This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 429 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 429 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does a straight alignment between Earth, the sun, and the moon impact the tides on Earth? A) It produces the greatest change in high and low tides. B) It produces the least change in high and low tides. C) It produces semidiurnal tides. D) It produces diurnal tides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It produces the greatest change in high and low tides. 2. In which main layer of Earth's atmosphere does most weather occur? A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 3. ..... is the water that collects in spaces and soil UNDERGROUND. A) Soil water. B) Groundwater. C) Under pools. D) Ice caps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundwater. 4. The Clean Water Act was created A) So the government can make money. B) To stop pollution. C) Set standards for pollution levels. D) To make the lakes and rivers from fishable and swimmable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make the lakes and rivers from fishable and swimmable. 5. Which graph correctly represents the pattern ofhuman population growth over the past 5000years? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 6. Earth is a closed system with nothing entering or leaving A) Smart Growth. B) Ecological Footprint. C) Spaceship Earth. D) Stewardship Worldview. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spaceship Earth. 7. Your neighbor believes that the height of a person determines how much food they eat. He measured how many ounces of food people ate who were 4 feet tall, 5 feet tall, and six feet tall? What is the dependent variable? A) Height. B) Ounces of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ounces of food. 8. An example of the 1st law of thermodynamics occurs when solar energy is converted into chemical energy which process during? A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Chemosynthesis. D) Consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 9. An organism eats berries and fish. It is a ..... A) Consumer (herbivore). B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) Consumer (omnivore). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumer (omnivore). 10. What does A show? A) Infiltration. B) Precipitation. C) Evaporation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 11. When plates meet and slip and slide on each other, they are called A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Transform plate boundary. C) Convergent plate boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transform plate boundary. 12. Most biomes tend to be at the same ..... A) Latitude. B) Altitude. C) Humidity. D) Rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 13. Where does most of the fresh water we use come from? A) Groundwater. B) Atmospheric water. C) Space. D) Surface waters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface waters. 14. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the Earth's solid outer layer, including soil and rocks A) Biosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 15. Non-renewable or Renewable:Wood A) Non-renewable. B) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable. 16. Internal combustion engines are run on A) Gasoline. B) Batteries. C) Fuel cells. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gasoline. 17. What happens to plastic that has broken into smaller pieces? A) Spread out in the ocean. B) Stay at the same spot in the ocean. C) Disappear after 1 year. D) Decomposed by microorganisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spread out in the ocean. 18. Listing both the benefit and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of a(n) A) Cost-benefit analysis. B) Ecological footprint. C) Risk assessment. D) Market equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost-benefit analysis. 19. The study of the Earth's atmosphere and climate A) Geology. B) Paleontology. C) Climatology. D) Hydrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climatology. 20. ..... is Established under MAB Programme of UNESCO A) WIldlife Sanctuary. B) National Park. C) Biosphere Reserve. D) Ecotourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere Reserve. ← 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