This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 640 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 640 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do you call all of the members of ONE species that live in a specific area? A) Community. B) Ecosystem. C) Habitat. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 2. Using a resource in such a way that it is never depleted A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Natural. D) Sustainable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainable. 3. Which could most likely have a lasting negative impact on the biodiversity of an area? A) Clear-cutting. B) Selective cutting. C) An increase in plant populations. D) A reduction in the use of fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear-cutting. 4. Often water must be treated to become ....., safe to drink A) Pathogen. B) Potable. C) Clarified. D) Bonifide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potable. 5. Has the higher magnification A) Light microscope. B) Electron microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electron microscope. 6. What is the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere? A) 0.1001%. B) 0.0391%. C) 1.0001%. D) 0.01001%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0.0391%. 7. Which of the following is an example of COHESION? A) Water sticking to water. B) Water sticking to glass. C) Oil sticking to plastic. D) Hydrogen sticking to oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water sticking to water. 8. Water can dissolve many substances, therefore it is called ..... A) An acid. B) A base. C) Universal solvent. D) Cohesive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universal solvent. 9. The temperate forest comprises mostly broad-leaved and deciduous trees-trees that shed their leaves during autumn. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Carrots A) Nonrenewable. B) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable. 11. Electrons are not included in the weight of an atom because A) They are to heavy. B) Too light and it takes a lot of them to weigh anything. C) Don't matter. D) The numbers get to high. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too light and it takes a lot of them to weigh anything. 12. Since the Cretaceous-Paleocene extinction what classification of life has evolved most successfully to dominate niches within the food web? A) Aves (Birds). B) Mammals. C) Reptiles. D) Amphibians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mammals. 13. What is happening to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) It is decreasing. B) It is increasing. C) It is fluctuating. D) We have no way of knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is increasing. 14. How many tons of trash is dumped into the ocean every year? A) 8 million. B) 2 million. C) 6 million. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 million. 15. Nuclear reactors produce energy through the process of A) Incineration. B) Transmutation. C) Fusion. D) Breeding. E) Fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Fission. 16. Why do hikers put thick clothes when climbing a high mountain? A) For protection against insect bites. B) The air temperature decreases with altitude. C) So they can easily be located when they get lost. D) To add more weight so they will not be pushed by the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The air temperature decreases with altitude. 17. Which of the following is not one of the layers of Earth's geosphere? A) Ozone. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone. 18. Winter Solstice is A) Dec 21. B) Jan 21. C) Feb 21. D) Mar 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dec 21. 19. Which is not a layer of the atmosphere A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 20. One of the following mineral properties can be determined by observing, rather than doing something to a sample. A) Streak. B) Fracture. C) Luster. D) Hardness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luster. ← 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