This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 402 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 402 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is an problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit a common resource and destroy it. A) Racing to the commons. B) Tragedy of the commons. C) Tragedy of the resource. D) Pollution of the commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy of the commons. 2. The most important dissolved elements in ocean water are A) Calcium and magnesium. B) Calcium and potassium. C) Calcium and sodium. D) Sodium and chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium and chlorine. 3. Environmental Science includes many fields of study making it a/an A) Confusing science. B) Interdisciplinary science. C) Fun filled science. D) Wide career path. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interdisciplinary science. 4. What do you call it when one species benefits but the other species is not really affected in any way? A) Competition. B) Predation. C) Parasitism. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 5. A team has assembled and data has been collected about the overuse of commodities like Corn in Nebraska. The professional who would have prepared all of the data and studied the trends would most likely be: A) Architect. B) Petroleum Engineer. C) Forester. D) Economist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economist. 6. An archer is shooting at a target. She wants to hit the bulls-eye every time but instead her arrows consistently land in a tight group outside the bulls-eye. What can we say about her attempts? A) Highly accurate but not precise. B) Precise but inaccurate. C) Neither accurate nor precise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precise but inaccurate. 7. The ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere absorbs most of this specific type of solar radiation. A) Ultra-violent. B) Infrared. C) Visible. D) Ultra-violet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ultra-violet. 8. The principle framework for national, state, tribal, and local efforts to protect air quality in the United States is found in ..... A) The Clean Air Act. B) The Constitution. C) The Montreal Protocol. D) The congressional mandate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Clean Air Act. 9. In nature, the reaction between nitrogen and oxygen (in thunderstorms accompanied by lightning) is the beginning of the process of creating and providing what type of fertilizer to plants? A) Potassium fertilizer. B) Ammonium nitrogen fertilizer. C) Phosphate fertilizer. D) Nitrogen nitrate fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen nitrate fertilizer. 10. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the air and gases surrounding the planet. A) Lithosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 11. Which energy source use the movement of air to turn turbines to generate electricity? A) Solar. B) Wind. C) Hydroelectric. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 12. Most of Earth's incoming ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by A) Clouds. B) Dust. C) Ozone. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone. 13. Which of the following ISN'T made with carbon? A) Oil. B) Diamond. C) Glass. D) Plant Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glass. 14. How is heat transferred when boiling a pot of water on the stove? A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Combustion. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 15. Areas of farmland have shown signs of soil erosion and contamination, which results in dead crops. Which discipline may help environmental scientists study this problem and develop practical solutions? A) Electrical engineering. B) Soil science. C) Human health sciences. D) Social sciences. E) Environmental engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil science. 16. A life form that heavily impacts an entire ecosystem. The loss of this species would be detrimental. A) Keystone Species. B) Indicator Species. C) Invasive Species. D) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keystone Species. 17. Which sense organ help us to see rainbow? A) Ears. B) Nose. C) Eyes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eyes. 18. ..... is a closest star to the earth. A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Planet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 19. The free floating, tiny marine algae called phytoplankton are extremely important because they make how much of the world's oxygen. A) 50.0 %. B) 25.0 %. C) 75.0 %. D) 10.0 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50.0 %. 20. Which gases contribute to the greenhouse effect? A) Oxygen, nitrogen, argon. B) Water vapor, ozone, sulfur hexafluoride. C) Carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide. D) Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. 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