This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 285 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 285 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of ..... A) Urbanization. B) Inflation. C) Urban Center. D) Influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urbanization. 2. ..... can cut 75% off heating costs for a building if properly done. A) Cogeneration. B) Energy efficiency. C) Smart grid. D) Superinsulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superinsulation. 3. Which example would be in the hydrosphere? A) Plants. B) Humans. C) Clouds. D) Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rivers. 4. Which layer of the Earth is the thickest? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 5. Representations of objects or systems are A) Models. B) Flow-charts. C) Pictures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Models. 6. What is a common method to prevent water pollution from agricultural activities? A) Using more chemical fertilizers. B) Planting vegetation buffer zones. C) Increasing soil erosion. D) Draining wetlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planting vegetation buffer zones. 7. Abiotic factors include ..... A) Living things like animals, fungi, and plants. B) Landfills. C) Nonliving things like soil, rocks, and water. D) Both living and nonliving things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonliving things like soil, rocks, and water. 8. When clouds get too heavy and water falls back to earth in the form of rain, snow, hail or other forms. A) Precipitation. B) Evaporation. C) Percolation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precipitation. 9. What is included in the environment? A) The plants and animals in the natural world. B) The nonliving portion of an area. C) Humans and man-made structures. D) Both plants, animals & nonliving portion of the natural world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both plants, animals & nonliving portion of the natural world. 10. When was Earth Day first celebrated? A) April 20, 1970. B) April 22, 1973. C) April 24, 1970. D) April 22, 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) April 22, 1970. 11. The Middle East is especially rich in deposits of A) Coal. B) Oil. C) Methane hydrate. D) Uranium-235. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oil. 12. The only bee in a hive capable of laying eggs in the A) King. B) Queen. C) Worker. D) Drone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen. 13. Which takes longer, primary or secondary succession? A) Primary Succession. B) Secondary Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary Succession. 14. The larger a population gets, the faster it grows ..... A) Immigration. B) Exponential growth. C) Logistic growth. D) Demography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exponential growth. 15. The following are nonrenewable sources of energy A) Wind and water. B) Coal and natural gas. C) Sunlight and petroleum. D) Minerals and oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal and natural gas. 16. Insular pine A) Select. B) Narra. C) Molave. D) Benguet pine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benguet pine. 17. Pollution occurs when people release, dump, leak, spill, or ..... the environment around us. A) Litter. B) Preserve. C) Save. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litter. 18. Which of the following is an example of land used as a protected area to preserve the scenery and ecosystems? A) Grand Canyon National Park. B) Great Basin. C) Great Plains. D) Rocky Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grand Canyon National Park. 19. People who obtain food by collecting plants and by hunting wild animals or scavenging their remains are A) Hunter-gathers. B) Pirates. C) Explorers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunter-gathers. 20. ..... is the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. A) Atmosphere. B) Lithosphere or Geosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Cryosphere. E) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere or Geosphere. ← 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