This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 43 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you see large grazing herbivores, you are most probably in the ..... A) Tundra. B) Taiga. C) Temperate forest. D) Grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grasslands. 2. Which lists metric units, in order, from smallest to largest? A) Milligram, centigram, gram. B) Kilogram, gram, centigram. C) Decagram, hectogram, milligram. D) Kilogram, hectogram, decagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milligram, centigram, gram. 3. A smart grid will improve on the current electrical grid by ..... A) Preventing power outages from taking place. B) Requiring electricity producers to use renewable energy. C) Eliminating the need to build wind farms in remote areas. D) Using digital technology to increase efficiency. E) Charging customers flat rates instead of variable rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using digital technology to increase efficiency. 4. ..... is a process where the decomposition is done with the help of microbes. A) Thermal conversion. B) Thermo-Chemical Conversion. C) Bio-Chemical Conversion. D) Electro-chemical conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bio-Chemical Conversion. 5. Which of the following situations contributes to stability in an ecosystem? A) Increase in biodiversity. B) Decrease in biodiversity. C) Extinction of a population from the ecosystem. D) Removal of many populations of organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase in biodiversity. 6. Which of the following is a lifestyle change that can help conserve energy? A) Washing clothes in hot water. B) Buying a cheap car. C) Using less of a resource. D) Taking a long hot shower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using less of a resource. 7. Solar Energy A) Renewable. B) Non Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 8. The policies that focus on the treat of punishment if rules are not followed is which type of environmental policy? A) Regulations. B) Incentives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regulations. 9. The second most abundant gas in out atmosphere is? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 10. Many plants cannot grow in clay soil. Why is this true? A) Clay soil does not have many nutrients. B) Roots cannot easily push through clay soil. C) Water doesn't drain well through clay. D) All of these choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these choices. 11. What is an example of an external cost? A) Raw materials. B) Electricity payments. C) Wages. D) Depleted natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wages. 12. If I study for my scientific method test, then I will have a better test score. What is the dependent variable? A) Scientific Method. B) Studying. C) Independent variable. D) Test score. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Test score. 13. Legislation that sets the national standards for safe drinking water. A) Clean Water Act. B) Resource Conservation And Recovery Act. C) Safe Drinking Water Act. D) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Safe Drinking Water Act. 14. What is the primary cause of air pollution? A) Human activities. B) Volcanic eruptions. C) Natural disasters. D) Alien invasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human activities. 15. ..... Resources-Can be formed or regenerated by natural processes. A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Nonrestored. D) Restored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 16. What is a Carbon Sink? A) A sink made out of steel. B) Where an artist cleans their charcoal crayons. C) Anything that naturally removes Carbon (CO2) from the atmosphere. D) My Halloween costume this year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anything that naturally removes Carbon (CO2) from the atmosphere. 17. What part of the Earth encompasses all areas where organisms can obtain the energy they need? A) Biopshere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biopshere. 18. Mountains are created when ..... A) Two continental plates collide. B) Two oceanic plates pull apart. C) An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate. D) Two continental plates pull apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two continental plates collide. 19. Zoology is the animal science. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What is the environment? A) Surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives. B) Cities, suburbs and farms built by people. C) The animals and the plants. D) None of above. 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