This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 225 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 225 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or false:the scale for the X and Y axes must be the same. A) True. B) False-the scale for the X and Y axes can be different. C) False-the scale for the X and Y axes must start at zero. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False-the scale for the X and Y axes can be different. 2. The study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment A) Ecology. B) Biology. C) Environmentalism. D) Environmental science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental science. 3. Any form of water that falls from clouds. A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation. 4. Which of the following is NOT one of the five oceans? A) Pacific. B) Atlantic. C) Indian. D) Canadian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canadian. 5. The Hawaiian honeykeeper's beak is to obtaining ..... as sweet nectar is to attracting pollinators. A) Nectar. B) Seeds. C) Insects. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nectar. 6. It's products are carbon dioxide and water. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration. 7. Makes up more than half of the total waste produced A) Municipal solid waste. B) Manufacturing waste. C) Hazardous waste. D) Agriculture waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manufacturing waste. 8. Chipped or cracked glassware is okay to use. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. If the results of your experiment do not support your hypothesis, you should A) Publish your results anyway. B) Consider the results abnormal and continue working. C) Find a way to rationalize your results. D) Try another method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Try another method. 10. One of the results of green building design is reduced A) Use of mass transit. B) Energy bills. C) Sprawl around major cities. D) Personal space and comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy bills. 11. Which of the following was NOT listed as a component of physics? A) Water. B) Heat. C) Light. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 12. Earth is closest to the sun A) Apogee. B) Perigee. C) Aphelion. D) Perihelion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perihelion. 13. A biogas plant is the name often given to an ..... digestor A) Anaerobic. B) Aerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaerobic. 14. What is ecological footprint? A) The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely. B) The greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth. C) The productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. 15. Which happens first? A) Make a hypothesis. B) Make a plan. C) Ask a question/make an observation. D) Draw conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ask a question/make an observation. 16. What is an observation? A) What you see. B) What you think. C) Your opinion. D) How you feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What you see. 17. The burning of fossil fuels has the greatest and most direct impact on the A) Water cycle. B) Nitrogen cycle. C) Carbon cycle. D) Rock cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon cycle. 18. Unsustainable A) When resources can never be replenished again. B) When resources are used or depleted faster than they can be replenished. C) When you are not mentally stable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When resources are used or depleted faster than they can be replenished. 19. Ultraviolet radiation is particularly dangerous because A) It can damage genetic material in cells. B) Little has been done to save the ozone layer. C) It always leads to the rapid death of organisms. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can damage genetic material in cells. 20. A feedback loop that results from a system moving in one direction acts as input that moves the system in the other direction A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. ← 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