This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 511 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 511 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Time for a brain teaser! 🧠 B1.2Imagine a country where the number of babies being born dips below what's needed to keep the population steady. 🍼👶 Which stage of demographic transition is this country experiencing? A) Urbanization/industrialization. B) Pre-industrial. C) Mature industrial. D) Post-industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Post-industrial. 2. In a food chain / food web, what do secondlevel consumers eat? A) Carnivores. B) First level consumers. C) Other second level consumers. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First level consumers. 3. Which is not a factor that affects climate? A) Altitude. B) Latitude. C) Lakes and oceans. D) Living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living organisms. 4. What characteristic do all renewable resources share? A) Produced by waste products. B) Form underground from dead organisms. C) Replaced in a short period of time. D) Allow energy to pass through them easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replaced in a short period of time. 5. Most pollutants that enter estuaries break down over time, yet they are still considered a problem A) The pollutants eventually concentrate in ocean. B) It is the volume of the pollutants, more than the time factor, that harms estuaries. C) The pollutants break down into still more dangerous toxins. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the volume of the pollutants, more than the time factor, that harms estuaries. 6. Higher energy level and shorter wavelengths are features of: A) Beta radiation. B) Ultraviolet radiation. C) Alpha radiation. D) Infrared radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultraviolet radiation. 7. The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a ..... A) Convergent Boundary. B) Divergent Boundary. C) Transform Boundary. D) Plate Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent Boundary. 8. Artificial eutrophication is when a body of water or water system becomes excessively rich with nutrients. What is NOT an example of an effect of eutrophication? A) Increase algae growth. B) Decrease in oxygen levels. C) Fish dying. D) Improvement of water quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Improvement of water quality. 9. What role does the lithosphere play in the formation of landforms? A) Weathering and soil formation. B) Tectonic activity, erosion, and deposition. C) Atmospheric pressure and temperature. D) Volcanic eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic activity, erosion, and deposition. 10. The strong force that holds water molecules tightly together at the surface of a liquid is- A) Capillary action. B) Surface tension. C) Adhesion. D) Cohesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface tension. 11. People who graduate from high school make $ 20, 000 more per year, on average, than someone who doesn't graduate. What is the independent variable? A) $ 20, 000. B) Graduating. C) The jobs graduates get. D) Going to college. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graduating. 12. Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy (stored in glucose). A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 13. What percentage of earth's water can be used by humans for drinking water? A) 100%. B) 75%. C) 10%. D) Less than 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less than 1%. 14. What is the name of the process where less dense, hot magma rises to the surface to displace more dense, cooler magma? A) Radiation. B) Convection currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection currents. 15. In order to be considered freshwater, the salt content must be less than ..... A) 0.5%. B) 2.5%. C) 3.5%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.5%. 16. The process that involves bacteria and fungi breaking down large compounds to return smaller molecules to the environment is called A) Nitrification. B) Decomposition. C) Erosion. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposition. 17. The side of a mountain range that faces away from the wind and receives little to no precipitation: A) Windward. B) Leeward. C) Monsoon. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leeward. 18. Reduce, reuse, and recycle. By monitoring your consumption and waste habits, you'll find lots of opportunities to conserve on a personal level and reduce your ecological footprint which is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. What is NOT a way to reduce your ecological footprint? A) Recycle electronics. B) Eat less meat. C) Drink bottled water. D) Stop junk mail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drink bottled water. 19. Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime A) The Endangered Species Act. B) Environment. C) Ecosystem. D) John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt. E) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment. 20. A family of bears would make up a A) Species. B) Population. C) Community. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. ← 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