This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences โ Quiz 293 ๐ Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 293 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A certain atom has 26 protons, 26 electrons, and 30 neutrons. Its mass number is ..... A) 30. B) 26. C) 52. D) 56. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 56. 2. What process adds oxygen gas the atmosphere? A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Osmosis. D) Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 3. Sheep, buffalo, cow and goat gives us A) Milk. B) Eggs. C) Meat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milk. 4. You've learned in school that all reptiles lay eggs. You see an animal you've never seen before and it lays eggs, so you assume it must be a reptile. This is an example of ..... A) Inductive reasoning. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Abductive reasoning. D) Transductive reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive reasoning. 5. Oil spills and trash dumping are examples of ..... pollution A) Desalination. B) Non-Point Source. C) Point Source. D) NonRenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point Source. 6. Potentially the most dangerous to humans and most destructive to the environment, Forms when layers of hardened lava chunks alternate with lava, Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier are examples. A) Cinder Cone Volcano. B) Composite Volcano. C) Shield Volcano. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Composite Volcano. 7. A group of the same species living in an ecosystem is referred to as a ..... A) Community. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 8. What is the term for the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)? A) Carbon footprint. B) Global warming. C) Greenhouse effect. D) Ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon footprint. 9. A community of animals and plants interacting with their environment. Biotic and abiotic A) Extinct. B) Biodiversity. C) Variation. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 10. An increase in the amount of nutrients, such as nitrates, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem is A) Benthos. B) Nekton. C) Eutrophication. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eutrophication. 11. In the town of Podunk, Alabama, the population at the beginning of the year was 4882. If 48 people were born and 12 people died, what is the growth rate of the town? Births-Deaths = then / Pop = then X by 100 A) -.87%. B) 1.12%. C) .23%. D) .74%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .74%. 12. When resources are not available a population will ..... in size. A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease. 13. Out of all the animals listed below, which one is considered a secondary consumer? A) Sunflower. B) Grasshopper. C) Frog. D) Bobcat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frog. 14. If you are testing the buoyancy (galleggiabilitร ) of a cotton ball and you leave one plain, cover one half in oil, and cover the third in oil completely then place each in water, what is the independent variable? A) Time. B) Water. C) Cotton ball. D) Amount of oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amount of oil. 15. What happens when something is unsustainable? A) It will run out. B) It can keep going. C) It will get better over time. D) Most people will use it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will run out. 16. Which layer of the atmosphere is most dense? A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 17. This law restricts the pollution of the atmosphere A) Clean Drinking Water Act. B) Clean Air Act. C) The EPA. D) Atmospheric Control Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clean Air Act. 18. Which type of selection would occur after a natural disaster such as a flood or an earthquake? A) Primary Succession. B) Secondary Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary Succession. 19. When layers of the Earth formed, the least dense layer ..... A) Sank to the bottom. B) Mixed with the other layers. C) Floated to the top. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floated to the top. 20. Is an undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms. A) Natural Resources. B) Pollution. C) Environmental Science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution. โ PreviousNext โRelated 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 ๐ Back to Homepage ๐ Download PDF Books ๐ Premium PDF Books