This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 357 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 357 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center A) Hurricane. B) Thunderstorm. C) Tornado. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricane. 2. What is the Noise Pollution definition? A) Excess noise produced by humans. B) Unwanted noise that disturbs all life. C) Unwanted noise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unwanted noise that disturbs all life. 3. In this sequence, which diagram represents a climax stage? A) E. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) E. 4. The forest shown in the picture can be found in the A) There's Savannah. B) Caroni Swamp. C) Northern Range. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern Range. 5. A set of symptoms, such as headache, fatigue, eye irritation, and dizziness, that may affect workers in modern, airtight office buildings is called ..... (this is believed to be caused by indoor pollutants) A) Well-building syndrome. B) Office worker's flu. C) Sick-building syndrome. D) Work related injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sick-building syndrome. 6. A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation A) Hypothesis. B) Observation. C) Experiment. D) Knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis. 7. Animals might not return to a replanted deciduous forest because of its A) Rapid tree growth. B) Empty niches. C) Lack of water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empty niches. 8. The process of using resources wisely is called? A) Overuse. B) Sustainability. C) Pollution. D) Burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainability. 9. Industrialized society A) Utilized new forms of energy like fossil fuels. B) Created no pollution. C) Farmed lots of wheat and barley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Utilized new forms of energy like fossil fuels. 10. The model of a dinosaur is an example of what kind of model? A) Mathematical. B) Conceptual. C) Physical. D) Graphical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical. 11. ..... describes the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. A) Relative humidity. B) Weather. C) Climate. D) Heat Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 12. Nitrous oxides enter the atmosphere from ..... A) Fossil fuels. B) Meteorites. C) Ozone depletion. D) CFC's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil fuels. 13. People breathe this into their lungs A) Epidemiologist. B) Particulate. C) Dose. D) Toxicology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Particulate. 14. After the main sequence, a low mass star becomes a A) Black dwarf. B) Protostar. C) Red giant. D) Supergiant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red giant. 15. Cycling of life-giving nutrients/chemicals between organisms and environment. A) Solar Energy. B) Biodiversity. C) Nutrient cycling. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrient cycling. 16. Where do things like vegetables, copper, and water come from? A) Air. B) Sun. C) Space. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environment. 17. How many mass extinction events has earth survived? A) 15. B) 5. C) 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 18. A barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of water. A) Reservior. B) River. C) Dam. D) Levee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dam. 19. Which of the following is an inexhaustible resource? A) Solar energy. B) Forests. C) Topsoil. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar energy. 20. What is the size of clay in diameter? A) > 2mm. B) 2mm-0.05mm. C) 0.05mm-0.002mm. D) <0.002mm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.05mm-0.002mm. ← 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