This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 309 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 309 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Renewable natural resources examples are A) Wood, Oil, Gold, Water. B) Wood, Water, Air, Soil, and Crops. C) Copper, Natural Gas, Potato Chips. D) Water, Coal, Air, Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wood, Water, Air, Soil, and Crops. 2. What percentage of the atmosphere is made up of nitrogen A) 92%. B) 21%. C) 78%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 78%. 3. When we use renewable resources with care, ensuring that they are not depleted for future generations, we are following a practice called A) Subsistence living. B) Biodiversification. C) Sustainability. D) Frontier ethic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 4. Some animals move great distances as the seasons change. What is this called? A) Hibernation. B) Migration. C) Mimicry. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migration. 5. Which aquatic ecosystem has both salt and fresh water that is mixed together (brackish water)? A) Estuary. B) Lakes. C) Ponds. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estuary. 6. Which of the following is not an environmental function of wetlands? A) Increasing runoff. B) Absorbing and removing pollutants from water. C) Trapping carbon that wouldotherwise be released into the air. D) Controlling floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing runoff. 7. In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the A) Controlled variable. B) Conclusion. C) Independent variable. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 8. The layer of the atmosphere containing our weather is A) Thermosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 9. A good hypothesis ..... A) Is based on intuition instead of observation. B) States what is likely to happen. C) Makes logical sense. D) States what is likely to happen AND makes logical sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) States what is likely to happen AND makes logical sense. 10. Terrestrial ecosystem are found only on land A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which of the following is a secondary pollutant? A) Carbon monoxide. B) Nitrogen dioxide. C) Smog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. 12. Is the following concept true or false? "Ordinary solid waste is solid waste that is not on the list of hazardous solid waste or on the list of hazardous solid waste but has hazardous elements below the threshold of hazardous solid waste" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 13. In a population, characteristics such as size will often be clustered around the A) Sample. B) Mean. C) Distribution. D) Collection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mean. 14. Environmental problems are mainly caused by human activities A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What does the flow of energy through an ecosystem always begin with? A) Primary Producers. B) Primary Consumers. C) Heterotrophs. D) Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary Producers. 16. What marks the top of the zone of saturation? A) Zone of Saturation. B) Zone of Aeration. C) Water Table. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water Table. 17. Isolines connecting points of equal air pressure are called A) Isobars. B) Isotherms. C) Contour Lines. D) Equality Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isobars. 18. Large-scale farms that grow single crops, usually located in tropical areas A) Plantation agriculture. B) Parent material. C) Substistence farming. D) Cover crop farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantation agriculture. 19. Potable A) Mississippi River. B) Area above an aquifer. C) Bottled water. D) Underground formation that holds water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bottled water. 20. Which kingdom contains organisms that are unicellular, prokaryotic, and could live on a door knob? A) Eubacteria. B) Archaebacteria. C) Protist. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eubacteria. ← 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