This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 317 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 317 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Matter organisms require for their life processes are called A) Legumes. B) Decomposers. C) Fertilizers. D) Nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nutrients. 2. The action or process of flowing in or flowing out A) Flux. B) Source. C) Sink. D) Turbidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flux. 3. The variable that is being measured A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 4. What is responsible for nitrogen molecules changing into nitrates? A) Lightning. B) Bacteria. C) Plants. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lightning. 5. Living in an environmentally sustainable way necessitates: A) Using Earth's resources efficiently whenever convenient. B) Living without basic ecosystem services. C) Sensitivity to the needs of future generations. D) Living in a rural area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensitivity to the needs of future generations. 6. As the Earth warms, increased evaporation produces more clouds. Clouds increase albedo, reflecting more light away from the Earth. The temperature falls. Rates of evaporation fall A) Positive Feedback. B) Negative Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Feedback. 7. Watch the video before beginning the questions.What percentage of people currently live in urban areas? A) 20%. B) 30%. C) 50%. D) 70%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50%. 8. People moving from the rural areas to cities is called ..... A) Ruralization. B) Urbanization. C) Colonization. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 9. An example of a connection between ATMOsphere and HYDROsphere is: A) Rain. B) Rivers. C) Lakes. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 10. Which of the following represents a cultural ecosystem service? A) Timber. B) Water cycle. C) Pollination. D) Recreational opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recreational opportunities. 11. ..... is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of good and bad, right and wrong. A) Ecology. B) Environmental. C) Ethics. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethics. 12. If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go? A) The doldrums around the equator. B) The jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere. C) The North or South Pole. D) The area around the Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The doldrums around the equator. 13. What impact does an invasive species have on the native species of the area? A) Fragment habitats. B) Out compete for resources. C) Become the apex predator. D) Fight off apex predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out compete for resources. 14. Branch of geology, is the study of the chemistry of materials such as rocks, soil, and water A) Biochemistry. B) Geochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geochemistry. 15. In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through ..... or through ..... A) Burning photosynthesis. B) Fixation decomposition. C) Decomposition photosynthesis. D) Respiration decomposition. E) Respiration photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiration decomposition. 16. Which theory does evidence found in sedimentary rocks best support? A) Most organisms from Earth's history still exist. B) Organisms have not changed significantly over time. C) All organisms from Earth's history have become extinct. D) Organisms have evolved from simple to complex forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organisms have evolved from simple to complex forms. 17. Which is not a main category of environmental problem? A) Loss of Biodiversity. B) Pollution. C) Soil degradation. D) Resource Depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soil degradation. 18. Which of these factors helped more people survive into old age as we progressed through the 1900s? A) Antibiotics and vaccines. B) Improved healthcare, with better sanitation practices, testing, and treatments. C) Greater access to vitamin rich foods and protein. D) Better water quality, with improved treatment of both drinking water and sewage. E) All of these contributed to longer lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these contributed to longer lives. 19. What is the chemical formula for ozone? The numbers should be subscribts A) O2. B) Yes. C) O4. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 20. Atmospheric Ozone is present in- A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. 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