This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 584 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 584 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Broader explanations that apply to a wider range of situations and observations are called? A) Peer review. B) Ideas. C) Theories. D) Scientific law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theories. 2. Environmental Science studies..... A) The impact of humans on the environment. B) How to understand and solve environmental problems. C) The use of natural resources. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. What era has created the most pollution problems? A) Agricultural. B) Industrial. C) Hunter gatherer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial. 4. Law describing the relationship between an item'savailability and its value. A) Ecology. B) Developing nation. C) Supply and demand. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supply and demand. 5. Reservoir A) A structure used to hold water back. B) An artificial lake formed when a river is dammed up. C) The place at which an aquifer gets it's water from. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An artificial lake formed when a river is dammed up. 6. Area where fresh water mixes with salt water A) Runoff. B) Marsh. C) Coral reefs. D) Estuary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estuary. 7. Freshwater that is used indirectly is called ....., which is the freshwater that is not directly consumed but is used to produce food and other products. A) Industrial water. B) Irrigation water. C) Virtual water. D) Gray water. E) Ground water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virtual water. 8. Area where fresh water mixes with saltwater A) Swamp. B) Estuary. C) Coral reef. D) Dams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 9. True or False:A dart frog lives in the savanna. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. The metric unit for mass is A) Newton. B) Kilogram. C) Joule. D) G/ml. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kilogram. 11. What claim to fame can be made about the location in the Ocean known as "Challenger Deep" ? A) It is the deepest known region of the ocean. B) No life can live there. C) It is the highest altitude on Earth. D) It is the hottest location on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the deepest known region of the ocean. 12. Which of the following describes a pollutant that has been released into the air? A) Sediment. B) Sewage. C) Emissions. D) Leachate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emissions. 13. The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment A) Biology. B) Ecology. C) Sociology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 14. What of the following is NOT used as evidence for climate change? A) Rising Sea levels. B) Shrinking Ice core samples. C) Changes in precipitation. D) Last year was the hottest ever on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last year was the hottest ever on Earth. 15. If birth rate plus immigration exceeds death rate plus emigration, a population ..... A) Grows. B) Declines. C) Stays the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grows. 16. "If I buy a rabbit, I will be better at magic." What is the dependent variable. A) Whether you have a rabbit. B) How well you can perform magic. C) How new your wand is. D) How well your top hat fits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How well you can perform magic. 17. Growing multiple crops together is known as A) Monoculture. B) Polyculture. C) Composting. D) Terracing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polyculture. 18. Primary succession is ..... A) When a hurricane causes a river to flood its banks. B) When a farmer ploughs his fields to remove all existing plant life. C) When fire burns through a forest and ills all vegetation less than 1m tall. D) When increasing temperature causes a glacier to recede from an area of rocky ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When increasing temperature causes a glacier to recede from an area of rocky ground. 19. What are greenhouse gases? A) Gases that cause climate change. B) Gases that emit green smoke. C) Gases that are used to make green colored glass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gases that cause climate change. 20. Tectonic Plates exists at which layer of the Earth? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Core. D) Cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. ← 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