This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 535 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 535 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Principles or standards considered to be important A) Value. B) Risk. C) Data. D) Experiment. E) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Value. 2. What is the center of the Earth called? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Biosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Core. 3. One reason the world is growing so quickly is because ..... A) The world has infinite resources for everyone. B) Birth rate is higher than death rate. C) There are more and more places for people to live. D) Death rate is higher than birth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birth rate is higher than death rate. 4. All of the following are types of pollution except ..... A) Water. B) Air. C) Littering. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recycling. 5. True or False:It costs more to eat healthy than it does to eat badly. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The air in soil is crucial because A) The insects, bacteria, fungi and other organisms in soil need air for respiration. B) Plant roots need air for respiration. C) Both of these are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these are correct. 7. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of coal? A) Energy produced is inconsistent and unreliable. B) Burning coal produces air pollution. C) Burning coal contributes to climate change. D) Coal is less expensive than renewable energy sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy produced is inconsistent and unreliable. 8. What IS a proxy that scientists use to study past climates? A) Tree Rings. B) Ocean pH. C) Soil Nutrients. D) Keystone Species Counts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tree Rings. 9. Fertilizer farm runoff A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source pollution. 10. Most of the fresh water on Earth is located where? A) Icecaps. B) Glaciers. C) Lakes and Rivers. D) A and B only. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B only. 11. Create a list of resources involved in the Dead Zone. A) Coal, oil, natural gas. B) Plastic, metal, glass. C) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide. 12. An organism that eats dead organisms A) Ecosystem. B) Producer. C) Scavenger. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scavenger. 13. Science or Pseudoscience:Personal bias and the opinion of the scientist. A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 14. ..... The study of how people choose to use resources to produce goods and services and how goods and services are distributed to the public. A) Economics. B) Resources. C) Supply. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 15. What is the final stage of ecological succession? A) Starting point. B) Midway stage. C) Climax community. D) Decomposition phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax community. 16. BIOdiversity means a variety of ..... A) People. B) Plants. C) Life. D) Places. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 17. Tectonic plates are found on this layer A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 18. When is land most at risk for erosion? A) End of spring. B) Middle of summer. C) Beginning of winter. D) Beginning of fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beginning of winter. 19. Which of the following is/are the main factor(s) responsible for the rapid rate deforestation? A) Rapid growth of population in the developing countries. B) Extension of agriculture and grazing lands. C) Rising demand for lumber, timber, paper, fuel-wood and charcoal, and other forest products. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Why is studying environmental science important? A) We can understand our world better. B) We can understand why people commit crimes. C) We can understand how the president is elected. D) We can understand what a verb is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We can understand our world better. ← 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