This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 517 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 517 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This type of experiment is conducted in a laboratory setting. A) Controlled experiment. B) Natural experiment. C) Scientific experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controlled experiment. 2. Pollution that has a known single source is A) Point source. B) Non-point. C) Inexhaustible. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point source. 3. You can tell an area on a contour map has a steep slope because A) The contour lines will be close together. B) The contour lines will be far apart. C) The contour interval will be large. D) The contour interval will be small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The contour lines will be close together. 4. Glaciers are part of which sphere? A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 5. Air in the atmosphere is 78% A) Einsteinium. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 6. Other instances of unregulated resource consumption. Tragedy of the Commons examples A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What percent of insect pollination are bees responsible for? A) 50. B) 60. C) 70. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80. 8. Tributaries A) The lower thermosphere. B) The process in which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor. C) Earth's innermost compositional layer. D) Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones. 9. Rain soaks into the ground A) Infiltration. B) Condensation. C) Throughflow. D) Surface runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infiltration. 10. What is the study of how humans interact with the environment and vice versa A) Geology. B) Environmental Science. C) Chemistry. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Science. 11. The term to describe how water in plants enters the atmosphere A) Transpiration. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 12. Trees nicknamed evergreen A) Coniferous. B) Deciduous. C) Rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coniferous. 13. Humans would be classified as: A) Detritivores. B) Herbivores. C) Omnivores. D) Primary producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivores. 14. Photochemical smog results from the interaction of ..... in the presence of ..... A) Ozone, sun. B) Methane, sun. C) Volcanic ash, sun. D) Carbon dioxide, sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone, sun. 15. A forest fire will prompt ..... The ecosystem will experience regrowth from remaining soil. A) Primary succession. B) Pioneer species. C) Ecosystem services. D) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary succession. 16. Symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected A) Invasive (non-native) species. B) Mutualism. C) Nitrogen fixation. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 17. Which of the following is an example of a mutualistic relationship? A) A tapeworm living inside a human. B) Butterflies pollinating flowers. C) Wolves hunting and eating beavers. D) Egrets eating insects stirred up by herds of cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Butterflies pollinating flowers. 18. Which has been regulated in an attempt to reduce the depletion of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere? A) Methods of filtering gasoline. B) Use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). C) Use of Mercury compounds. D) Methods of radioactive waste storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). 19. Don't have to pay taxes if green choices are made A) Cap and trade. B) Subsidies. C) Tax breaks. D) Command and control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tax breaks. 20. The largest area of old-growth forest in the world is located in A) The United States. B) Russia. C) Costa Rica. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russia. ← 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