This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 322 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 322 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Eathquakes are common at what kind of interface? A) Where oceanic crust meets continental crust. B) Where continental crust meets continental crust. C) Where oceanic crust meets oceanic crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where oceanic crust meets continental crust. 2. What is causing the current mass extinction? A) Humans. B) Asteroids. C) Wonder. D) Primary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans. 3. Hydrosphere A) The water where living marine creatures live. B) The land where animals live. C) The oxygen in the sky. D) The cycle of water becoming vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The water where living marine creatures live. 4. The measure of the energy released by an earthquake is called A) Magnitude. B) Dominant. C) Fault. D) Energy capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnitude. 5. As Earth revolves around the Sun, the number of daylight hours varies from placeto place. In which location would the number of daylight hours remain constant? A) ) North Pole. B) ) Prime Meridian. C) ) Equator. D) ) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ) Equator. 6. How do invasive plants damage the environment? A) Compete with native species. B) Change plant community. C) Alter diversity. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. A selective harvest plan guides a landowner who A) Wants to keep their forest as a natural area. B) Wants to cut some of their trees every few years as they mature. C) Wants to improve the quality of their woodland. D) Wants to make a forest where there currently isn't one. E) Wants to make sure that their forest is protected from fire, insects, grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wants to cut some of their trees every few years as they mature. 8. What is a lake created by a dam called? A) Lake. B) Pond. C) Reservoir. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reservoir. 9. One of the effects of global warming on human health is A) An increase in allergic reactions to pollen. B) An increase in viral infections. C) A decrease in heat related deaths. D) A decrease in the number of mosquitoes and mosquito related diseases like malaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An increase in allergic reactions to pollen. 10. "If I water the flower more often, it will grow taller." What is the independent variable? A) How often you water the flower. B) How tall the flower grows. C) The type of soil. D) How much sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How often you water the flower. 11. What is the term for a stable community that completes the succession process? A) Ecosystem. B) Climax community. C) Lichens. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax community. 12. Epidemiologists study what type of hazards? A) Chemical hazards. B) Financial hazards. C) Emotional hazards. D) Biological hazards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological hazards. 13. Local governments do not regulate A) Recycling. B) Sewage treatment. C) Water quality. D) The filing of environmental impact statements tagsSEV4SEV5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The filing of environmental impact statements tagsSEV4SEV5. 14. Most of the oil used in the United States is used for A) Industry. B) Transportation. C) Electric power. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transportation. 15. What are genetically modified (GM) organisms and GM foods? A) Foods with higher quantities. B) Organisms with more fur. C) Foods or organiisms with DNA modified in a way that doesn't occur naturally. D) Food and organisms that have been injected with hormones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foods or organiisms with DNA modified in a way that doesn't occur naturally. 16. Which of the following would be the best way for a farmer to reduce water loss from evaporation and thus conserve water? A) Dig deeper wells. B) Install low-flow toilets. C) Install a drip irrigation system. D) Recycle cooling water and wastewater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Install a drip irrigation system. 17. Purchasing fewer clothes could reduce your carbon footprint by: A) Saving you money which would make you more financially secure. B) Leading to less land being cleared to grow fiber crops such as cotton. C) Reducing the fuel required to transport clothes from overseas. D) Setting a good example for your friends so that you can show them how good a person you are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leading to less land being cleared to grow fiber crops such as cotton. 18. An example of something that is biodegradable is A) A leaf in a compost pile. B) A plastic milk jug in a landfill. C) A polystyrene burger container in a trash can. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A leaf in a compost pile. 19. Turbidity describes A) The pH levels of water. B) How clear the water is, high turbidity means the water is very cloudy and light does not travel far. C) How clear the water is, high turbidity means the water is very clear and light travels to the bottome easily. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How clear the water is, high turbidity means the water is very cloudy and light does not travel far. 20. What does soil mean? A) A type of edible material. B) Something that plants do not need to grow. C) The material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow. D) None of above. 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