This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 350 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 350 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the total amount of water taken form any given natural source A) The Figi effect. B) The Nestle Water effect. C) Withdrawal. D) Disgard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Withdrawal. 2. Nucleic acids include the elements A) N, O, C. B) N, O, C, H, P. C) C, O, H. D) H, N, C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N, O, C, H, P. 3. One of the key habits of the mind of scientists is ....., which allows scientists to expand the boundaries of what we know. A) Intellectual honesty. B) Replication. C) Imagination. D) Correlation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intellectual honesty. 4. Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species? A) Genus and Kingdom. B) Phylum and Class. C) Family and class. D) Genus and species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genus and species. 5. Mammals have feathers and wings for flying. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Porosity A) Is the percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces. B) Is the ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it. C) Is the ability of rock or soil to not allow water to flow through it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces. 7. How do plants make their food? A) Vita Mix. B) Cellular respiration. C) Condensation. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 8. Eutrophication that occurs because of the introduction of inorganic plant nutrients into a body of water through sewage and fertilizer runoff A) Artificial (cultural) eutrophication. B) Biological magnification. C) Thermal pollution. D) Recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial (cultural) eutrophication. 9. Which of the following is a principle of smart growth? A) Protecting wildlife. B) Focusing development outside of existing urban centers. C) Creating neighborhoods best suited for cars. D) Building up, not out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Building up, not out. 10. How much time must pass to determine the climate of an area? A) 1 day. B) 30 weeks. C) 30 months. D) 30 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30 years. 11. In which layer of the atmosphere does the ozone occur? A) Mesosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 12. Which of the following management and enforcement of standards, usually controlled by various levels of government bureaucracy? A) Legislation. B) Management. C) Local Government. D) Regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regulation. 13. Stratosphere contains the Ozone layer A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Removing trees from an area for agriculture or human expansion A) Microclimates. B) Deforestation. C) Heat islands. D) Industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 15. What is a tectonic plate? A) Crust and Asthenosphere. B) Asthenosphere and Lithosphere. C) Crust and upper mantle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust and upper mantle. 16. Which one of the following environmental issues is the primary cause of the others? A) Increasing Resource Use. B) Destruction of Habitat. C) Premature Extinction. D) Human Population Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human Population Growth. 17. A declining population of one species can affect an entire what? A) Edge effect. B) Habitat. C) Ecosystem. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 18. Estuaries are productive ecosystems because they constantly receive nutrients from A) Rivers and oceans. B) Coral reefs. C) Lakes and ponds. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rivers and oceans. 19. Only about ..... of energy is passed to each trophic level. A) 10%. B) 90%. C) 0%. D) 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 20. Characterized by rapid population growth, lower average incomes and agriculture-based economies like Brazil and India A) Tragedy of the commons. B) Industrial revolution. C) Developed countries. D) Developing countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Developing countries. ← 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