This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 455 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 455 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sustainable agriculture A) Doesn't use any chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides. B) Doesn't permit the use of tractors, plows, or other machines that require fossil fuels. C) Supports practices that enhance soil health and quality. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supports practices that enhance soil health and quality. 2. What are considered "the commons" A) Common house hold items like knifes, spoons, and forks. B) A renewable resource owned by no one and available for use by anyone at little or no charge. C) A field where college students can sit outside in between classes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A renewable resource owned by no one and available for use by anyone at little or no charge. 3. An organism that eats both plants and animals A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivore. 4. Between metals and nonmetals A) Ionic Bonds. B) Covalent Bonds. C) Both bonds. D) Neither bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ionic Bonds. 5. How long does it take Earth to rotate one time? A) 24 Hours. B) 365 Days. C) 29.5 Days. D) 1 Hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 Hours. 6. Which of these is not one of the two goals of almost every conservation plan? A) To protect a species from harm. B) To be as sustainable as possible. C) To protect the species' habitat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be as sustainable as possible. 7. A water strider can skate along the top of a pond because: A) Specific heat. B) Surface tension. C) Adhesion. D) Capillary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface tension. 8. Most of the water on Earth is A) Fresh water. B) River water. C) Salt water. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt water. 9. It is an international agreement to protect ozone layer by phasing out the use of ozone-depleting subtances. It is one of the most sucessful international environmental agreement. A) Paris Agreement. B) CITES. C) Kyoto Protocol. D) Montreal Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Montreal Protocol. 10. Which of the following is considered to be biodegradable? A) Soda Can. B) Paper cups. C) Water Bottles. D) Styrofoam cups. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paper cups. 11. Estimates measurements A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 12. Below are the human activities that cause the environmental changes, except ..... A) Mining. B) Deforestation. C) Earthquake. D) Environmental pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake. 13. A secondary pollutant A) Forms in the stratosphere. B) Is transformed by sunlight or water. C) Cannot be directly tracked. D) Does not directly harm humans. E) Forms primarily from incomplete combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is transformed by sunlight or water. 14. Tsunamis are caused by ..... A) Underwater Earthquakes that create large ripples in the water that eventually push out into land. B) Someone leaving the faucet running for too long. C) Someone doing a huge cannon ball in the middle of the ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underwater Earthquakes that create large ripples in the water that eventually push out into land. 15. Another term for consumer A) Heterotroph. B) Autotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterotroph. 16. Minamata disease was first detected in ..... ? A) Japan. B) USA. C) India. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 17. The number and variety of a species that live in a given area is the ..... A) Variability. B) Community. C) Species. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 18. The easy way to pick out an experiments responding (DV) variable is to look for: A) What was purposefully changed. B) Number of trials. C) What's being measured. D) The test group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What's being measured. 19. Species are threatened asforests and other habitats are cleared andpolluted. A) Resource Depletion. B) Deforestation. C) Pollution. D) Habitat Destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat Destruction. 20. All the water on, in, and surrounding the earth A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. ← 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