This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 401 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 401 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A grant of cash or a public resource that is intended to encourage a particular activity or lower the price of a product A) Economics. B) Subsidy. C) Green tax. D) Ecolabeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsidy. 2. Tolerance is the ability to survive and reproduce under changing environmental conditions. What is the term for organisms with very wide tolerance ranges? A) Specialists. B) Generalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalists. 3. Which of the following activities emits the most air pollutants? A) Agricultural activities. B) Traffic activities. C) Living activities. D) Industrial production activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traffic activities. 4. Which of Earth's spheres encompasses all of Earth's water? A) The hydrosphere. B) The atmosphere. C) The asthenosphere. D) The geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The atmosphere. 5. How can we conserve virtual water use? A) Turning off the faucets when brushing your teeth. B) Fixing your leaky faucets. C) Installing low-flow showerhead. D) Eating more whole foods and fewer processed foods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating more whole foods and fewer processed foods. 6. Within this time, population (26) ..... hugely and people A) Has increased. B) Have increased. C) Increases. D) Increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has increased. 7. Completed in 2005, this is the most comprehensive assessment of the condition of the world's ecological systems and their capacity to continue supporting us A) Environmental Law. B) Clean Air Act. C) Environmental Protection Agency. D) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 8. A logical interpretation of the data based on prior knowledge and experience A) Law. B) Theory. C) Inference. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inference. 9. What are "apex predators?" A) Primary consumers. B) Producers. C) Top predators. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Top predators. 10. Increasing quantities of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be ..... A) Warmer. B) Cooler. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warmer. 11. What causes the seasons? A) Earth's tilt on its axis. B) The Earth's distance from the sun. C) Global warming/climate change. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's tilt on its axis. 12. What occurs at tectonics plate boundaries that collide and separate from one another? A) Earthquakes. B) Landslides. C) Tsunamis. D) Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcanoes. 13. Hyrdo Power is a ..... energy resource. A) Renewable. B) Non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 14. The dependent variable is graphed on the A) X-axis. B) Y-axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Y-axis. 15. What term describes the increase in the Earth's average temperature A) Global cooling. B) Climate Alteration. C) Global Warming. D) Climate Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global Warming. 16. On our field trip to the Ecocenter, we learned that the ..... is the 2nd most biodiverse river system in the world. A) Amazon. B) Coosa River Basin. C) Chattahoochee River Basin. D) Atlantic ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coosa River Basin. 17. An ethic that insists on taking care of the Earth's ecosystems and ecology as they have intrinsic value. A) Anthropocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Theocentricism. D) Xenocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecocentrism. 18. The movement of earth around its axis A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Ellipsis. D) Orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 19. Which of the following is a push factor that leads to urban growth? A) Educational opportunities. B) More career opportunities. C) Entertainment. D) Lack of resources due to climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of resources due to climate change. 20. Where is the DNA located in a prokaryotic cell? A) In the cytoplasm or in a round plasmid. B) In the nucleus. C) There is no DNA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the cytoplasm or in a round plasmid. ← 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