This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 297 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 297 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Anthropocentrism A) Worldview puts focus on animals needs. B) Worldview puts focus on human needs. C) Worldview puts focus on nobody's needs. D) Worldview puts focus on alien needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worldview puts focus on human needs. 2. What are the two products of photosynthesis? A) Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. B) Oxygen and Sugar. C) Sunlight and Sugar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen and Sugar. 3. Clay holds too much water, and the plant's roots will rot. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Which is true of a tropical rainforest? A) Only a few different species of plants and animals can be found there. B) The tree canopy causes only a small amount of sunlight to reach the ground. C) They are only found in South America. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tree canopy causes only a small amount of sunlight to reach the ground. 5. Process in which salt is removed from salt water, as from the oceans, rendering the water fit for drinking and cooking A) Recharge zone. B) Watershed. C) Biological magnification. D) Desalinization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desalinization. 6. Most of Earth s fresh water is A) Suspended in atmospheric cloud formations. B) Held in reservoirs behind large dams. C) Solidified at the North and South Poles. D) Stored in large underground rock structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solidified at the North and South Poles. 7. Match the Definition:These Bees are female. They do most of the work in and out of the hive, including collecting pollen, caring for the larvae, and building the hive. They are the smallest bee and can live 5-7 weeks. A) Queen Bee. B) Drone Bees. C) Worker Bees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worker Bees. 8. What agricultural practice has been blamed for land erosion, contaminated soil and water, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and the decline of the family farm? A) Organic farming. B) Sustainable agriculture. C) Industrial agriculture. D) Managed farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial agriculture. 9. A rural area has A) More than 2500 people. B) Less than 2500 people. C) Zero sustainable practices. D) Only farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than 2500 people. 10. A material or energy source provided by nature need to survive A) Man-made resource. B) Natural resource. C) Sustainable. D) Initial resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural resource. 11. Incineration can reduce the weight of waste in landfills, but it ..... A) Increases the volume of waste. B) Can release hazardous air pollution. C) Cause wildfires. D) Can only be used in the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can release hazardous air pollution. 12. The difference between a predator and a parasite is that a predator A) Lives in or on a host. B) Harms another organism. C) Benefits from another organism. D) Usually kills and eats its prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Usually kills and eats its prey. 13. It has the highest specific heat capacity among any liquid A) Vinegar. B) Milk. C) Blood. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 14. Increased air & water pollution are environmental impacts of urbanization A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. A blood condition that can result from lack of iron A) Sickle cell illness. B) Cholera. C) Anemia. D) Flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anemia. 16. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies. A) Subduction. B) Sea-floor Spreading. C) Heat Transfer. D) Convection Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea-floor Spreading. 17. The area where two tectonic plates meet. A) Mantle. B) Focus. C) Plate boundary. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate boundary. 18. Timber and freshwater are considered A) Nonrenewable resources. B) Sustainable resources. C) Renewable Resources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable resources. 19. Nick wanted to see how high an ice cube would float in different temperatures of water. Identify the DEPENDENT variable-Amount of water-Height of Ice cube-Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height-Temperature of the water-Size of the ice cube A) Amount of water. B) Height of Ice cube. C) Temperature the ice cube was at its highest height. D) Size of the ice cube. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Height of Ice cube. 20. What happens to a population with a lack of limiting factors (predators, disease, competition, and other factors that decrease population growth). A) Shrinks. B) Immigration. C) Indefinite growth. D) Emigration. 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