This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 495 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 495 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is divided up into Earth's tectonic plates? A) The crust. B) The lithosphere. C) The hydrosphere. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lithosphere. 2. Water on the top the earth can form lakes or rivers, these are termed ..... A) Fresh water. B) Infiltration. C) Surface water. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface water. 3. Red light A) Organism growth light. B) A range of visible light. C) Light that appears to have red. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light that appears to have red. 4. What type of interaction is indicated by the following description:Barnacles are transported to plankton-rich waters by whales; but the whales are not affected in any way. A) Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commensalism. 5. El Niño ..... the trade winds causing the warm pool to move ..... A) Weakens or reverses; west. B) Intensifies; east. C) Weakens or reverses; east. D) Intensifies; east. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weakens or reverses; east. 6. Estuaries have a higher salt content than the rest of the water system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which of the following is not a major requirement for the survival of all living things? A) Clothes. B) Oxygen. C) Nutrients. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clothes. 8. What is the average rainfall in the Temperate Deciduous Forest? A) 30-60 inches of snow. B) 50-70 inches of rain. C) 20-40 inches of snow. D) 30-60 inches of rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30-60 inches of rain. 9. Which energy source uses water to turn turbines to produce electricity? A) Solar. B) Wind. C) Hydroelectric. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydroelectric. 10. Removal of all marketable trees from an area. A) Selective Cutting. B) Controlled Burn. C) Thinning. D) Clear Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clear Cutting. 11. What is the ocean's main function? A) Temperature regulation. B) Habitats for salt water organisms. C) Drinking water through desalinization. D) Swimming for recreation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature regulation. 12. TRUE or FALSE:Without the greenhouse effect, Earth would be too cold for life to exist. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 13. Planting a different crop each season is called A) Crop Planting. B) Changing Crops. C) Perennials. D) Crop Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crop Rotation. 14. Holds that we can and should manage the earth for our benefit, but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth. A) Anthropocentric. B) Climatology. C) Biodiversity. D) Stewardship Worldview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stewardship Worldview. 15. Nitrogen gas accounts for what percentage of the atmosphere? A) 55%. B) 5%. C) Less than 1%. D) 78%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 78%. 16. Refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area. A) Biodiversity. B) National Resources. C) Agriculture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 17. An energy source derived from dead organisms A) Photovoltaic cells. B) Uranium. C) Fossil Fuels. D) Hydroelectric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil Fuels. 18. Which is an example of a material that can be composted? A) Paint. B) Plastic. C) Paper. D) Banana peels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banana peels. 19. What is a social movement or awareness dedicated to protecting the natural world? A) Environmental Science. B) Environment. C) Environmental ethics. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmentalism. 20. What is a pseudoscience? A) I DON'T KNOW. B) A set of beliefs whose conclusions and predictions that is based on observation, objective reasoning, or scientific evidence. C) I don't know. D) A set of beliefs whose conclusions and predictions that is not based on observation, objective reasoning, or scientific evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A set of beliefs whose conclusions and predictions that is not based on observation, objective reasoning, or scientific evidence. ← 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