This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 485 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 485 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Aside from increasing energy efficiency, what energy resource has the highest net energy ratio for space heating? A) Oil. B) Active solar. C) Electric resistance heating. D) Passive solar. E) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passive solar. 2. A scientist hypothesizes the the temperature at which an alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The dependent variable is A) The size of the baby alligators. B) The gender of the baby alligators. C) The incubator. D) The temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gender of the baby alligators. 3. The neutral charged particle of an atom A) Proton. B) Neutron. C) Electron. D) Cation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutron. 4. Environmental problems can occur on which of the following scales? A) Regional. B) Global. C) All of the above. D) Local. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 5. The process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are similar in that they both A) Capture energy in the form of sugar. B) Occur in all living organisms. C) Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are not similar, they are opposite processes. D) Capture energy from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capture energy in the form of sugar. 6. Energy efficiency is A) A measurement of energy. B) The amount of energy we use in a year. C) The use of energy with as little waste as possible. D) Our carbon footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of energy with as little waste as possible. 7. Tropical rain forests have average temperatures ranging from 70 to 85$^\circ$F and precipitation ranging from 80 to 400 inches. These are characteristics of this biome's A) Weather. B) Climate. C) Climatograph. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 8. True or False The inner core is as hot as the sun. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons are called ..... A) Isotopes. B) Metalloids. C) Radioactive elements. D) Metals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isotopes. 10. Which 2 kingdoms has organisms that are all multicellular and eukaryotes? A) Animal and Plant. B) Fungi and Animal. C) Eubacteria and Plant. D) Fungi and Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animal and Plant. 11. The relationship between a bird building it's nest and the tree A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 12. Which of the following is an autotroph? A) Tiger. B) Dog. C) Rose bush. D) Kangaroo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rose bush. 13. Which of the following pH measurements of rainwater would indicate acid precipitation? A) PH 6.0. B) PH 4.1. C) PH 7.3. D) PH 9.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PH 4.1. 14. The open surface waters in a lake, away from the shore are called A) Benthic Zone. B) Eutrophication. C) Limnetic Zone. D) Littoral Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limnetic Zone. 15. Which mining law governs the leasing of public lands for mining of fossil fuels, phosphates, sodium, and sulfur? A) General Mining Law 1872. B) Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. C) Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009. D) Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 1977. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. 16. What is one negative consequence of overfishing? A) Fish can grow two heads. B) Fish species can either become depleted or very underpopulated in that given area. C) Fish species can adapt in order to escape the fisherman. D) Fish species will move to a new environment in order to escape fishermen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fish species can either become depleted or very underpopulated in that given area. 17. Energy within the food web all started off where? A) Sun. B) Water. C) Grass. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 18. Conflict between short-term interests of individualsand long-term welfare of society A) Renewable Resource. B) Developing Nation. C) Supply and Demand. D) Tragedy of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tragedy of the Commons. 19. Plants would be an example of which of the following? A) Biotic factor. B) Abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic factor. 20. Heat flowing from warmer to colder due to physical contact is called A) Convection. B) Condensation. C) Conduction. D) Cation. 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