This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 580 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 580 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hydrocarbons such as gasoline, solvents, paints, finger nail polish & thinners that vaporize easily. A) Sulfur Oxides. B) Nitrogen Oxides. C) VOC's. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VOC's. 2. Why do consumers have to eat? A) For a source of energy. B) For a source of matter. C) For a source of energy and matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For a source of energy and matter. 3. Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the greenhouse ..... A) Causes. B) Effect. C) Gas. D) Damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effect. 4. What is the main difference between gymnosperm and angiosperm plants? A) The size of the plants (angiosperms are larger). B) Angiosperms have seeds in fruit, but gymnosperms do not. C) Gymnosperms have seeds in fruit, but angiosperms do not. D) Their cell walls are different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angiosperms have seeds in fruit, but gymnosperms do not. 5. Which was NOT a major cause of the Dust Bowl? A) Drought. B) Uncovered vegetation. C) Nutrient depletion. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrient depletion. 6. Earth's outer layer of rock. A thin layer of cool rock that covers the Earth both on dry land and underwater. A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 7. Which of the following biomes receives the most precipitation? A) Tundra. B) Rain Forest. C) Savanna. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain Forest. 8. The process by which cells produce energy from carbohydrates. A) Cellular Respiration. B) Carbon Cycle. C) Consumer. D) Climax Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular Respiration. 9. Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather? A) Fair skies. B) Hot, sunny weather. C) Windy weather. D) Rainy weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rainy weather. 10. What is the term for a type of energy that comes from splitting atoms or joining them together? A) Nuclear energy. B) Atomic energy. C) Fusion energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Most incidents of pollution are deliberately caused by ..... A) Humans. B) Machines. C) Animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans. 12. Which of the following does NOT provide clues about Earth's climate in the distant past? A) Volcanoes. B) Sediments. C) Ice cores. D) Tree rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanoes. 13. Peter and Dane are talking about environmental protection.-Peter: "We should limit the use of plastic bags." -Dane: " ..... We can use paper bags instead." A) I completely agree. B) It's not true. C) I don't quite agree. D) You're wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I completely agree. 14. Environmental science primarily focuses on the natural sciences and excludes social sciences. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. The burning of which fuel is the main source of industrial smog? A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Natural Gas. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 16. What was the Green Revolution in agriculture? A) It was a period in the 1940s when people tried to return to the area that was devastated in the dust bowl of the 1930s. B) The movement to increase organic farming in the 1990s. C) A period in the 1950s-70s when more of the world's agriculture was mechanized and yields increased. D) A movement to genetically modify more crops so fewer pesticides could be used. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A period in the 1950s-70s when more of the world's agriculture was mechanized and yields increased. 17. A close, long-term relationship in which 2 different organisms live in close association with each other. A) Carrying Capacity. B) Coexistence. C) Limiting Factor. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbiosis. 18. Choose the best definition for sustainability A) Using as many resources as you want, whenever you want. B) Only using renewable resources and not using many nonrenewable resources. C) Only using nonrenewable resources and not using many renewable resources. D) Using only just enough resources for survival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using only just enough resources for survival. 19. Which sense organ we use to see? A) Eyes. B) Ears. C) Nose. D) Tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyes. 20. Water vapor sometimes condenses into stratus clouds that are in contact with the ground. What forms as a result of this process? A) Clouds. B) Rain. C) Fog. D) Ozone. 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