This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 667 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 667 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Have definite volume but not shape A) Solids. B) Liquids. C) Gases. D) Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquids. 2. This is where water evaporates from solid objects like plants, mountains or clouds in the ground. A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transpiration. 3. How do animals get nitrogen to make important biological molecules? A) Breathe it in through the air. B) Fix it from nitrogen gas. C) Consume other organisms. D) Assimilate it through the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consume other organisms. 4. Which of the following means to prepare land to grow crops by plowing soil? A) Agriculture. B) Domestication. C) Cultivate. D) Nomadic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultivate. 5. Which gas makes up 78 percent of our atmosphere but can be used by plants only when transformed by bacteria first? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Hydrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen. 6. Which of the following correctly describes the stratosphere? A) It is an atmospheric ozone layer. B) It has high concentration of ionized particles. C) It is a layer important to telecommunications. D) It is a layer extending to a height of about 8 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is an atmospheric ozone layer. 7. The difference between environmental science and environmentalism is ..... A) Environmental science studies how the natural world works. B) Environmentalism studies how the natural world works. C) Environmental science is a social movement to protect the natural world. D) Environmentalism is unbiased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental science studies how the natural world works. 8. When a resource like timber is used as fast as or slower than it regrows it is being used ..... A) Non renewable. B) Unsustainably. C) Sustainably. D) Synthetically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainably. 9. If a resource can continue to be used in the future at the same rate that it is currently being used, it is A) Nonrenewable. B) Sustainable. C) Unsustainable. D) An example of Tragedy of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable. 10. "Atmos" is greek for A) Life. B) Ground. C) Water. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air. 11. Column A-1) Tiger, 2) Red Panda, 3) One horned Rhinoceros, 4) Giant Flying squirrelColumn B)-A) Periyar National Park, B) Kaziranga National Park, C) Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam, D) Singalila National Park A) 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B. B) 1)-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-C. C) 1-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A. D) 1-A, 2-C, 3-D, 4-B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A. 12. Pollution is an issue that only affects the Caribbean A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Which of the following are the different particle sizes that determine soil texture? A) Loam, mud, sand. B) Clay, sand, loam. C) Silt, loam, clay. D) Clay, silt, sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clay, silt, sand. 14. Why did air pollution worsen in the 1900's? A) The introduction of motor vehicles. B) Major laws were passed regarding air pollution. C) The use of lead in paint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The introduction of motor vehicles. 15. When CO2 from the atmosphere diffuses into our oceans, it causes pH to lower. This has a negative impact on marine organisms. What do we call this process? A) Biomagnification. B) Eutrophication. C) Acid Rain. D) Ocean Acidification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ocean Acidification. 16. Combustion is ..... A) A substance that changes form or shape. B) Fire burns in the forest. C) Water mixes with saline. D) A substance chemically reacts with oxygen and gives off heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A substance chemically reacts with oxygen and gives off heat. 17. Which of the following is NOT true of oil? A) Oil is unsafe for the environment. B) Oil is a non-renewable source. C) Oil is refined to create cosmetics, gas, and plastics. D) Oil is a renewable source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oil is a renewable source. 18. Which is TRUE of nuclear energy? A) Nuclear meltdowns can be easily cleaned up. B) Nuclear power produces radioactive waste that must be carefully disposed of. C) Nuclear power is a renewable energy source. D) Nuclear power produces carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear power produces radioactive waste that must be carefully disposed of. 19. You should feed wildlife? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. If you are counting the number of deer in a 10 acre area of hunting land in Washara county, you are measuring the A) Density. B) Population. C) Distribution. D) Growth. 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