This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 75 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water leaving plants through their leaves called A) Evaporation. B) Precipitation. C) Transpiration. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 2. What are the coefficients that would properly balance this equation? ..... Al + ..... O2$\rightarrow$ ..... Al2O3 A) 4, 1 $\rightarrow$ 2. B) 4, 3 $\rightarrow$ 4. C) 3, 4 $\rightarrow$ 1. D) 4, 3 $\rightarrow$ 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4, 3 $\rightarrow$ 2. 3. What is the maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources? A) Population Density. B) Dispersion. C) Carrying Capacity. D) Maximum amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrying Capacity. 4. Sunburn is caused by ..... It can't be felt as heat. A) Infrared radiation. B) Visible light. C) Spectrum radiation. D) Ultraviolet radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ultraviolet radiation. 5. Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for biological evolution? A) Mutation. B) Genetic drift. C) Inheritance of acquired characteristics. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inheritance of acquired characteristics. 6. Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by A) Earth's magnetic field. B) Conduction. C) Earthquakes. D) Convection currents in the mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection currents in the mantle. 7. Which period in human history occurred prior to the others listed below. A) Hunter-gatherer. B) Industrial revolution. C) Post industrial revolution. D) Agricultural revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunter-gatherer. 8. Which of the below are examples of fossil fuels? A) Soil, rocks, and sand. B) Coal, oil, and natural gas. C) Plants, trees, and animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal, oil, and natural gas. 9. WHAT PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS ALL OF THE BODIES OF WATER A) MESOSPHERE. B) GEOSPHERE. C) HYDROSPHERE. D) STRATOSPHERE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HYDROSPHERE. 10. The stratosphere is the atmospheric layer above the A) Troposphere. B) Ionosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ionosphere. 11. Which is NOT an adverse effect of high levels of UV light? A) Increased incidence of skin cancer. B) Increased photosynthesis. C) Disruption of ocean food chains. D) Increased amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased photosynthesis. 12. State in which a human population can survive indefinitely. A) Environmental science. B) Ecology. C) Developing nation. D) Renewable resource. E) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sustainability. 13. The variable in an experiment that responds to the changes in the manipulated variable A) Independent variable. B) Constant variable. C) Control variable. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 14. The Sun warms the atmosphere and drives convection currents because- A) Warm air is less dense, so it rises. B) The warmed air cools and makes rain. C) The cooler land pushes away warm air. D) Warm air, in contact with cool air, rotates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm air is less dense, so it rises. 15. The rainforest ecosystem provide special services for the entire world A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Which cycle DOESN'T have an atmosphere component (part)? A) Carbon. B) Nitrogen. C) Phosphorus. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorus. 17. What is the primary problem with drawing groundwater from near ocean coastlines? A) Pollution travels faster through sandy soils. B) Sand clogs up the wells. C) Sinkholes. D) Land subsidence. E) Saltwater can be pulled into freshwater aquifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Saltwater can be pulled into freshwater aquifers. 18. Sea level rise is attributed to thermal expansion by ..... percentand melting ice by ..... percent. A) 50, 50. B) 75, 25. C) 40, 60. D) 20, 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75, 25. 19. Organisms that obtain energy from other organisms ..... A) Autotroph. B) ATP. C) Photosynthesis. D) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heterotroph. 20. Write 7.113 x 107 in standard form. A) 71, 130, 00. B) 7, 113, 000. C) 0.0000007113. D) 7, 113. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 71, 130, 00. ← 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