This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 278 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 278 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What two factors are affecting the oceans due to climate change? A) Decrease in temperature and increase in pH. B) Increase in salt levels and decrease in sea levels. C) Increase in temperature and decrease in pH. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase in temperature and decrease in pH. 2. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid is called A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convection. 3. What is the first step in the water treatment process? A) Coagulation. B) Filtration and removal of debris, sand, grit, etc. C) Fluoridation. D) PH adjustment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filtration and removal of debris, sand, grit, etc. 4. The process of removing salts or other minerals and contaminants from seawater, brackish water, or wastewater effluent that it is an increasingly common solution to obtain fresh water for human consumption and for domestic/industrial utilization. A) Desalination. B) Salinity. C) Impoundment. D) Salinization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desalination. 5. Not easily broken down in the environment: A) Desertification. B) Persistent pesticide. C) Pheromone. D) Salinization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persistent pesticide. 6. Which of the following is never considered a renewable resource? A) Fresh water. B) Natural gas. C) Soil. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural gas. 7. Biosphere is A) The living organisms on the Earth. B) All the water on Earth. C) The gases surrounding the Earth. D) The solid section of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The living organisms on the Earth. 8. An example of an inexhaustible resource would be: A) Iron Ore. B) Coal. C) Sunlight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 9. ..... are specific statements about what we would expect to observe if the hypothesis is true. A) Prediction. B) Variable. C) Observation. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prediction. 10. What were the two major disasters that occurred in the mid-20th century? A) Donora Fouride fog and London Smog. B) Hurricane Katrina and Hurrican Harvey. C) Tornado of 1915. D) Corona Virus pandemic and Spanish Flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donora Fouride fog and London Smog. 11. Which of the following is the simplest level of organization? A) Species. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 12. An atmospheric gas that increases when fossil fuels are burned off. A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 13. Which lab tool might you use to measure the volume of a liquid? A) Electric scale. B) Bunsen burner. C) Test tube. D) Graduated cylinder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graduated cylinder. 14. The discovery of fossilized coral reefs on land is evidence that A) Salt water changes coral into fossils. B) The reefs formed in a freshwater lake. C) The sea level has changed over time. D) Coral reefs can form on dry land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sea level has changed over time. 15. Water scarcity that is the result of inadequate natural water resources to supply a region's demand A) Economic water scarcity. B) Physical water scarcity. C) Water stress. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical water scarcity. 16. Match The Definition:Activities that prevent the amount of pollution made by people. It can be done through consumer consumption, driving, or industrial production. A) Watershed. B) Pollution prevention. C) Hybrid vehicle. D) Nonpoint source. E) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution prevention. 17. Cutting down a forest, only considering the monetary gain or loss, but not the value of the forest as a whole is an example of A) Non-market value. B) Market failure. C) Selfishness. D) Environmental policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market failure. 18. Which layer of soil has only a little bit of humus? A) Topsoil. B) Subsoil. C) Bedrock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsoil. 19. When is the Antarctic ozone hole largest? A) Early spring. B) Late summer. C) Mid-summer. D) Late fall. E) Early winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Early spring. 20. We have an unlimited supply of water on earth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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