This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 527 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 527 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the part of the experiment that is left alone or "natural", and is used to compare back to? A) Independent Variable. B) Dependent Variable. C) Control Group. D) Experimental Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Control Group. 2. The rapid growth of the human population is the core cause of the current environmental crisis. A) True. B) False tagsEN.ESS3.1.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which division of plants is the most advanced:has a vascular system, reproduces with pollen, produces seeds, has flowers? A) Mosses. B) Ferns. C) Gymnosperms. D) Angiosperms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angiosperms. 4. In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesosphere. 5. What two factors contribute to past climate life in accordance with Astronomy? A) The moon and Solar angles. B) Clouds and Rain. C) Bruno Mars. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The moon and Solar angles. 6. An ..... is defined as all of the interacting organisms that live in an environment and the abiotic parts f the environment that affect those organisms A) Community. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 7. Which place are kangaroos considered to be endemic? A) Island of Madagascar. B) Polar Regions. C) Australia. D) Tennessee, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 8. To reduce your carbon footprint, you should eat food that is ..... A) Grown in other countries. B) Yummy. C) Grown locally. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grown locally. 9. ..... is the percentage of the total volume of rock that has spaces (pores). A) Recharge zone. B) Aquifer. C) Porosity. D) Pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Porosity. 10. An area experiences a drought, which causes the production of wheat to be less than expected. What will likely happen to the price of wheat? A) It will decrease even through there is less of it. B) It will remain the same. C) If the demand for wheat is still high, then the price will increase since the supply is low. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If the demand for wheat is still high, then the price will increase since the supply is low. 11. ..... Is the use of facts and assumptions to estimate the probability of harm to people or the environment from particular environmental factors or conditions. A) Probability Risk. B) Risk Assessment. C) Natural risk. D) Environmental cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk Assessment. 12. What part of the carbon cycle results in the production of coal and oil? A) Burial. B) Combustion. C) Exchange. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burial. 13. What is the third step of the scientific method? A) Make an observation. B) Research. C) Make a hypothesis. D) Perform an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make a hypothesis. 14. Summer and winter are caused by ..... A) The Earth's rotation and revolution. B) The Earth's distance from the Sun during revolution. C) The Earth's axial tilt and revolution. D) The Earth's axial tilt and rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth's axial tilt and revolution. 15. Parasites ..... the organism they live on. A) Harm. B) Help. C) Shares. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harm. 16. A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock? A) Magma. B) Igneous. C) Metamorphic. D) Sedimentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic. 17. One of my fish has a white fuzzy patch growing on his side. I looked in my fish books, and I think it is a fungus. I put some medicine in the water, and one week later he was fine and the fungus was gone. What was my hypothesis? A) The fish is sick with a fungus. B) If I give my fish the medicine then the fungus will go away. C) My hypothesis was supported. D) Fish sometimes get white fuzzy fungus growing on them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I give my fish the medicine then the fungus will go away. 18. Which of the following are reactants of photosynthesis? A) CO2 and H2O. B) O2. C) H2O and Glucose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CO2 and H2O. 19. Considering(A) the best application for learning English(B), my English learning application(C) crossed(D) 1 billion downloads. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 20. In the town of Podunk, Alabama, the population at the beginning of the year was 4882. If 27 people were born and 19 people died, what is the growth rate of the town? Births-Deaths = then / Pop = then X by 100 A) 2.3%. B) .16%. C) -1.7%. 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