This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 378 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 378 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the disadvantage of using non-renewable resources? A) They have a large carbon footprint. B) They can all be used up over time. C) They can lead to global warming. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. The bottom of all of the food chains and webs in the ocean A) Decomposers. B) Phytoplankton. C) Primary Producers. D) Zooplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phytoplankton. 3. Thomas Adams was an inventor and scientist. He wanted to make chicle, a rubberlike substance, into tires, toys, and boots. But all his efforts failed. How could he find a use for chicle? Finally, he tried chewing it. It tasted good, and he enjoyed chewing it. He decided to add flavor and make chewing gum out of chicle. A) Descriptive. B) Sequence. C) Compare/Contrast. D) Cause/Effect. E) Problem/Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Problem/Solution. 4. Like poles on a magnet will A) Attract. B) Repel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repel. 5. Process by which crushed ore is melted at high temperatures to separate impurities from molten metal A) Slag. B) Subsidence. C) Smelting. D) Reclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smelting. 6. An underground layer of sand, gravel or rock that stores and carries water A) Water table. B) Water cycle. C) Aquifer. D) Infiltration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifer. 7. The continuous movement of water on or above and below the surface of earth A) Hydraulic cycle. B) Ground water. C) Aquifer. D) Water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydraulic cycle. 8. Which is NOT a main roles of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? A) Nitrification. B) Nitrogen assimilation. C) Nitrogen fixation. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen assimilation. 9. The natural differences between individuals of a species is called ..... A) Adaptations. B) Natural selection. C) Variation. D) Fitness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Variation. 10. Write 2.08 x 102 in standard form. A) 208. B) 0.0208. C) 20, 800. D) 0.208. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 208. 11. Matter in which atoms are tightly held in place is a ..... A) Gas. B) Plasma. C) Solid. D) Liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solid. 12. What is the Carbon Cycle? Select the best answer. A) How we breathe in carbon and exhale oxygen. B) How carbon moves through the environment, through organisms, and back again. C) How the Greenhouse Effect happens. D) How organisms produce carbon and put it out into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How carbon moves through the environment, through organisms, and back again. 13. Three baseball players investigate to see who can throw a baseball the farthest. They mark off an area on the playground for their investigation. Which should they keep constant? A) Height of the players. B) Color of the balls thrown. C) Order in which the players throw. D) Spot from which the players throw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spot from which the players throw. 14. A hurricane gets its energy from A) Warm ocean waters. B) High air pressure. C) Winds along surface. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm ocean waters. 15. What environmental principle would apply to this: "wastes are not lost to oblivion, it even goes back to one's own backyard in some other forms" . A) EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE. B) OURS IS A FINITE EARTH. C) NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE STEWARDS OF GOD'S CREATION. D) ALL FORMS OF LIFE ARE IMPORTANT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE. 16. When the Nuclei of atoms split and release energy A) Nuclear Energy. B) Nuclear Fission. C) Nuclear Fusion. D) Radioactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear Fission. 17. Crude oil, coal, and natural gas are classified as ..... fuels because they have formed over millions of years from the decayed remains of ancient organisms. A) Renewable. B) Alternative. C) Fossil. D) Net energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil. 18. Which process uses oxygen to make energy? A) Respiration. B) Photsynthesis. C) Osmosis. D) Active Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiration. 19. Result of green house gases effect is A) Flood. B) Global warming. C) Inversion of temperature. D) Industrial pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global warming. 20. The amount of product or service people will buy at a given price if free to do so A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Cap-and-trade. D) Lobbying. 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