This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 690 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 690 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Most of the acid precipitation that falls in southeastern Canada results from pollution produced in the midwestern and eastern states. Which of the following is one of those states? A) Kentucky. B) Iowa. C) Wisconsin. D) Tennessee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tennessee. 2. What is the meaning of BIO? A) Animal. B) Life. C) Ecosystem. D) Living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 3. What type of tectonic plate boundary occurs when tectonic plates move apart? A) Divergent boundary. B) Convergent boundary. C) Transform boundary. D) Tectonic boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent boundary. 4. What is the main goal of sustainability? A) Use resources faster than they are created. B) Prevent humans from using resources. C) Share common places. D) Conserve resources in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conserve resources in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely. 5. How could a plant spread its seeds? A) An animal could eat the fruit and spread the seeds. B) Seeds could float away in the wind. C) The seed could get stuck in an animals fur and be carried to a new place. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. River:gorge:: A) Erosion:gas. B) Wind:tall rock formation. C) Water:wind. D) Sediments:rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind:tall rock formation. 7. Which of the following describes new wind turbines? A) New wind turbines are cost-effective. B) New wind turbines take up a lot of space. C) New wind turbines take a year to build. D) New wind turbines cannot generate much electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New wind turbines are cost-effective. 8. The electromagnetic spectrum is composed of A) Gamma rays. B) Radio waves. C) Visible light. D) Ultraviolet light. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 9. How many species of living things are estimated to live on the planet? A) 1-2 million. B) 1-2 billion. C) 100, 000. D) 10-100 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10-100 million. 10. The flowers are red. A) Qualitative data. B) Quantitative data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative data. 11. What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere called? (Furthest away from us?) A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Exosphere. D) Ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exosphere. 12. Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of ..... A) America, Greenland, and Europe. B) Antarctica, India, and America. C) All of Earth's continents. D) South Africa, India, Australia, and South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of Earth's continents. 13. After living organisms use nitrogen, decomposer bacteria convert it back to ammonia for plants to use through this process A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Ammonification. C) Nitrification. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ammonification. ← PreviousRelated 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