This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 287 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 287 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To plow up the soil A) Dig. B) Till. C) Hose. D) Grab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Till. 2. What percentage of our power comes from renewable energy sources? A) 100%. B) 53%. C) 27%. D) 11%. E) 0%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11%. 3. Materials in the environment that are useful to people A) Nonrenewable energy. B) Conservation. C) Natural resources. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural resources. 4. Plants that require little water A) Ferns. B) Succulents. C) Grass. D) Moss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Succulents. 5. The reactants in photosynthesis are A) Carbon dioxide, water. B) Sugar (glucose), oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide, water. 6. ..... can change continuously. A) Weather. B) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 7. ..... means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. A) Sustainability. B) Attainability. C) Desirability. D) Greening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainability. 8. What do humans do that releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere? A) Burn fossil fuels (like gas and coal). B) Build cement buildings. C) Ride bikes and use solar energy. D) Compete in the Olympics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burn fossil fuels (like gas and coal). 9. Conversion of nitrate ions to gaseous nitrogen by bacteria is ..... A) Ammonification. B) Assimilation. C) Denitrification. D) Nitrogen fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen fixation. 10. In environmental science, what is a nutrient? A) Organic compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon. B) The chemicals in food that make it taste good. C) An element on the periodic table. D) Matter that organisms need to carry out their life processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Matter that organisms need to carry out their life processes. 11. One word that explains hunger is ..... A) Malnutrition. B) Undernutrition. C) Poverty. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poverty. 12. Most of the freshwater is underground. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The movement of individuals away from a population A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) Dispersion. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emigration. 14. ..... are natural resources that are naturally replenished or renewed over short periods of time. A) Renewable natural resources. B) Nonrenewable natural resources. C) Data. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable natural resources. 15. Union of two nuclei creating energy when combined A) Geothermal energy. B) Nuclear energy. C) Nuclear fision. D) Nuclear fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear fusion. 16. Which of the following is an important foundation of environmental science? A) Ecology. B) Economics. C) Meteorology. D) Political science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 17. How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid? A) 10%. B) 90%. C) 50%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 18. It is the direct use of living green plants for in situ (in place) removal, degradation, or containment of contaminants in soils, sludges, sediments, surface water and groundwater. A) Bioaccumulation. B) Biomagnification. C) Bioremediation. D) Phytoremediation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phytoremediation. 19. How would you write 35 trillion in scientific notation? A) 3.5* $10^{12}$. B) 3.5*$10^{13}$. C) 3.5*$10^{14}$. D) 3.5*$10^{-12}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.5*$10^{13}$. 20. A joint family has four members. 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