This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 257 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 257 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the major greenhouse gases? A) Oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and water vapor. B) Sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ammonia. C) Helium, neon, krypton, and xenon. D) Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. 2. The following is NOT a step in the scientific method. A) Collect data. B) Share conclusions with others. C) Make predictions. D) Take conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take conclusions. 3. When water goes from vapor to clouds A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Transpiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 4. The outermost layer of Earth that includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle A) Asthenosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Chromosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 5. Accounts how much percent of water on the planet is salt A) 88%. B) 19%. C) 96%. D) 73%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 96%. 6. Biodiversity includes: A) Large variety of species. B) Chemicals. C) Food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large variety of species. 7. Which is an effect of too much nitrogen and phosphorus (such as from fertilizers) in a lake or estuary? A) Algal blooms. B) Greater salinity. C) Decreased turbidity. D) Lower temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algal blooms. 8. Elephant is a domestic animal. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. The primary pollutants (sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide) react with water vapor in the atmosphere to form these two acids: A) Sulfuric acid and nitric acid. B) Sulfuric acid and oxygen. C) Nitric acid and sulfuric oxides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulfuric acid and nitric acid. 10. Embryo transfer occurs between rare species and closely related to enable a quicker population growth. Please tick an example of where this has occurred? A) Bongo and Gazelle. B) Bongo and Antelope. C) Bongo and Eland. D) Bongo and Spring Bok. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bongo and Eland. 11. The Acanthostega short ribs could not support it on land, and it had gills. This suggests that it probably lived: A) In shallow waters, climbing obstacles. B) In the deep ocean. C) Completely on land. D) In water as a young and on land as an adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In water as a young and on land as an adult. 12. What is it called when carbon is always traveling from place to place and taking different forms in the process. A) Fun. B) The Obama Effect. C) Chocolate Chip Cookie. D) Carbon Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon Cycle. 13. Which of the following are NONRENEWABLE sources of energy? A) Wind, water, sunlight. B) Water, wood, wind. C) Sunlight and water. D) Oil and natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oil and natural gas. 14. How do carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases cause Earth's atmosphere to warm? A) Absorb incoming solar radiation. B) Reflect incoming solar radiation. C) Absorb outgoing infrared radiation. D) Emit outgoing infrared radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absorb outgoing infrared radiation. 15. Which of the following is NOT a stage of the nitrogen cycle? A) Organisms breathe in nitrogen gas. B) Organisms release nitrogen compounds via waste or decomposition. C) Bacteria convert unusable nitrogen to usable nitrogen. D) Plants absorb nitrogen compounds from the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organisms breathe in nitrogen gas. 16. A resource that can be easily replaced. A) Renewable. B) Alternative. C) Nonrenewable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 17. When we study environmental science, we are studying A) Just the natural world. B) The natural world, humans, and the impacts humans have on the natural world. C) Just humans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The natural world, humans, and the impacts humans have on the natural world. 18. Select true or false:Renewable energy comes from natural resources that are "not" naturallyreplenished, such as sunlight, wind, and waves. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. The solution that farmers developed to address the issue of soil nutrient depletion. A) Crop rotation. B) Ecological footprint. C) Time. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop rotation. 20. As the amount of ozone in the stratosphere decreases A) More ultraviolet light is able to reach Earth's surface. B) Less solar energy is able to reach Earth's surface. C) The amount of methane in the atmosphere increases. D) The amount of phytoplankton in the ocean increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More ultraviolet light is able to reach Earth's surface. ← 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