This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 681 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 681 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of catalytic converters? A) Capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. B) Generate wind energy. C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. D) Purify water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. 2. A major source of pollution when coal is burned is A) Carbon monoxide. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Methane. D) Sulfur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sulfur. 3. What happens to temperature as we move from the crust down into the inner core? A) Decreases. B) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases. 4. Water requires a lot of energy to heat up and takes a long time to cool down. This keeps temperatures on earth stable. This property of water is called ..... A) Universal solvent. B) High specific heat. C) Cohesion. D) Adhesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High specific heat. 5. Chipko Movement was first started in the year- A) 1974. B) 1973. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1973. 6. What percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water? A) 75. B) 90. C) 25. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75. 7. ..... Resources-Not replaced by natural processes, or the rate of replacement is so slow as to be ineffective. A) Renewable. B) Restorabe. C) Nonrenewable. D) Nonrestorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonrenewable. 8. Eutrophication is a condition of natural nutrient enrichment of a shallow lake, estuary, or slow-moving stream. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. In the upper atmosphere the form of oxygen that protects Earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays is? A) Oxygen. B) Ozone. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone. 10. ..... air is more dense and tends to sink A) Cold. B) Warm. C) Moist. D) Dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold. 11. Which type of plate boundary would mostl likely have mountains to form? A) Convergent boundary btwn. 2 oceanic plates. B) Convergent boundary between 1 oceanic and 1 continental plate. C) Convergent bondary between 2 continental plates. D) Divergent boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent bondary between 2 continental plates. 12. Which method is used to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions? A) Installation of catalytic converters. B) Increased temperature of combustion. C) The addition of oxygen to combustion processes. D) The use of fluidized bed combustion. E) The use of calcium carbonate to absorb emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Installation of catalytic converters. 13. Which of the following can help fix the environment? A) Green Roofs. B) Renewable Energy. C) Global Reforestation Efforts. D) All of the These. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the These. 14. Number of children born each year for every 1, 000 people A) Birth rate. B) Literacy rate. C) Death rate. D) Tax rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rate. 15. Underground formation containing groundwater A) Watershed. B) Aquifer. C) Recharge zone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquifer. 16. When is international ozone day celebrated A) October 16. B) September 16. C) November 16. D) October21. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) September 16. 17. The chemical Equation NaCl represents which molecule? A) Water. B) Salt. C) Glucose. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt. 18. We use our ..... to feel. A) Eyes. B) Skin. C) Nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skin. 19. Why do we depend on fossil fuels? A) Electricity, transportation, and heating. B) Food. C) Sunlight. D) Growing, building muscle, calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electricity, transportation, and heating. 20. If a lake receives a large input of a limiting nutrient, which of these would happen first? A) An algal bloom occurs. B) Algae begin to die and decomposers take over. C) Nitrogen compounds are recycled. D) The concentration of oxygen drops below the necessary level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An algal bloom occurs. ← 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