This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 386 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 386 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does nocturnal mean? A) Being able to blend in which the environment. B) Being active at night and sleeping during the day. C) Soil that does not have very much humus. D) A biome with a hot temperatures and a dry climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being active at night and sleeping during the day. 2. Human waste is an example of what type of water pollution? A) Nutrient. B) Toxic-chemical. C) Thermal. D) Biological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological. 3. A soil made up of clay, silt, and sand; considered best for growing crops A) Humus. B) C horizon. C) Loam. D) Mollsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loam. 4. One of the five layers of the atmosphere, extending from the Earth's surface to about 10km above the surface A) Troposhphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Stratasphere. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposhphere. 5. A method in which decision-makers compare what will be sacrificed and gained by taking a specific action A) Cost-benefit analysis. B) Ecolabeling. C) Policy. D) Ecolabeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost-benefit analysis. 6. In a scientific investigation, it is important that the number of object or events being sampled be A) A guess of how likely an unwanted outcome will occur. B) Large enough to give an accurate estimate for the whole population. C) Equal to the mean number objects or events not sampled. D) Equal to the statistical population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large enough to give an accurate estimate for the whole population. 7. ..... is a body of water, partly enclosed by land, that occurs where fresh water meets the water of an ocean or inland sea. A) Wetland. B) Marsh. C) Estuary. D) Swamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estuary. 8. Choose the consumer. A) Mushroom. B) Horse. C) Tree. D) Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse. 9. As the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, which occurrence is most likely a long term result? A) The polar ice caps will melt. B) Volcanoes will erupt more often. C) The number of earthquakes will decrease. D) Rainforests will be unable to support animal life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The polar ice caps will melt. 10. Fruits, fish, and livestock are all examples of what type of ecosystem service? A) Economic. B) Provisioning. C) Regulating. D) Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provisioning. 11. An example of an item made from renewable resources would include ..... A) A metal can of green beans. B) Motor oil. C) A plastic chair. D) A cotton shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cotton shirt. 12. Get ready for a challenge! 🌪️ vs 🌍Imagine you're a weather wizard! What disaster would you conjure with a hurricane that you couldn't with an earthquake? A) Buildings tumbling like dominoes. B) Cracks appearing in the crust as if by magic. C) Landslides sweeping the land. D) A deluge of flooding, water everywhere!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A deluge of flooding, water everywhere!. 13. Terrestrial A) Land. B) Water. C) Air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land. 14. Human interaction can increase the rate of species extinction A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Due to losses in wheat sales because of draught and wildfires, a farmer has to make a decision as to whether they will stay in farming or find a new career. This type of decision is primarily based on A) Cost-benefit analysis. B) Ethics. C) Ecology. D) The scientific method. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost-benefit analysis. 16. What is a cost-benefit analysis? A) A tool for measuring employee productivity. B) A type of financial report. C) A method for calculating profit margins. D) A process used to evaluate the potential benefits and costs of a project or decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A process used to evaluate the potential benefits and costs of a project or decision. 17. What type of pollutant is the result of a chemical reaction? A) Primary pollutant. B) Secondary Pollutant. C) Tertiary Pollutant. D) Water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary Pollutant. 18. Human-centered view of the world in which humans and human welfare given the highest value A) Biocentrism. B) Anthropocentrism. C) Ecocentrism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropocentrism. 19. Research by social scientists suggests that it takes ..... of the population of a community, a country, or the world to bring about major social and environmental change. A) 1%. B) 5-10%. C) About one-third. D) About half. E) 85%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5-10%. 20. Forests have ..... percent of earth's Biodiversity A) 100%. B) 20%. C) 80%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80%. ← 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