This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 336 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 336 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The amount of a product or service offered for sale at a given price A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Cost-benefit analysis. D) Environmental economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 2. Earthquakes occur along ..... lines. A) Fault. B) Tectonic. C) Magma. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fault. 3. Prohibits the improper disposal of garbage A) PD 1181. B) PD 984. C) PD 1985. D) PD 825. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PD 825. 4. The main problem with hydropower is that A) It is renewable. B) The fish wont have any water to live in. C) It is nonrenewable. D) It effects the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It effects the ecosystem. 5. Controlling ..... growth is more successful when women have access to birth control and family planning resources. A) Fossil fuel usage. B) Population. C) National debt. D) Carbon dioxide emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 6. Why are fossil fuels used so much? A) They are a form of renewable energy. B) They don't cost much. C) They are not harmful to the environment. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They don't cost much. 7. Water in its gas form is called ....., A) Water vapor. B) Precipitation. C) Ice. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water vapor. 8. Which Conservationist first questioned the idea that America's resources were inexhaustable? A) Aldo Leopold. B) Theodore Roosevelt. C) John Muir. D) James Perkins Marsh. E) Rachel Carson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Perkins Marsh. 9. Rainwater that flows over land without sinking into the soil and flows into streams and rivers is called A) Runoff. B) Spring. C) Groundwater. D) Aqueduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff. 10. What does the ozone layer absorb? A) Ultraviolet radiation. B) Ions. C) Aerosols. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ultraviolet radiation. 11. Combustion A) A reaction that happens when a carbon compound is frozen. B) A reaction that happens when a carbon compound burns. C) A reaction that happens when a carbon compound watered. D) A reaction that happens when a carbon compound mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reaction that happens when a carbon compound burns. 12. An agreement that attempted to regulate greenhouse gas emissions A) NatureConservancy. B) CITES. C) Kyoto Protocol. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kyoto Protocol. 13. When one species benefits and the other is unphased A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commensalism. 14. What is the best way to reduce stress on the ecosystem's provisioning services? A) Use electric cars. B) Slow down population growth. C) Limiting human access to national parks. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slow down population growth. 15. What is reforestation? A) Cutting down trees. B) Planting new trees. C) Burning down trees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planting new trees. 16. What do we use natural resources for? A) To generate electricity. B) As food or 'fuel' for our bodies. C) To build houses or buildings. D) All of the answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers. 17. A food ..... is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. A) Chain. B) Web. C) Pyramid. D) Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chain. 18. As magma and lava cools and crystallizes, what type of rock will form? A) Sedimentary. B) Metamorphic. C) Igneous. D) Basalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous. 19. An acid is a solution below, above, or at 7? A) Below 7. B) Exactly 7. C) Above 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Below 7. 20. ..... was the worst nuclear disaster in history. A) Chernobyl. B) Fukushima. C) Threes Mile Island. D) SL-1 nuclearn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chernobyl. ← 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