This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 434 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 434 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An biotic factor is: A) Living. B) Non-living. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living. 2. Which regulation makes states in charge of managing hazardous waste? A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. B) Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act. C) Clean Water Act. D) Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 3. Water is the only substance that can exist in all 3 states; Liquid, gas and solid. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is an adaptation of an alveoli? A) Rough walls. B) Soft walls. C) Thin walls. D) Thick walls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thin walls. 5. ..... is the information obtained from a scientist A) Data. B) Variable. C) Hypothesis. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data. 6. Risk A) Information gathered during an experiment. B) Principles or standards considered to be important. C) A logical statement about what will happen in an experiment. D) The probability of an unwanted outcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The probability of an unwanted outcome. 7. The high heat capacity of water causes what effect when combined with ocean circulation? A) The high salinity of deep polar water in the thermocline cycle. B) Warm temperatures in continental coastal areas. C) The suppression of upwelling during an ENSO event. D) The heat transfer between the ocean and atmosphere due to evaporation along the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm temperatures in continental coastal areas. 8. What is biodiesel production related to? A) Capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. B) Generate wind energy. C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. D) Convert vegetable oils and animal fats into a renewable fuel source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convert vegetable oils and animal fats into a renewable fuel source. 9. Geosphere is A) The living organisms on the Earth. B) All the water on Earth. C) The gases surrounding the Earth. D) The solid section of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The solid section of the Earth. 10. Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly? A) If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high. B) If a tennis ball is frozen, it won't bounce as high as one that is not frozen. C) Frozen tennis balls will not bounce as high. D) If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I freeze a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high. 11. How is the ocean involved in the carbon cycle? A) Aquatic plants absorb CO2 to perform photosynthesis. B) The surface of the ocean absorbs and dissolves CO2. C) Certain aquatic plants take in carbon to make their shells. D) The ocean releases carbon that was stored in the remains of dead organisms. E) All of the options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the options are correct. 12. Which one is a fossil fuel? A) Oil. B) Biomass. C) Wind. D) Hydro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil. 13. A factory is located next to a river. The factory has a sewage pipe running straight out of the factory and into the river. This is an example of ..... A) Point source pollution. B) Non-point pollution. C) Tertiary receiving stream. D) Primary treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point source pollution. 14. When roots become saturated with water due to over-irrigation, it causes death in plant roots. This is called: A) Salinization. B) Desertification. C) Agroforestry. D) Waterlogging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waterlogging. 15. Some of the warming that has been observed over the 20th century can be attributed to A) Human activity. B) Plant growth. C) Glacial meeting. D) Droughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human activity. 16. Developing countries have all but which of the following? A) Lower average incomes. B) A good amount of land per person. C) Rapid population growth. D) Agriculture based economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A good amount of land per person. 17. Good scientist/citizens demonstrate the habit of mind called ..... when they do not believe everything they are told. A) Curiosity. B) Skepticism. C) Imagination. D) Intellectual honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skepticism. 18. How much energy moves up each level of the energy pyramid? A) 10%. B) 5%. C) 90%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 19. What are all living things made of? A) Phosphorus. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon. 20. Air pollution which can occur indoors is attributed to ..... A) Chemical compounds in plastic products. B) All of the options. C) Asbestos. D) Radon gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the options. ← 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