This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A possible result of pumping large amounts of water from an aquifer is that ..... A) Farms produce fewer crops. B) The aquifer cannot be recharged fast enough. C) The recharge zone shrinks. D) Groundwater stops being collected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The aquifer cannot be recharged fast enough. 2. A cost-benefit analysis is a(n) A) Study of the factors that influence that influence decisions of buyers and sellers. B) Economy in which the government decides what is made. C) Equilibrium between a product's supply and its demand. D) Comparison between what is sacrificed and gained by a specific action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comparison between what is sacrificed and gained by a specific action. 3. Elevation and the presence of features such as mountains and rivers make up an area's A) Topography. B) Thermohaline. C) Sequestration. D) Greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topography. 4. Composed of the natural world and the "built" world A) Habitat. B) Environment. C) Surroundings. D) Places. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment. 5. What kinds of resources make up your ecological footprint? A) Waste production. B) Water and energy use. C) Food and shelter. D) Clothing and transportation. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 6. Earth warms and algae populations will increase. The algae will use CO2, thus depleting CO2 from the atmosphere. A) Positive Feedback Loop. B) Negative Feedback Loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Feedback Loop. 7. Where fresh water meets saltwater A) Littoral Zone. B) Saltwater Intrusion. C) Estuary. D) Oligotrophic Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estuary. 8. The removal and transport of surface material by wind and water is called A) Seismicity. B) Erosion. C) Tectonics. D) Vulcanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 9. What must scientists do if a large number of tests refute their hypothesis? A) Repeat each test. B) Publish a report. C) Reject the test results. D) Reject the hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reject the hypothesis. 10. Which federal government creation led to the use of Environmental Impact Statements? A) Clean Water Act. B) National Environmental Policy Act. C) Environmental Protection Agency. D) Superfund. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Environmental Policy Act. 11. Hunter and Gatherer lifestyle A) Environmental Science. B) Nomadic. C) Closed system. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomadic. 12. Choose the correct answer and fill in the missing content in the concept below? ".....is the sudden rapid increase in population in a short period of time in a territory (country, regional, geographical area, global, .....)" A) Population growth. B) Overpopulation. C) Overpopulation. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overpopulation. 13. Moving air do not helps clothes to dry faster. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Is the transfer of thermal energy through direct contact. A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conduction. 15. Which of the following is not a major greenhouse gas? A) Water vapor. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Sulfur. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulfur. 16. Choose the 3 types of grasslands A) Rain, snow, sleet. B) Tropical, temperate, and cold. C) Summer, winter, fall. D) Cold, warm, hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical, temperate, and cold. 17. What is a scientific argument? A) An evidence based claim about the natural world. B) An argument about science. C) A scientific explanation about the solar system. D) A discussion between scientists about science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An evidence based claim about the natural world. 18. All of the different populations that live in a specific area are a ..... A) Ecosystem. B) Habitat. C) Ecology. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Community. 19. What is removed from ATP to make ADP and release energy? A) Carbon. B) Oxygen. C) Phosphates. D) Nitrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphates. 20. Ecologists use similarities between ecosystems to classify them into broad categories called A) Biomes. B) Littoral zones. C) Estuaries. D) Benthic zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomes. ← 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