This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Name the process by which aviation fuel is obtained from its raw material. A) Fractional Distillation. B) Fracking. C) Fractional Distilling. D) Fracking Distillation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fractional Distillation. 2. Devices that convert the sun's energy directly into electricity A) Solar cells. B) Solar energy. C) Passive solar power. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar cells. 3. Consumer that eats only plants A) Omnivore. B) Insectivore. C) Carnivore. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbivore. 4. The maintenance of human conditions, their values, and their traditions A) Ethical/moral value. B) Recreational value. C) Social/cultural value. D) Educational value. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social/cultural value. 5. Stone Mountain Park in Georgia has installed interlocking concrete pavers with areas of small stones. What makes this parking surface more environmentally responsible? A) All of the tiles are made of recycled wood products. B) Water can flow through the small rocks to reduce runoff. C) They absorb more of the sun's heat making the park cooler. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water can flow through the small rocks to reduce runoff. 6. Where is pollution found on the earth? A) Only in the air. B) Only on the land. C) Only in the water. D) On land, in the air, and in the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On land, in the air, and in the water. 7. The ozone layer is located in the A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Ionosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratosphere. 8. Water movements in the ocean that are driven by the wind A) Surface currents. B) Tectonic plates. C) Thermocline. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surface currents. 9. What is a negative consequence of overgrazing? A) The land can turn into a desert (desertification) and can no longer be used for feeding or agriculture. B) The cows become overweight. C) Vegetation becomes overfertilized and grows uncontrollably. D) Vegetation becomes plentiful and lasts for decades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The land can turn into a desert (desertification) and can no longer be used for feeding or agriculture. 10. ..... :thinning of a forested area by removing smaller, lesser quality trees which may hamper the growth of trees used in commercial settings. A) Intermediate cutting. B) Pulpwood cuts. C) Pre-commercial thinning. D) Salvage cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pre-commercial thinning. 11. A catalytic converter helps ..... A) Clean harmful pollutants from smokestacks of factories. B) Remove dust particles from smokestacks. C) Raise the pH level of lakes that have been polluted by acid rain. D) Clean car exhaust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clean car exhaust. 12. Ethiopia is a A) Developed nation. B) Developing nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing nation. 13. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents A) Geological Time. B) Erosion. C) Subduction. D) Continental Drift. E) Plate Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continental Drift. 14. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation) A) Frost Wedging. B) Erosion. C) Weathering. D) Sediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 15. In which atmosphere layer does weather occur? A) Exosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 16. Which side represents the light independent reactions? A) Right. B) Left. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 17. A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by a natural process A) Nonrenewable Resource. B) Renewable Resource. C) Biodegradable. D) NonBiodegradable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable Resource. 18. The ozone layer protects living organisms on Earth by A) Blocking solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation. B) Warming the Earth. C) Making the Earth cooler. D) Absorbing Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blocking solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation. 19. What is typical "household" waste? A) Hazardous waste. B) Municipal solid waste. C) Agricultural waste. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Municipal solid waste. 20. What is the smallest unit of matter? A) Cell. B) Dust. C) Atom. D) Water Molecule. 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