This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 93 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 93 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cutting down, burning, or polluting the forests cause: ..... A) Wind speed. B) Deforestation. C) Pressure. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 2. Oil is? A) Renewable energy. B) Non-renewable energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-renewable energy. 3. Sprawl affects which of the following? A) Pollution. B) Public health. C) Economics. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 4. As a result of climate change food prices could A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 5. Volatile organic compounds A) Are tiny particles of liquid or solid matterr. B) Are produced by chemical interactions between sulfur and oxygen. C) Arean odorless colorless poisonous gas. D) Are organic chemicals that form toxic fumes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are organic chemicals that form toxic fumes. 6. One of the uses of biomass in a ..... country is to burn wood for heating and cooking. A) Developed. B) Developing. C) First world. D) Industrialized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing. 7. Water pollution that comes from a single source is considered ..... A) Point source pollution. B) Nonpoint source pollution. C) Thermal pollution. D) Ocean pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point source pollution. 8. Between what years was the Baby Boomer generation born? A) 1980-1995. B) 1900-1920. C) 2000-2010. D) 1946-1964. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1946-1964. 9. What is the scientific method? A) A systematic procedure for how to conduct a scientific experiment. B) The process of solving a problem. C) A way of making non-scientific observations. D) A way to summarize findings from multiple investigations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A systematic procedure for how to conduct a scientific experiment. 10. ..... is the contamination of air, land, and water. A) Conservation. B) Ecology. C) Pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 11. What is a main cause of water pollution? A) Marine dumping. B) Use of water as a coolant for power plants. C) Illegal dumping in natural habitats. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine dumping. 12. A change in state from a liquid to a gas A) Evaporation. B) Transpiration. C) Precipitation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation. 13. To create less waste in the first place is to ..... A) Incinerate. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) Reduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduce. 14. Latitude strongly influences climate because ..... solar energy falls on areas that are closer to the equator than to the poles. A) Less. B) The same amount of. C) More. D) Sometimes less. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More. 15. Natural resources that cannot be replaced in our lifetime. Ex:coal, oil (petroleum), natural gas, and metals such as Uranium to power nuclear energy. A) Renewable resource. B) Sustainability. C) Non-renewable resource. D) Carbon footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-renewable resource. 16. This act was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics. A) Clean Air Act. B) Clean Water Act. C) Energy Policy Act. D) Department of Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean Air Act. 17. What constitutes "safe" water is the same for all uses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Discarded electronic devices are considered hazardous waste because they A) Can leach heavy metals. B) Are highly reactive. C) Are flammable. D) Cannot be recycled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can leach heavy metals. 19. About what percent of the Earth's water is found in oceans and seas? A) 25. B) 50. C) 75. D) 97. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 97. 20. True or false:Most phosphorus on Earth is stored in the atmosphere. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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