This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 273 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 273 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are CFC's used in? A) Electrical wire. B) Plastic. C) Air conditioners. D) Dry wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air conditioners. 2. Which list is arranged correctly from the lowest trophic level to the highest? A) Bacteria, frog, eagle, mushroom. B) Algae, deer, wolf, hawk. C) Grass, mouse, snake, eagle. D) Grass, bass, minnow, snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grass, mouse, snake, eagle. 3. An object in motion stays in motion A) Inertia. B) Friction. C) Buoyancy. D) Weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inertia. 4. The study of living organisms is ..... A) Biology. B) Ecology. C) Environmental Science. D) Social Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biology. 5. All water below the surface of land is called ..... A) Water table. B) Watershed. C) Groundwater. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundwater. 6. With respect to energy, Earth is a(n) A) Layered system. B) Integrated system. C) Open system. D) Closed system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open system. 7. Scientists estimate that a single chlorine molecule in the CFC structure can destroy as many as ..... ozone molecules. A) 100. B) 1000. C) 10000. D) 100000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100000. 8. A vibration caused by the slippage along a fault A) Earthquake. B) Tributaries. C) Aerosols. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 9. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the land we live on and grow crops on? A) Land pollution. B) Soil pollution. C) Litter. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Some of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast (such as Hurricane Katrina, Harvey, Rita, and the Great Storm of 1900) have hit in what month(s)? A) End of August-Early September. B) Early November-Beginning of December. C) End of June-Early July. D) None of these were catastrophic hurricanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End of August-Early September. 11. How did the McDonald's brothers revolutionize the fast food industry? A) They were just so popular. B) Cheaper and healthier. C) Making the food cheaper. D) Factory System / Assembly Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Factory System / Assembly Line. 12. The average number of individuals per unit of area or volume is called ..... A) Population size. B) Population systematics. C) Population density. D) Population distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population density. 13. In lakes and ponds, the ..... zone is the area farther from the shore. A) Limnetic. B) Photic. C) Aphotic. D) Benthic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limnetic. 14. What is a final and stable community called? A) Old-field succession. B) Ecological succession. C) Climax Community. D) Pioneer species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax Community. 15. The energy efficiency of a device is the amount of useful work obtained from a device A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. A 3-D model of the sun and planets is an example of a A) Graphical model. B) Conceptual model. C) Physical model. D) Mathematical model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical model. 17. Petroleum Oil A) Non-renewable. B) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-renewable. 18. Snakes..... A) Run. B) Slither. C) Jump. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slither. 19. Rocks that cover coal seams near the surface A) Compound. B) Bond. C) Overburden. D) Rooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overburden. 20. What is a cause of sprawl? A) Use of automobile. B) Disease. C) Declining population. D) Need for more public transit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of automobile. ← 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