This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 516 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 516 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The carrying capacity of an area refers to the amount of buildings it can support A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. A change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next is known as ..... A) Natural Selection. B) Artificial Selection. C) Evolution. D) Resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evolution. 3. How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth? A) Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created. B) New crust is underwater where it sinks. C) New crust breaks more easily than old crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created. 4. Carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compounds are..... A) Primary pollutants. B) Secondary pollutants. C) Point-source pollution. D) Nonpoint-source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary pollutants. 5. What level of biodiversity is most commonly equated with the overall concept of biodiversity? A) Genetic diversity. B) Species diversity. C) Ecosystem diversity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species diversity. 6. The systematic removal of rock or other substance for financial gain. A) Smelting. B) Mining. C) Urban farming. D) Forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mining. 7. Ques. No 3. Water sphere" that includes all the water of the earth system is known as ..... A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 8. What is caused when the tectonic plates slip? A) Thunderstorms. B) Hurricanes. C) Tornadoes. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquakes. 9. What does the term ecological footprint mean? A) The impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. B) The amount of carbon that is measured on a daily basis. C) The amount of nitrogen that is used for to allow the ecosystem to survive. D) Refers to the trail of data you leave when using the internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. 10. A scientific ..... is a broad explanation for events that is widely supported and accepted as true. A) Law. B) Theory. C) Observation. D) Method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 11. ..... :harvesting of trees before they have reached maturity. A) Harvest cutting. B) Intermediate cutting. C) Prescribed burns. D) Pulpwood cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intermediate cutting. 12. Producers are organisms that eat other organisms or their products. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. The one thing that is changed in an experiment. *Can only have 1 A) Independent Variable. B) Dependent Variable. C) Control. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Variable. 14. Forms when small pieces of magma are ejected into the air then fall back to Earth and pile up around a vent A) Cinder Cone Volcano. B) Composite Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinder Cone Volcano. 15. How do scientist characterize a nonrenewable resource? A) A resource used by humans. B) A resource that cannot be replaced. C) A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly. D) A resource that takes more time to replace than to deplete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A resource that takes more time to replace than to deplete. 16. Solar, wind, and geothermal energy are all examples of ..... A) Renewable resources. B) Nonrenewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resources. 17. Which layer contains the ionosphere, a layer of charged particles, that interact with solar winds to cause the auroras? A) Exosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere. 18. Data A) Information gathered during an experiment. B) A logical statement about what will happen in an experiment. C) A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or how it is organized. D) Principles or standards considered to be important. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information gathered during an experiment. 19. What is the content of our atmosphere? A) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% assorted other gases. B) 70% oxygen, 21%carbon dioxide and 10% oxygen. C) 80% nitrogen, 10% carbon and 10% oxygen. D) 70% oxygen, 20%carbon, 10%nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% assorted other gases. 20. The "Tragedy of the commons" describes the problem between A) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. B) Farmers & industrialized society. C) Poor people & rich people. D) People & animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. ← 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