This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 472 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 472 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does photosynthesis only occur in the top 100 meters of water. A) Water reflects light. B) Water absorbs light. C) Water cools light. D) Water refracts light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water absorbs light. 2. The buildup of pollutants in higher levels of the food chain is called ..... A) Pollution. B) Wastewater. C) Thermal pollution. D) Biomagnification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomagnification. 3. Liquid to Gas A) Freezing. B) Condensation. C) Melting. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 4. The thin outermost layer of the solid Earth is called the A) Asthenosphere. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. 5. What is the sedimentation tank in the primary treatment called? A) Clearer. B) Purifier. C) Clarifier. D) Clrerifire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clarifier. 6. Which of the following is an example of the Tragedy of the Commons A) The cod population in a bay is wiped out due to overfishing. B) The cod population in a bay is saved by regulated fishing. C) The cod population in a bay is increasing due to poaching. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cod population in a bay is wiped out due to overfishing. 7. If a substance is being transported via endocytosis, what does this mean? A) No energy is being used. B) It is being moved into the cell. C) It is being moved out of the cell. D) Water is involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is being moved into the cell. 8. Demand it the ..... A) Amount of product offered for sale. B) Comparison of sacrifice and gain by a specific action. C) Amount of product bought at a certain price. D) Study of how resources are converted into goods and services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amount of product bought at a certain price. 9. Uniform measure of weather and other atmospheric impacts A) CLimate. B) Season. C) Tundra. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CLimate. 10. What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface? A) Wind. B) Ocean currents. C) Convection in the mantle. D) Convection in the inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection in the mantle. 11. Renewable resources are resources that could be replaced with a human lifetime. A) True. Examples would be coal, plastic and gasoline. B) False. Renewable resources take million of years to replace. C) True. Examples would be trees, oxygen, and solar energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. Examples would be trees, oxygen, and solar energy. 12. The procedure used by scientists to find a cause and effect relationship is the ..... A) Standard deviation. B) Correlation. C) Experimental method. D) Model synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimental method. 13. This layer allows for tectonic plate movement A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asthenosphere. 14. What can contaminate a river as a result of dredging? A) Potash. B) Seawater. C) Placer deposits. D) Muddy sediments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muddy sediments. 15. What is the source of the thermal energy that heats our planet's atmosphere? A) Earth's core. B) Green plants. C) The Sun. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sun. 16. Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy? A) An apple. B) A can of gasoline. C) A flying bird. D) A piece of coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A flying bird. 17. A terrestrial ecosystem is A) Communities of living and non-living things on the land. B) Variety of life. C) Different types of plants, animals and flowers. D) Communities of living and non-living things under water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communities of living and non-living things on the land. 18. There is a plan to establish an 8000-kilometer-long strip of land across eight southeast Asian countries to rejoin fragments of tiger habitat. This is an example of a A) Wildlife corridor. B) Worldwide biodiversity treaty. C) Captive breeding program. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wildlife corridor. 19. What does "rural" mean? A) Relating to characteristic of a town or city. B) Relating to characteristics of a farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to characteristics of a farmland. 20. Fire Suppression is good for the ecosystem A) True. B) False. 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