This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 251 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 251 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Developing countries have ..... A) Shorter life span. B) Larger ecological footprint. C) Higher standard of living. D) Greater dependence on fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shorter life span. 2. Greenhouse gases A) Destroy the ozone layer. B) Absorb and radiate heat. C) Cause respiratory problems. D) Create smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorb and radiate heat. 3. What are examples of renewable resources? A) Water, Sun, Wind. B) Oil, Gas, Coal. C) Wheat and Grain. D) Hot Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat and Grain. 4. Which type of bacteria would transform nitrate into nitrogen gas? A) Nitrogen-fixing. B) Denitrifying. C) Nitrifying. D) Nitrogen-defixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denitrifying. 5. Which biome would be the best region for Primary consumers? A) Desert. B) Savanna. C) Tundra. D) Temperate Grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate Grasslands. 6. Organisms on the bottom level of the pyramid are ..... A) Producers. B) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 7. Choose the correct answer to fill in the missing content in the concept below? ".....is the process of using technological and technical solutions (different from preliminary processing) to reduce, eliminate, and concentrate isolation, isolation, incineration, destruction, and burial of solid waste and harmful elements in solid waste." A) Destruction of waste. B) Solid waste treatment. C) Destruction of solid waste. D) Waste treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solid waste treatment. 8. Why did the paperclip float in our lab? A) Because water is resistant to temperature change. B) It was less dense than water. C) Because water is a solution. D) Surface tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface tension. 9. Which of the following amplifies a previous change in a system? A) Positive feedback. B) Negative feedback. C) Isolated feedback. D) Binary feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive feedback. 10. What does the word 'pollution' mean? A) The surroundings and conditions where a person, plant or animal lives. B) The presence or introduction to the environment of a substance that has harmful effects. C) Something done in a way that is planned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The presence or introduction to the environment of a substance that has harmful effects. 11. For some populations, growth can continue to increase without any limit. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. How do insecticides affect food webs? A) Producers overpopulate while secondary consumers starve. B) Producers die off and primary consumers starve. C) Producers are unaffected while consumers overpopulate. D) Primary consumers are the only populations that are affected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers overpopulate while secondary consumers starve. 13. Which of the following terms identifies the change from a liquid to gas? A) Vaporization. B) Condensation. C) Deposition. D) Sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaporization. 14. Which statement below about water is NOT true? A) Liquid water is less dense than solid water. B) Solid water floats on liquid water. C) The specific heat of water is higher than other substances. D) Water is necessary for the survival of living organisms on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liquid water is less dense than solid water. 15. Number of nations signed Montreal Protocol is ..... : A) 24. B) 27. C) 30. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 27. 16. The intertidal zone is: A) The area close to shore in a pond or lake. B) The area close to an ocean shore. C) The very bottom of the ocean. D) The open area of an ocean or a lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The area close to an ocean shore. 17. A natural resource is anything produced naturally which is needed by organisms A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The ..... contains over 90% of the ocean's water. A) Neritic zone. B) Aphotic zone. C) Benthic zone. D) Open ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open ocean. 19. The creek at Cave Spring most likely has a high dissolved oxygen rate. Which temperatures hold more dissolved oxygen, hot or cold? A) Hot. B) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 20. Biotic Factors would be most correctly considered part of the A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. 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