This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 326 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 326 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Expresses the environmental effects of an individual or population A) Ecological imprint. B) Ecological footprint. C) Environmental footprint. D) Environmental impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 2. The process of changing a vapor into a liquid, which occurs when warm vapor mixes with cooler air in the atmosphere A) Transpiration. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 3. What does economics mean? A) The amount of a product or service offered for sale at a given price. B) The study of how resources are converted into products and services and of how those products and services are distributed and used. C) The field of economics that recognizes the relationships between ecosystems and economic systems. D) The field of economics that links environmental and economic costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of how resources are converted into products and services and of how those products and services are distributed and used. 4. What is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Helium. D) Chloride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 5. What do we not learn from our family? A) Good habits. B) Customs. C) Fighting with cousins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fighting with cousins. 6. Darwin theorized that individuals having an advantage due to their traits or abilities will be more likely to survive and reproduce. This theory is known as A) Evolution. B) Speciation. C) Adaptation. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural selection. 7. In an experiment, that which does not receive the experimental treatment A) Prediction. B) Conceptual model. C) Control group. D) Physical model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control group. 8. Where is Easter Island located and who governs it? A) Pacific Ocean/Chile. B) Atlantic Ocean/Chile. C) Indiana/USA. D) Atlantic Ocean/ France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Ocean/Chile. 9. Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement about El Niño and La Niña? A) Both occur every 2-7 years. B) El Nino is warming and La Nina is cooling of the Pacific Ocean. C) Both occur in the Atlantic Ocean. D) Neither are considered "storms". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both occur in the Atlantic Ocean. 10. The theory of the "tragedy of commons" was written by A) Garrett Hardin. B) Dr Seuss. C) Richard Bachman. D) William Forest Lloyd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garrett Hardin. 11. In order to change regulations in my town, I would advocate on the A) State. B) Federal. C) Region. D) Local. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Local. 12. If you practice ....., you are protecting, preserving, and managing earth's natural resources. A) Smoking. B) Conservation. C) Pollution. D) Littering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservation. 13. When it is Spring in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere? A) Spring. B) Fall. C) Winter. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fall. 14. You will want your experiment to have ..... independent variable(s) in it for the experiment to be valid. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 15. The "Ten Percent Rule" means ..... A) The amount of living tissue an organism contains. B) The ranking of animals. C) The amount of waste produced by humans. D) The loss of energy in the levels of trophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The loss of energy in the levels of trophic. 16. A serious hazard of coal mining is A) A high pressure water blast. B) An aggregation. C) Excess overburden. D) An underground mine fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An underground mine fire. 17. In an ecosystem, which component is not recycled? A) Water. B) Energy. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy. 18. What do Xylem vessels carry? A) Carry food. B) Carry Water. C) Carry acids. D) Carry Alkalis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry Water. 19. Heat transfer through touch A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conduction. 20. Severe oil-tanker spills account for what percentage of oil polluting the oceans? A) 5%. B) 10%. C) 25%. D) 62%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5%. ← 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