This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 66 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 66 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scientist are studying a graph showing the time differences between the seismic P-waves and the seismic S-waves as they travel through Earth. Which information can they learn from the graph? A) The magnitude of am earthquake. B) The duration of an earthquake. C) The epicenter of an earthquake. D) The intensity of an earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The epicenter of an earthquake. 2. Fuel cells produce A) Fossil fuels. B) Hydrogen gas. C) Electricity. D) Gasoline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electricity. 3. The amount of matter in an object is the A) Mass. B) Volume. C) Length. D) Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass. 4. Which of the following is an example of a climax community? A) Cacti in a desert. B) Stable grasses on a prairie. C) Tall oak trees in a forest. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 5. What is pollution? A) An unhealthy diet. B) Global warming. C) Is the process of making land, water, air or other parts of the environment dirty and not safe or suitable to use. D) Lands, people and plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is the process of making land, water, air or other parts of the environment dirty and not safe or suitable to use. 6. The farther a planet is from the Sun, the ..... the period of revolution. A) Longer. B) Shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longer. 7. How do scientist think that early atmosphere was probably formed? A) Gases from volcanoes. B) Lava from volcanoes. C) Gases released from bacteria. D) They are unsure how it is formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gases from volcanoes. 8. The study of the relationship between organisms and their physical surroundings. A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Ecology. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 9. What is the difference between climate and weather? A) Climate happens in that moment, weather happens over time. B) Weather happens in that moment, climate happens over time. C) No difference, they mean the same thing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather happens in that moment, climate happens over time. 10. Which of the following is not involved in ecological succession? A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Climax communities. D) Ocean biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ocean biomes. 11. Corn, wheat, and soybeans can be made into a substance called ethanol. In some places, ethanol is part of a mixture used to power cars and trucks. What type of alternative energy resource is ethanol? A) Hydroelectric. B) Geothermal. C) Biofuels. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biofuels. 12. Study of relationships between organisms and their environment A) Biology. B) Ecology. C) Real Estate. D) Amphibians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 13. During evaporation, water changes from a ..... to a ..... A) Solid, liquid. B) Gas, liquid. C) Liquid, gas. D) Liquid, solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liquid, gas. 14. Harmful substances in air, water, or soil are called A) Particles. B) Pollutants. C) Soot. D) Dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollutants. 15. What is not a description of a good hypothesis A) It makes logical sense. B) It is a testable explanation of an observation. C) It follows from what you already know about a situation. D) It is a guess based on previous experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It follows from what you already know about a situation. 16. What forbids the U.S. government and its citizens from harming endangered or threatened species and their habitats? A) The Environmental Protection Agency. B) Species Survival Plan. C) The Endangered Species Act. D) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Endangered Species Act. 17. The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar. A) Photosynthesis. B) Aerobic Respiration. C) Glycolysis. D) Krebs Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 18. Biodiversity is NOT the variety and variability of life on Earth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. The shortest day of the year is A) Winter Solstice. B) Summer Solstice. C) Equinox. D) Groundhog's Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winter Solstice. 20. It is everything around us. A) Agriculture. B) Photosynthesis. C) The environment. D) The atmosphere. 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