This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 598 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 598 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who scientifically manages forests (specializing in the care of trees) A) Soil Conservationist. B) Soil Scientist. C) Forester. D) Forestry Consultant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forester. 2. What is the sugar that carbs are broken down to? A) Sucrose. B) Maltose. C) Glucose. D) Lactose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glucose. 3. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of fire? A) Soil damage. B) Hydrophobic Soil. C) Invasive Species. D) Room for new trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Room for new trees. 4. A result of land degradation: A) Salinization. B) Persistent pesticide. C) Pheromone. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desertification. 5. What is water that falls as precipitation and then goes through infiltration? A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Runoff. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 6. Shallow, coastal waters contain: A) The majority of marine organisms. B) More pollution that any other waters. C) Decomposers. D) Benthic organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The majority of marine organisms. 7. The 4 land biomes are A) Deserts, grasslands, forest, and mountains. B) Marine and ocean. C) Plant and woody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deserts, grasslands, forest, and mountains. 8. Which choice describes a global factor that has made solar power more attractive as a source of energy? A) It's becoming more expensive. B) Fewer people care about the environment. C) Fossil fuel reserves are becoming depleted. D) Other alternative energy sources are failing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuel reserves are becoming depleted. 9. Coal, oil and natural gas are A) Fossil fuels. B) Nonrenewable resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Both fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources. 10. The ..... requires many industries to use scrubbers or other pollution-control devices to remove some of the more harmful and poisonous substances before they are released into the atmosphere. A) Clean Air Act. B) California Air Resources Board. C) Canada-U.S. Air Quality Agreement in 1991. D) Air Quality Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean Air Act. 11. In the nucleus of an atom, you will find A) Protons and Electrons. B) Electrons and Neutrons. C) Protons and Neutrons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protons and Neutrons. 12. Society includes: A) Biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. B) Human diversity, equity, quality of life, institutional structures, political structures. C) Employment, technological growth, financial investment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human diversity, equity, quality of life, institutional structures, political structures. 13. Turbidity measures the clarity of water A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What are the types of ways that organism can obtain energy without sunlight? A) Chemosynthesis. B) Photosynthesis. C) Cellular Respiration. D) Consuming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemosynthesis. 15. How do fungi help with the cycling of matter? A) They consume living things and break them down for energy. B) They consume dead things for energy and then the nutrients return to the soil. C) They consume dead things and the nutrients don't return to the soil. D) They use energy from the environment to make their own food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They consume dead things for energy and then the nutrients return to the soil. 16. What helps keep crops healthy and nutritious? A) Soil. B) Pesticides. C) Fertilizer. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fertilizer. 17. Which of these constitutes the greatest use of freshwater by humans? A) Industrial use. B) Bathing and hygiene. C) Cooking and preparing meals. D) Irrigation of agricultural lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrigation of agricultural lands. 18. A species form that supports an entire ecosystem. A) Endangered Species. B) Invasive Species. C) Keystone Species. D) Threatened Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keystone Species. 19. What is the best way to CONSERVE water use in an agricultural setting ..... A) Low flow toilets. B) Reuse cooling water. C) Drip irrigation. D) High power overhead irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drip irrigation. 20. Cutting down trees cause habitat loss. It's also called: ..... A) Deforestation. B) Land pollution. C) Desertification. D) Landfills. 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