This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 470 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 470 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following government organizations is responsible for maintaining and enforcing environmental standards and laws? A) DOE-Department of Energy. B) NOOA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. C) EPA-Environmental Protection Agency. D) USGS-United States Geological Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EPA-Environmental Protection Agency. 2. Which procedure helps guard against faulty science contaminating the literature on which all scientists rely? A) Theorizing. B) Peer review. C) Considering ethics. D) Sustainable use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peer review. 3. ..... succession is a progression that begins with a total lack of organisms and bare minerals or water. A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Land. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 4. East or west amity is the ..... A) Good. B) Better. C) Best. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Best. 5. The ecological footprint for a person in a particular country takes into accountwhat requirements of supporting that individual? A) Land used for crops. B) Land taken up by housing. C) Forest area that absorbs pollution. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. What characteristic of a cactus could be found in many other desert plants? A) Leaves and stems that are adapted to conserve water. B) A deep root system for gathering water. C) Lush growth that serves to trap water if it rains. D) Broad leaves that protect the plants from the hot sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaves and stems that are adapted to conserve water. 7. Pollutants that are not broken down by natural processes A) Nondegradable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Renewable. D) Biodegradable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nondegradable. 8. The rotation of Earth on its axis is gradually slowing. This change in rotation rate will MOST likely cause the A) Length of days on Earth to become longer. B) Phases of the moon to change more slowly. C) Changing of seasons on Earth to occur more quickly. D) Length of the orbit around the Sun to become shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Length of days on Earth to become longer. 9. Industrialization is a contributing factor to climate change. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. A top predator ..... A) Has no natural enemies. B) Is a meat eater. C) Is a heterotroph. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Polluted groundwater is difficult to clean up because A) Groundwater is deep in the ground and dispersed through large areas of rock. B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up the aquifer and contaminate the clean water. C) The recycling process of groundwater can take hundreds or thousands of years. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 12. Cannot be broken down by biological processes A) Plant waste. B) Paper. C) Plastic. D) Yard waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic. 13. Why is freshwater important? A) So we can have lakes and Rivers. B) There is no such thing as freshwater. C) We need it to survive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We need it to survive. 14. This professional plays a vital role in maintaining the safety of the public by researching trends in data related to weather. Some professionals broadcast over media outlets when extreme weather warnings are in effect. A) Hydrologist. B) Physicist. C) Meteorologist. D) Epidemiologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorologist. 15. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral? A) Naturally occuring. B) Atoms in random patterns. C) Usually an inorganic solid. D) Orderly internal structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms in random patterns. 16. A carbon containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things A) Black Gold. B) Nonrenewable. C) Fossil Fuel. D) Petrified Dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil Fuel. 17. New individuals move into a population. A) Immigration. B) Emigration. C) Migration. D) Survivorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration. 18. Upper soil layers holding air and water make up the A) Zone of aeration. B) Zone of saturation. C) Zone of alliteration. D) Recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zone of aeration. 19. Warmer, less salty water moves along the surface of the ocean, while cooler saltier water moves deep beneath the ocean. This ocean movement is referred to as ..... A) Global warming. B) Thermohaline circulation. C) The boy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermohaline circulation. 20. Who was Garret Hardin? A) Author of pride & Prejudice. B) Father of Evolution. C) Won the nobel prize in ecology. D) Author of the essay Tragedy of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author of the essay Tragedy of the Commons. ← 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