This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 315 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 315 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is NOT biodegradable? A) Leaves and sticks blown down during a storm. B) Food waste that is being composed. C) Plastic bottles thrown in the ditch. D) Dead animals on the side of the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic bottles thrown in the ditch. 2. Climate Change Act of 2009 A) RA 9729. B) RA 7929. C) RA 9279. D) RA 9927. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RA 9729. 3. In what way are lakes/ponds formed? A) Humans building a dam on a river. B) Naturally at the top of a mountain. C) Due to a drought. D) Lakes and ponds have just always existed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans building a dam on a river. 4. The height of an object above a reference point, such as sea level or the Earth's surface. A) Climate. B) Latitude. C) Biome. D) Altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Altitude. 5. Kuiper Belt lies in the area * A) Within Mars. B) Between Mars and Jupiter. C) Between Neptune and Uranus. D) Beyond Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beyond Neptune. 6. A map is an example of a A) Physical model. B) Graphical model. C) Conceptual model. D) Mathematical model. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graphical model. 7. To reduce the effects of climate change we need to reduce the use of fossil fuels and rely more on any of the following except- A) Wind power. B) Solar power. C) Hydroelectric. D) Coal, oil and natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal, oil and natural gas. 8. An underground rock formation that contains water A) Algal blooms. B) Watershed. C) Aquifer. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifer. 9. Select the External Body Parts from the choices given below: A) Head, Torso, Neck, Abdomen, Arms. B) Lungs, Kidney, Heart, Intestine. C) Liver, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine. D) Red blood cells, White blood cells and Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Head, Torso, Neck, Abdomen, Arms. 10. Minerals are divided into groups by ..... composition. A) Atomic. B) Chemical. C) Physical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical. 11. The cycling of matter is important because A) Mattercan be created and destroyed. B) Onlya limited amount of matter is available so it has to be recycled. C) Mattercan only be found in a solution. D) Bacteriause matter to convert organisms into solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onlya limited amount of matter is available so it has to be recycled. 12. A pattern of eating that includes how much, what, and how often a person eats. A) Metabolism. B) Diet. C) Calories. D) Vitamins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diet. 13. Which of the following is not a benefit of composting? A) It keeps organic wastes out of landfills. B) Anything can be composted. C) It increases the number of beneficial soil organisms. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything can be composted. 14. Humans have inadvertently promoted the evolution of insects that are resistant to insecticides by A) Trying to control pests with chemicals. B) Using insecticides that are outdated. C) Using the wrong insecticide. D) By using an insect trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trying to control pests with chemicals. 15. An increase in Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to which of the following? A) Increase in temperature on Earth. B) Decrease in Albedo on Earth. C) Change in overall climate on Earth. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Which substance of formed when swamp plants are buried under pressure for a very long time? A) Coal. B) Salt. C) Water. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 17. Least amount of precipitation A) Coniferous. B) Deciduous. C) Rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coniferous. 18. The branch of biology that focuses on how living things and nonliving parts of the environment. A) Environmentalism. B) Environmental science. C) Ecology. D) Earth science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 19. Research Question:Does the type of gasoline put in a car effect how fast the car can drive. What is the independent variable? A) Type of gasoline. B) Which car the gas is put into. C) How fast the car can drive. D) How much gas is put into the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of gasoline. 20. Most of the nutrients in an arctic ecosystem come from A) Melting ice. B) The ocean. C) Sunlight. D) Lakes. 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