This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 460 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 460 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If a lot of heat is applied to a rock, it will turn into A) Magma. B) Rocks. C) Sediment. D) Metamorphic rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 2. A desert is a ..... environment for a cow. A) Good. B) Bad. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad. 3. Water releasing from plants A) Transpiration. B) Precipitation. C) Sublimation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 4. Where do autotrophs get most of the carbon for their cells? A) From the soil. B) From water. C) From the air. D) From your mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From the air. 5. Which of the following describes the lithosphere? A) The lower part of the mantle. B) The upper part of the crust. C) The inner and outer core. D) The crust and upper part of the mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The crust and upper part of the mantle. 6. Denitrification is the process by which ..... A) Bacteria convert nitrates into N gas, releasing it into the atmosphere. B) Animals convert N gas into nitrates, releasing it into the atmosphere. C) Dead organisms break down and return carbon to the soil and atmosphere. D) Organic N is converted into oxygen during photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria convert nitrates into N gas, releasing it into the atmosphere. 7. What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core? A) Plate tectonics. B) Continental drift. C) Convection. D) Divergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection. 8. 71% of earth surface is covered with: A) Land. B) Water. C) Coal. D) Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 9. What is a harm of the industrial revolution? A) Burning fossil fuels. B) Loss of biodiversity. C) People moving off of farmland. D) Mass extinctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning fossil fuels. 10. Which of the following is an example of how biomass fuel is currently being used? A) Biogas digesters ferment manure and produce methane. B) Dung-fired power stations produce electricity. C) Ethanol from fermenting corn is added to gasoline. D) All are acceptable choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are acceptable choices. 11. ..... is a useful product of photosynthesis, while ..... is released as a waste product. A) Oxygen, glucose. B) Glucose, oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide, glucose. D) Glucose, carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glucose, oxygen. 12. What is considered "commons" ? A) A farmers land. B) Your cell phone. C) The ocean. D) Your house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ocean. 13. If a primary consumer contains 1, 000 kcal of energy, the secondary consumer gains how much energy when it eats the primary consumer? A) 1, 000 kcal. B) 100 kcal. C) 10 kcal. D) 10, 000 kcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 kcal. 14. Tragedy of the Commons can be prevented if A) The resource is used unsustainably. B) The resource is overused. C) The resource is managed and regulated to prevent overuse. D) The resource is taken away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The resource is managed and regulated to prevent overuse. 15. The Sikhote-Alin Mountains, and the Siberian tigers living on them, are separated from other mountain regions in which the tigers could live. The mountains are an example of a(n) A) Mass extinction. B) Habitat fragmentation. C) Invasive species. D) Mass extirpation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat fragmentation. 16. Tiny, free-floating, marine algae A) Groundwater. B) River system. C) Phytoplankton. D) Sunlight. E) Surface zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phytoplankton. 17. What will happen to fossil fuel reserves if humans continue to burn them? A) The fossil fuel reserves will be quickly resupplied and so humans will never run out. B) The fossil fuel reserves will be completely depleted, or totally used up. C) The fossil fuel reserves will stay underground. D) The fossil fuel reserves will definitely NOT turn into carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fossil fuel reserves will be completely depleted, or totally used up. 18. Where do humans get most of the water they use? A) Rivers and lakes. B) Water vapor. C) Polar ice caps. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 19. Which variable is measured or counted and displayed on the Y axis? A) Independent. B) Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 20. The lungs and heart lie in the ..... A) Chest. B) Stomach. C) Head. D) Back. 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