This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 327 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 327 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which law is a framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste? A) Clean Air Act. B) Safe Drinking Water Act. C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). D) Clean Water Act. E) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 2. What is the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles A) Ethics. B) Science. C) Theories. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 3. Benjamin Franklin worked for the Boston News-Letter when he was 13. He then moved to Pennsylvania and worked as a printer. During this time, he also wrote. Then, in 1728, he began printing The Pennsylvania Gazette. He printed the Gazette for about the next 20 years. A) Descriptive. B) Sequence. C) Compare/Contrast. D) Cause/Effect. E) Problem/Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sequence. 4. Which of the following is not an example of an invasive species? A) Kudzu vines. B) Carp. C) Elephants. D) Fire ants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephants. 5. In a food web, what type of organism has the most biomass? Producers or consumers? A) Producers. B) Decomposers. C) Primary consumers. D) Secondary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 6. ..... models take into account estimates of current weather related events and ongoing physical interactions between them. A) Mathematical. B) Holistic. C) Statistical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mathematical. 7. The tightness across the surface of water that enables an insect to walk on water is ..... A) Adhesion. B) Capillary action. C) Surface tension. D) Polarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface tension. 8. Where do most earthquakes occur? A) In the center of oceans. B) Where two or more tectonic plates interact with one another. C) In the center of continents. D) In the Earth's core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where two or more tectonic plates interact with one another. 9. This can be caused by low rainfall or irrigation: A) Persistent pesticide. B) Pheromone. C) Desertification. D) Salinization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salinization. 10. Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are called ..... A) Stenographers. B) Dummies. C) Demographers. D) Populists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demographers. 11. Climate in a regions is A) Determined only by seasonal daylight hours. B) Never affected by ocean currents. C) The atmospheric conditions on a given day. D) The long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions. 12. This part of the Earth System includes the planet's water, including the oceans, lakes, rivers, ground water, ice, and vapor. A) Geosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 13. Nitrogen accounts for what percentage of the atmosphere? A) Less than 1%. B) 7%. C) 21%. D) 52%. E) 78%. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 78%. 14. Which of the following is a technology that allows planners to create multiple-layered maps to view many land features and use? A) Zoning. B) UGB. C) Ecological restoration. D) GIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GIS. 15. Independent Variable is the variable A) That the scientist changes and manipulates the dependent variable. B) That gets manipulated. C) That stays constant. D) That manipulates and stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That the scientist changes and manipulates the dependent variable. 16. Heating using direct solar radiation from sun A) Fossil fuels. B) Electrical generator. C) Geothermal heating. D) Passive solar heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passive solar heating. 17. What 3 organisms benefit from warming temperatures? A) Bacteria, viruses and mosquitos. B) Cacti, succulents, and desert tortoises. C) Whales, dolphins, and seals. D) Polar bears, penguins, and snow leopards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria, viruses and mosquitos. 18. What are biogeochemical cycles? A) Biogeochemical cycles are the process of converting organic waste into energy. B) Biogeochemical cycles are pathways through which nutrients and elements are circulated and recycled in the environment, including the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles. C) Biogeochemical cycles are the movement of celestial bodies in space. D) Biogeochemical cycles are the patterns of migration of animals in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biogeochemical cycles are pathways through which nutrients and elements are circulated and recycled in the environment, including the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles. 19. The number of trophic levels in an ecological energy pyramid A) Is limitless. B) Is limited by the amount of energy that is consumed and released at each trophic level. C) Is impossible to count because energy is lost at each trophic level. D) Never exceeds three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is limited by the amount of energy that is consumed and released at each trophic level. 20. What is THE most major cause of extinction today? A) Habitat destruction by humans. B) Poaching. C) Disease. D) Hunting. 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