This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 282 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 282 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main cause of biodiversity loss today? A) Natural disasters. B) Alien invasion. C) Habitat fragmentation and destruction. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat fragmentation and destruction. 2. Which type of gases are contributing to global warming? A) Chemical gases. B) Greenhouse gases. C) Oxygen. D) Radon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenhouse gases. 3. Shift from energy sources such as animals/running water to fossil fuels such as coal/oil defines the: A) Agricultural revolution. B) Medical revolution. C) Technology revolution. D) Industrial revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial revolution. 4. Airplanes fly in the A) Troposhphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 5. Which of the following is an example of a natural resource? A) Electricity. B) Gasoline. C) Sunlight. D) Wifi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 6. Who espoused the conservation ethic? A) Aldo Leopold. B) John Muir. C) Gifford Pinchot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gifford Pinchot. 7. Which of the following is NOT an example of the Tragedy of the Commons? A) Polluting air. B) Setting limits for the amount of people visiting a National Park. C) Traffic jams. D) Over-fishing in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting limits for the amount of people visiting a National Park. 8. The rate of natural increase is determined by A) Subtracting the birth rate from the death rate. B) Adding the birth rate and death rate. C) Subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. D) Multiplying the birth rate and the death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. 9. Pollution that is ..... will break down over time. A good example would be ..... A) Biodegradable/styrofoam box. B) Biodegradable/grass clippings. C) Persistent/an aluminum can. D) Persistent/pesticide chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodegradable/grass clippings. 10. Hydropower has a low net energy yield A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Normally the smallest of the following objects * A) Meteorite. B) Asteroid. C) Meteor. D) Comet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorite. 12. New nuclei and neutrons result from A) Nuclear fusion. B) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. C) The release of electrons from a positively charged atom. D) The splitting of an atom's neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. 13. One important scientific habit of mind, the ability to think of new ideas, called A) Intellectual honesty. B) Curiosity. C) Imagination. D) Skepticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagination. 14. What caused the Exxon Valdez oil spill? A) The Valdez Narrows were only 500 feet wide. B) The ship crashed into an iceberg. C) The water in the area was far too shallow. D) There was a tropical storm in the region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Valdez Narrows were only 500 feet wide. 15. Why do people lobby? A) To negotiate treaties. B) To influence governmental policies. C) To avoid voting. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To influence governmental policies. 16. Mandakini house color A) Red. B) Green. C) Blue. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green. 17. Which one among the following was India's first national park? A) Ranthambore National Park. B) Jim Corbett National Park. C) Sunderbans. D) Kaziranga National Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim Corbett National Park. 18. The topmost layer of soil; also called humus A) Till. B) Shelterbelt. C) Topsoil. D) 0 horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0 horizon. 19. Dumping garbage and wastes cause these terrible spaces: ..... A) Epicenters. B) Pressure. C) Landfills. D) Climatic zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landfills. 20. Everything is connected to everything. Each organism has an influence on another organismExample:food chain, food web A) Interdependence. B) Awareness. C) Material cycles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interdependence. ← 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