmosphere. B) Increase of nitrogen and phosphorous in lakes and estuaries. C) Driving our cars and using too many electronics. D) Increasing air and water temperatures on earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase of nitrogen and phosphorous in lakes and estuaries. 8. What happens at a convergent plate boundary? A) Two tectonic plates sink beneath one another. B) Two tectonic plates collide and are forced together. C) Two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. D) Two tectonic plates move apart and create a gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two tectonic plates collide and are forced together. 9. Humans ..... atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by a third since the Industrial Revolution began. A) Increase. B) Have increased. C) Had increased. D) Were increasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have increased. 10. Several species of tree frogs can live in the same tree ONLY because they A) Have different habitats within the tree. B) Don't eat food from the tree. C) Occupy different niches within the tree. D) Can find the different temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occupy different niches within the tree. 11. Scientific law and a scientific theory are similar in that both A) Are based on what we expect to happen based on natural history. B) Represent a large amount of scientific investigation and evidence. C) Describe the events that can be observed in nature. D) Explain why events and conditions occur as they do in the natural world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Represent a large amount of scientific investigation and evidence. 12. Period with below-average precipitation A) Ice age. B) Ice cap. C) Drought. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drought. 13. Large groups of ecosystems that share the same climate and similar types of communities. A) Biosphere. B) Ecosystem. C) Biome. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biome. 14. Drought, soil loss, and problems with food distribution in a region can cause A) Famine. B) Erosion. C) Yield. D) Poverty tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine. 15. Which UN Goal addresses the doubling of agricultural productivity of small scale farms to help address this goal. A) Goal 1-No Poverty. B) Goal 2-No Hunger. C) UN Goal 3-Good Health and Well Being. D) UN Goal 15-Life on Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goal 2-No Hunger. 16. A natural resource that is used at the same rate that it is replenished is called a resource. A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Ecological. D) Sustainable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 17. What does NOT cause the movement of tectonic plates? A) Rain. B) Volcanoes. C) Ocean trenches. D) Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 18. The science that studies the inter-relationships between the various components of air, natural cycles, geological movements of the earth and climate is called ..... A) Weather. B) Climate. C) Meteorology. D) Meteorology Department. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorology. 19. Fracking is thought to be responsible for ..... leaks that have contaminated groundwater supplies. A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Natural gas. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural gas. 20. What are non renewable resources? A) Natural resources that are formed much slower than we can use them. B) Non-Sustainable. C) Will run out soon. D) All are true. 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