This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 379 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 379 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first step in surface coal mining is A) To remove and set aside the soil that covers the area to be mined. B) To use heavy equipment to take core samples. C) To test to see if quarrying would be more effective. D) To make cuts in the coal for easier removal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To remove and set aside the soil that covers the area to be mined. 2. During harvest season farmers would collect what? A) Animals. B) Plants. C) Seeds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seeds. 3. If 50 molecules of carbon dioxide are detected in a volume of air containing 1 million molecules, the carbon dioxide reading would be: A) 50 parts per million. B) 5 parts per million. C) 500 parts per million. D) 50 parts per billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50 parts per million. 4. A U.S. senator from Maine wants to find out the opinion of the voters in his state on issues concerning education. The office of the senator passes out surveys on ten street corners in the five major cities in the state of Maine. Is this random? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 5. Coagulate A) To make a liquid thinner or in a more fluid state. B) To change a liquid to a solid or semisolid state. C) To thin the blood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To change a liquid to a solid or semisolid state. 6. Most of the pollutants in the ocean come from A) Commercial boats and personal watercraft. B) Spills from oil tankers. C) Activities on land. D) Leaking underground storage facilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Activities on land. 7. Organisms that live at the bottom of oceans or bodies of fresh water A) Benthos. B) Nekton. C) Littoral. D) Limnetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benthos. 8. Oceanography is A) The study of fish. B) The study of the Ocean. C) The study of plants under water. D) The study of rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of the Ocean. 9. A. disruption B. pollutant C. emission D. atmosphere A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 10. An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing its own nutrients or obtaining nutrients from inorganic sources. A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) Food Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumer. 11. The burning of fossil fuels ..... A) Prevents ocean acidification because it puts extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. B) Contributes to ocean acidification because it puts extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. C) Prevents ocean acidification because it stabilizes the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. D) Contributes to ocean acidification because it stabilizes the amount of carbon dioxide in theatmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contributes to ocean acidification because it puts extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 12. The long, thin wax coated needles of conifers help the trees A) Deter predators. B) Catch sunlight. C) Conserve water and shed snow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conserve water and shed snow. 13. One of the five layers of the atmosphere, lying immediately above the troposphere and extending from 10km to about 50km above the Earth's surface A) Atmosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Balloonasphere. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 14. ..... is when the weather and temperature change over a long period of time. A) Fuel. B) Climate change. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate change. 15. Estuaries are a transition zone between A) Warm and cool water. B) Shallow and deep water. C) Turbid and clear water. D) Salt water and freshwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salt water and freshwater. 16. What is a point-source pollution? A) Oil spilling from supertankers. B) Drainpipe spilling waste into river. C) Toxic Chemicals. D) Single sites of waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drainpipe spilling waste into river. 17. When Convection occurs in the atmosphere A) Cool air rises, warm air sinks. B) Warm air rises. cool air sinks. C) Warm air sinks, cool air sinks. D) Air moves sideways in layers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm air rises. cool air sinks. 18. How can we decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Burning more fossil fuels. B) Increasing industrial emissions. C) Planting more trees and reducing deforestation. D) Clearing more land for agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planting more trees and reducing deforestation. 19. Scientific ideas are tested by ..... A) Hypotheses. B) Theories. C) Experiments. D) Variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiments. 20. Which of the following of Mrs. Bennett's favorite animals is a herbivore? A) Owl. B) Natasha. C) Dog. D) Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natasha. ← 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