This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 271 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 271 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which pollution control method was proposed by an amendment of the Clean Air Act? A) Allowing tolls to limit the use of automobiles. B) A market for sulfur emissions. C) The regulation of radon emissions. D) The use of catalytic converters. E) Chemicals developed to prevent the formation of ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A market for sulfur emissions. 2. Regenerative farming does all the following Except? A) Biodiversity. B) Protect the soils. C) Plan grazing. D) Monoculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monoculture. 3. What is greenhouse effect? A) Trapping heat from the sun in the atmosphere. B) Trapping O2. C) Trapping Nitrogen. D) Releasing heat from the sun to outer space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trapping heat from the sun in the atmosphere. 4. Which is not a major events of the carbon cycle? A) Photosynthesis. B) Evaporation. C) Respiration. D) Decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 5. A lake that has a large amount of plant growth due to nutrients A) Eutrophic Lake. B) Mangrove Swamp. C) Salt Marsh. D) Estuary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eutrophic Lake. 6. A key stone species is ..... A) The top carnivore. B) Has the largest population. C) Has the most specialized niche. D) Species that determines the impact on a community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Species that determines the impact on a community. 7. System that tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment A) Subsidy. B) Cost-benefit analysis. C) Policy. D) Ecolabeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecolabeling. 8. A rock formed from lava or magma is classified as A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous. 9. Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often ..... A) Limiting factors. B) Wet. C) Messy. D) Found in rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factors. 10. Other than the domestication of plants and animals, what was an important characteristic of the Agricultural Revolution? A) Humans used machines to increase the production of goods. B) Humans began settling into villages, towns, or cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans began settling into villages, towns, or cities. 11. What do water purification systems provide? A) Capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. B) Generate wind energy. C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. D) Purify water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purify water. 12. What is the largest biome? A) Arctic Tundra. B) Desert. C) Aquatic. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquatic. 13. Which statement best describes an example of high species diversity? A) A pond ecosystem is populated by a single species of frogs. B) A state park includes multiple forest and freshwater ecosystems with many different species of fish, frogs, and birds. C) A desert ecosystem is populated only by organ pipe cacti, camels, and armadillo lizards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A state park includes multiple forest and freshwater ecosystems with many different species of fish, frogs, and birds. 14. ..... are fuels made from the remains of ancient organisms. A) Fossil fuels. B) Waste energy. C) Renewable energy. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil fuels. 15. Energy produced from material that comes from living organisms is known as A) Geothermal energy. B) Biomass energy. C) Electrical energy. D) Wood energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomass energy. 16. What is the proper ethical role of science in public policy? A) To inform policy makers of the facts of an issue. B) To make government do the right thing. C) To shape public opinion so that it agrees with science. D) To refuse to testify on controversial issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To inform policy makers of the facts of an issue. 17. The formal process of submitting research for examination by the scientific community if called ..... A) Science regents. B) Scientific method. C) Scientist Review. D) Peer review. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peer review. 18. Coal burning produces more greenhouse gases per unit of energy than any other fuel A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Forest covers in India is: A) 19.4%. B) <10%. C) 35%. D) 51%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19.4%. 20. An example of a graphical model would be A) A math equation. B) A picture. C) A map. D) A satellite picture. 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