This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 318 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 318 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Restoring land back to its original state A) Reclamation. B) Rehabilitation. C) Regeneration. D) Redevelopment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reclamation. 2. The study of how resources are converted to goods and services and how these good and services are distributed and used. A) Economics. B) Taxonomy. C) Biology. D) NWO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 3. Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as: A) Flooding. B) Heat Waves. C) Hurricanes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Moves warm waters from lower latitudes toward higher latitudes A) The Gulf Stream. B) Antarctic Circumpolar Current. C) Tributaries. D) Aquifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gulf Stream. 5. What is a well-tested hypothesis that explains many scientific observations? A) Law. B) Principle. C) Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 6. Which of the following is the correct composition of Earth's modern atmosphere? A) 78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% other. B) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other. C) 50% oxygen, 50% nitrogen. D) 75% oxygen, 25% nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other. 7. What is an advantage of Fossil Fuels A) They generate large amounts of electricity. B) They don't negatively affect the environment. C) They will never run out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They generate large amounts of electricity. 8. Ana wants to know the average student's opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results? A) Thirty students who are often tardy. B) Thirty students who are rarely tardy. C) Thirty of her friends. D) Thirty randomly selected students from her school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thirty randomly selected students from her school. 9. Which type of air mass bring COLD and DRY weather? A) Maritime Polar (mP). B) Maritime Tropical (mT). C) Continental Polar (cP). D) Continental Tropical (cT). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental Polar (cP). 10. Which is an example of coevolution? A) Flowers than can be pollinated by only one insect species. B) Deer that live in a cold region and have thick fur. C) Dark gray moths found near Birmingham, England. D) Desert rats that do not sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowers than can be pollinated by only one insect species. 11. Low Pressure is associated with this type of weather ..... A) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. B) Cold Weather. C) Warm Weather. D) Fair Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. 12. Lines that run North to South, and are East and West of the Prime Meridian. A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Meridian. D) Parallel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude. 13. This type of interaction is when one species benefits and the other is not affected. A) Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 14. What are the benefits of renewable resources? A) They are unlimited and can be replenished. B) They are harmful to the environment. C) They are only found in developed countries. D) They are limited and cannot be replenished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are unlimited and can be replenished. 15. Which classification gets energy from decomposition of dead organisms? A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Detritivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Detritivore. 16. Population growth is an environmental problem because trying to feed everyone has created problems such as A) Global warming. B) Sewage. C) Habitat destruction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat destruction. 17. How many meters in a kilometer A) 1000. B) 100. C) 10. D) .1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1000. 18. In a scientific investigation, it is important that the number of objects or events being sampled be A) Equal to the mean number of objects or events not sampled. B) A guess of how likely an unwanted outcome will occur. C) Equal to the total statistical population. D) Large enough to give an accurate estimate for the whole population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large enough to give an accurate estimate for the whole population. 19. Inferences are always correct. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. A chemical used by cells to grow ans work A) Vitamin C. B) Protein. C) Fat. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protein. ← 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