This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 496 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 496 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which government agency is responsible for enforcing laws such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act? A) FDA. B) IRS. C) EPA. D) NFS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EPA. 2. A market is said to be in equilibrium when A) When demand is higher than the supply. B) When demand is lower than the supply. C) When the demand and supply quantities are equal. D) When the supply is doubled the demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the demand and supply quantities are equal. 3. Ants and acacia trees have a mutualistic relationship because A) They benefit each other. B) They are part of the same ecosystem. C) They are both adapted to a humid climate. D) The ants eat the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They benefit each other. 4. The process of breaking down carbohydrates to yield energy is called: A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Solar energy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration. 5. Which type of plate movement creates canyons and volcanoes? A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transverse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent. 6. The term that describes the steady flow of varied wastes that we all produce A) Waste stream. B) River stream. C) Waste plant. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waste stream. 7. What determines the prices of goods and services? A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Supply and demand. D) Goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supply and demand. 8. Interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment (draws on engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, ethics) A) Environmentalism. B) Environmental science. C) Ecology. D) Earth science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental science. 9. What part of the water cycle is evaporation and precipitation? A) Sinks. B) Sources. C) Processes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Processes. 10. It has not been possible to get countries to agree to participate in any international treaties that protect threatened and endangered species. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. What ocean is on the west coast of the United States? A) Pacific. B) Atlantic. C) Arctic. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific. 12. Which type of hydropower diverts water away from a stream or river and then feeds it back into it after a turbine is spun? A) Run of the river system. B) Water impoundment. C) PV cells. D) Geothermal cogeneration plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run of the river system. 13. Which of the following statement about the forest is not correct A) Forest reduces soil erosion. B) Provides foods. C) Provides economic development. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 14. A report required by federal law that assesses the possible effect of a project on the environment if the project is subsidized in whole or part by federal funds. A) Lobbying. B) Subsidy. C) Policy. D) EnvironmentalImpactStatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EnvironmentalImpactStatement. 15. Which of the following characteristics is common to coal and petroleum A) Both were formed by the remains of ancient marine organisms. B) Both release significant amounts of mercury when burned. C) Both are considered renewable resources. D) Both are forms of ancient organic matter buried deep within the earth's crust. E) Both require fractional distillation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both are forms of ancient organic matter buried deep within the earth's crust. 16. Which type of succession starts with bare rock followed by lichen? A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 17. Carnivorous birds that fed on organisms exposed to this chemical produced fragile eggs. The chemical is ..... and the process is called ..... A) CFC; bioaccumulation. B) DDT; acid rain. C) DDT; bioaccumulation. D) CFC; acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DDT; bioaccumulation. 18. ..... is replaceable or regenerated over time A) Renewable resources. B) Nonrenewable resources. C) Expendable resources. D) Nonexpendable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resources. 19. Environments include factors that are both living and nonliving. Another term for nonliving is A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Symbiotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 20. The impact your life has on the environment A) Tragedy of the Commons. B) Environmental Ethics. C) Ecocentrism. D) Ecological Footprint. 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