This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 339 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 339 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)-? A) An act that deals with imposing liability on potentially liable parties for releases of harmful chemicals. B) An act that deals with regulation of the generation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste. C) An act that encourages states to develop waste management programs. D) An act that is the comprehensive Federal law that regulates air emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An act that deals with regulation of the generation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste. 2. True or False:Fertilizers used for growing crops always stay within the boundaries of the farm. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. A geothermal power plant gets energy by A) Holding water behind a dam. B) Circulating fluid underground. C) Pumping heated water or steam from rock formations. D) Using methane from decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pumping heated water or steam from rock formations. 4. Playing around during a lab is allowed. A) True, I agree. B) False, I do not agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False, I do not agree. 5. Based on a review of the available scientific literature, Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina developed the idea that CFCs break down in the uppermost atmosphere and react with ozone, destroying it in the process. This idea would be called a(n) A) Controlled variable. B) Independent variable. C) Hypothesis. D) Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 6. This property of water is why people prefer living near large bodies of water in extreme temperatures. A) Cohesion. B) Universal Solvent. C) Ice Density. D) Resistance to Temperature Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resistance to Temperature Change. 7. How many mussels are less than 25 mm in length? A) 6. B) 9. C) 12. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 8. Identify the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:You experiment to see if a bouncy ball or a tennis ball bounces higher. A) Type of ball. B) Same drop height. C) Height of bounce. D) Same surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of ball. 9. Which atmospheric gas is responsible for increasing the acidity of the ocean? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Water Vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 10. Wind power is the ..... energy source in the world. A) Fastest growing. B) Least problematic. C) Most reliable. D) Most abundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fastest growing. 11. Which ecosystem has a better chance of surviving when environmental conditions change over a long period of time? A) One with a great deal of biodiversity. B) One with plants and animals but no bacteria. C) One with animals and bacteria but no plants. D) One with little or no genetic diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One with a great deal of biodiversity. 12. The term for environmental factors that limits a population irrespective of (not related to) its density is A) Carrying capacity. B) Density independent limiting factors. C) Extrinsic density dependent limiting factors. D) Intrinsic density dependent limiting factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density independent limiting factors. 13. A volcano erupts destroying thousand of acres of forest giving scientists a chance to study how the environment rebuilds itself. This is what type of experiment? A) Controlled experiment. B) Natural experiment. C) Environmental experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural experiment. 14. High levels of GDP per capita indicate ..... A) Higher levels of happiness. B) Higher standard of living. C) Equal levels of wealth. D) Self-sufficient communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher standard of living. 15. What is made up of all the living and nonliving things which an organism interacts with? A) Atmosphere. B) Water Supply. C) Environment. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 16. ..... is the process of reclaiming raw materials and reusing them to create new products. A) Reducing. B) Repurposing. C) Recycling. D) Composting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycling. 17. Like a spaceship, Earth has a limited amount of air, water and natural resources considered a(n) A) Closed system. B) Open system. C) Ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Closed system. 18. What kind of species is the first to colonize an area during primary succession? A) Pioneer Species. B) Colonizer Species. C) Settler Species. D) Climax Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pioneer Species. 19. What are some factors that can increase a population's size? A) Immigration and births. B) Emigration and deaths. C) Clumped populations. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration and births. 20. Organisms can adapt A) To their physical surroundings. B) To other organisms. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Lithos Neither (a) nor (b) phere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). ← 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