This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 482 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 482 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The energy usage per capita in Africa and Asia have grown tremendously the last 50 years. Which of these would be a good explanation of why the energy use off these continents has grown more quickly over this time period when compared to North America? A) The population in these area has decreased. B) These continents have become more industrialized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These continents have become more industrialized. 2. Why are fossils commonly found in sedimentary rocks but not in igneous rocks? A) Igneous rocks are formed after sedimentary rocks. B) Igneous rocks are not deposited like sedimentary rocks. C) Igneous rocks are made up of harder minerals than sedimentary rock. D) Igneous rocks are formed from molten rock, while sedimentary rocks are formed from compacted sediments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Igneous rocks are formed from molten rock, while sedimentary rocks are formed from compacted sediments. 3. Mid Ocean Ridge Formation is created at this type of boundary. A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent. 4. The gasoline that is used to power cars contains what kind of energy? A) Potential. B) Kinetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potential. 5. Above the stratosphere, this is the coldest layer of the atmosphere A) Mesosphere. B) Tropopause. C) Troposphere. D) Ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mesosphere. 6. Protons are much smaller in mass than electrons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What president signed the bill that turned the Clean Air Act into a law? A) Nixon. B) Roosevelt. C) Washington. D) Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nixon. 8. Sunlight reacts with waste gases from the burning of fossil fuels to form A) Greenhouse gases. B) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). C) Photochemical smog. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photochemical smog. 9. Which is a source of sulfur dioxide found in nature? A) Forest fires. B) Lightning strikes. C) Plant emissions. D) Volcanoes. E) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcanoes. 10. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the coniferous forest? A) No permafrost. B) Has permafrost. C) Long cold winters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has permafrost. 11. Calories; referred to as a calorie in everyday usage A) Kilocalorie. B) Vitamin C. C) Famine. D) Overnutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kilocalorie. 12. Unfenced grasslands in temperate and tropical climates that supplies forage for grazing and browsing animals A) Ocean. B) Rangeland. C) Polar Region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rangeland. 13. Our forest are carbon sinks and produce fresh oxygen A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which of the following directly effects the hydrologic cycle A) Deforestation. B) Urbanization. C) Mining of fossil fuels. D) Urbanization and Mining of fossil fuel. E) Deforestation, Urbanization and Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Deforestation, Urbanization and Mining. 15. Lines of ..... measure how far from the equator a place is. A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Prime Meridian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 16. This process takes Carbohydrates (sugars and starch) and converts into Energy and Carbon Dioxide A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular Respiration. C) Combustion. D) Decomposition tagsCarbon Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular Respiration. 17. Lower birth rate A) More developed. B) Less developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More developed. 18. The agricultural and industrial revolution mainly changed: A) The laws and policies that regulate how humans use resources. B) The rate at which humans use the available natural resources. C) The number of animal species on earth. D) The earth's weather patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rate at which humans use the available natural resources. 19. Health problems related to air pollution include: A) Coughing. B) Asthma. C) Bronchitis. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 20. True or False? Carson Gordon wrote the book Silent Spring. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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