This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 522 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 522 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This process occurs in chloroplasts. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 2. The atomic mass/ mass number of an atom is? A) The weight of an atoms neutrons and electrons. B) The weight of an atoms protons and elections. C) The weight of an atoms neutrons and protons. D) The weight of an atoms subatomic particles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The weight of an atoms neutrons and protons. 3. Used to determine mass A) Triple Beam Balance. B) Graduated Cylinder. C) Ruler. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triple Beam Balance. 4. Which statement describes a majority of the water on Earth? A) Undrinkable Salt water. B) Fresh and safe to drink. C) Frozen in Glaciers. D) Polluted with Acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Undrinkable Salt water. 5. The distance you would walk in 20 minutes is about a ..... A) Kilometer. B) Meter. C) Centimeter. D) Millimeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kilometer. 6. What happens when acid rain hits the ground? A) Kills the grass. B) Evaporates. C) Once acid rain hits the ground it can leech aluminium from soil. D) Absorbs key nutrients for plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Once acid rain hits the ground it can leech aluminium from soil. 7. If an organism can't adapt fast enough, this might happen. A) Hibernate. B) Stay the same. C) Live longer. D) Become extinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Become extinct. 8. Which of the following activities accounts for the greatest percentage of fresh water used worldwide? A) Drinking. B) Washing. C) Manufacturing. D) Irrigating crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrigating crops. 9. Which ocean current keeps Britain warmer than it otherwise would be? A) The Gulf Stream. B) The Canary Current. C) The Labrador Current. D) North Pacific Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gulf Stream. 10. What are the environmental problems that environmental scientists hope to solve? A) Pollution. B) Loss of biodiversity. C) Resource depletion. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. Occurs when fertilizers, animal waste, sewage, or other substances rich in nitrogen and phosphorus flow into water ways, causing algae growth. The algae rapidly grow, absorb all of the oxygen in the water, causing other aquatic organisms to suffocate because of lack of oxgen. A) Eutrophication. B) Overexploitation. C) Acid precipitation. D) Habitat fragmentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eutrophication. 12. Your aunt believes the color of your hair determines how fast you can run. She gathered 3 blond haired boys, 3 brown haired boys, and 3 red haired boys and forced them to race each other. What is the dependent variable? A) Hair color. B) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speed. 13. Sunlight, water, and wind are examples of inexhaustible forms of energy. What does inexhaustible mean? A) We will run out at any minute. B) We will run out in 100 years. C) We will never run out. D) We will run out in 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will never run out. 14. What is something that changes in an experiment based on the experiment being run. A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 15. Which of these determines the distribution of biomes on Earth's surface? A) Climate conditions determine the location of a biome. B) Annual rainfall determines the location of a biome. C) Geographical longitude determines the biomes in any particular area. D) Concentration of plants and animals determines the location of a biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate conditions determine the location of a biome. 16. One of coal's negative effects is: A) Acid rain. B) It's expensive. C) Not available. D) Radioactivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid rain. 17. The solid part of Earth that consists of all rock, as well as the soils and loose rocks on Earth's surface A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 18. Most of the municipal solid waste in the United States is A) Stored in landfills. B) Recycled. C) Incinerated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stored in landfills. 19. The amount of resources that you use is called your ..... A) Resource debt to use ratio. B) Ecological footprint. C) Nonrenewable/renewable data. D) Use / nonuse data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 20. Gases released from power plants mix with water vapor in the sky to make ..... A) Smog. B) Acid rain. C) Global warming. D) Particulate matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain. ← 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