This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 462 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 462 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Average number of years a person is likely to live. A) Age structure. B) Life expectancy. C) Survivorship. D) Demography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life expectancy. 2. What is an effect of surface mining on the landscape of a region? A) The number of open meadows decreases. B) Rapid tree growth is triggered. C) Changing land topography improves the flow of rivers. D) Forests are fragmented or lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of open meadows decreases. 3. Bottom of a lake or pond A) Littoral Zone. B) Nekton. C) Benthic Zone. D) Floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benthic Zone. 4. Which risk is associated with using nuclear fission to produce energy in a power plant? A) Depletion of hydrocarbons. B) Depletion of atmospheric oxygen. C) Exposure of workers to radiation. D) Exposure of workers to sulfur dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposure of workers to radiation. 5. You have five toes on each of your feet A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Biocapacity is ..... A) The area where we can recover resources. B) The area available to provide resources. C) The area where we leave the trash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The area where we can recover resources. 7. Ninety-seven percent of the world's water resources are found in A) Fresh water. B) Salt water. C) Icecaps and glaciers. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Icecaps and glaciers. 8. Which of these studies to solve environmental problems. A) Environmentalist. B) Environmental Scientist. C) Ecology. D) Ecological Footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Scientist. 9. All of the following are benefits of GMOs EXCEPT: A) Drought resistant crops. B) Foods with longer shelf life. C) More nutritious foods. D) Less allergic reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less allergic reactions. 10. What is the average weather of an area over a long period of time? A) Climate. B) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. 11. Introduction of foreign substances into water that degrade its quality, limit its use, and affect organisms living in it or drinking it A) Thermal pollution. B) Point pollution. C) Nonpoint pollution. D) Water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water pollution. 12. Which of the following is NOT an abundant greenhouse gas? A) Carbon Dioxide. B) Methane. C) Nitrous Oxide. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ozone. 13. What exactly does biodiversity measure within an ecosystem? A) The number of different species within an ecosystem. B) The number of different animals within an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of different species within an ecosystem. 14. A tapeworm lives in the small intestines where it feeds and grows, robbing the human of essential nutrients. This is a ..... type of relationship. A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Symbiotic. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 15. In which situation are the cryosphere and geosphere interacting? A) A running river erodes soil on a mountain. B) A volcano release hot lava that causes a glacier to melt. C) Sediments from a desert are carried by wind to a rainforest. D) Humans burn fossil fuels that pollute the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A volcano release hot lava that causes a glacier to melt. 16. An accurate definition of Sustainability is A) Meeting population needs. B) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive. C) Meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays. D) Meeting the food needs of animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive. 17. What naturally occurring gas do trees absorb? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 18. .... grows in areas with low rainfall A) Cotton. B) Sugarcane. C) Bajra. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bajra. 19. Acids have ..... concentrations of H+. Bases have ..... concentrations of H+. A) High; Low. B) High; High. C) Low; High. D) Low; Low. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High; Low. 20. Consumers are organisms that A) Eat only other animals. B) Get their energy by eating other organisms. C) Are also known as self-feeders. D) Occupy an ecosystem's lowest energy level. 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