This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The thinnest layer of the Earth is? A) Mantle. B) Athenosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. 2. To provide advancement and facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals. A) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978. B) Philippine Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990. C) National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008. D) Climate Change Act of 2009. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philippine Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990. 3. Water build up in the clouds falls to the ground. A) Condensation. B) Runoff. C) Precipitation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation. 4. Only a very small portion of Earth's water is both liquid and A) Fresh. B) Frozen. C) Under ground. D) Salty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fresh. 5. Something that naturally breaks down over time would be defined as a A) Nondegradable pollutant. B) Biodegradable pollutant. C) Nonrenewable resource. D) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodegradable pollutant. 6. In temperate forests, some animals avoid the winter by going into ....., a deep, sleeplike state that an animal enters for most of the winter. A) Diurnal. B) Estivation. C) Hibernation. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hibernation. 7. Scientists publish their results in scientific journals and on the Internet to .....their results. A) Question. B) Analyze. C) Check. D) Communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Communicate. 8. Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form? A) Reform. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) Divergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent. 9. An ..... shows the productive area of Earth needed to support on person in a particular country A) Ecological footprint. B) Habitat. C) Environment. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological footprint. 10. One disadvantage to using coal to produce electricity is that coal - A) Forms in a short amount of time. B) Is abundant over a wide area. C) Is not environmentally friendly. D) Is relatively quite affordable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is not environmentally friendly. 11. A trait that is passed to the next generations and promotes an individual's survival and reproduction is called A) An adaptation. B) Competition. C) Survival of the fittest. D) Artificial selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adaptation. 12. Describes differences in DNA among individuals of a population or species. A) Genetic Diversity. B) Genetic Isolation. C) Subspecies. D) Species Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic Diversity. 13. Which is not a low-carbon energy source? A) Wind. B) Solar. C) Nuclear. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural gas. 14. The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the: A) Control group. B) Data. C) Experimental group. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control group. 15. All the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts is ..... A) Environmental Science. B) Environmental ethics. C) Environment. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 16. Which environmental decision-making model is in the correct order? A) Consider values. Explore consequences. Make a decision. Gather information. B) Explore consequences. Make a decision. Gather information. Consider values. C) Make a decision. Gather information. Consider values. Explore consequences. D) Gather information. Consider values. Explore consequences. Make a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gather information. Consider values. Explore consequences. Make a decision. 17. Which is not part of correcting sick building syndrome A) Removing sources of indoor air pollution. B) Improving ventilation. C) Sealing cracks where air leaks into the building. D) Cleaning air ductrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sealing cracks where air leaks into the building. 18. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as being regulated? A) Energy and resources. B) Textiles. C) Toxic substances. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Textiles. 19. Carbon-containing fuels that formed from the remains of living things are called A) Fossil fuels. B) Soot. C) Emissions. D) Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil fuels. 20. Which of the following will lead to a more sustainable world culture? A) Increasing green energy production for everyone. B) Reducing overall consumption and halting population growth. C) Increasing consumer growth for all developing nations. D) Creating industrial systems that are linear in design and operation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reducing overall consumption and halting population growth. 21. Which of these things are you most likely to NOT find in a sustainable home? A) LED Lightbulbs. B) A wood burning stove. C) A Hummer (SUV) in the garage. D) Low-Flow Toilets & Showers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Hummer (SUV) in the garage. 22. The troposphere is heated from below, which drives weather patterns caused by A) Convocation Cells. B) Jet Streams. C) Convection Currents. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection Currents. 23. The very bottom of a body of water is called the ..... zone. A) Photic. B) Benthic. C) Ocean. D) Intertidal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benthic. 24. A passive solar house in the Southern Hemisphere will face A) East. B) West. C) South. D) North. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North. 25. Created by a divergent boundary. A) Rocky Mountains. B) Mariana's Trench. C) Mid Atlantic ridge. D) Hawaiian Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid Atlantic ridge. 26. Nitrogen fixation can be accomplished naturally either by a lightning strike or by A) The Haber-Bosch process. B) Burning fossil fuels. C) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. D) Denitrifying bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. 27. Which is NOT an example of renewable energy? A) Wind turbines. B) Solar panels. C) Natural Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural Gas. 28. A list of the steps anyone could follow to conduct an experiment. A) Procedures. B) Materials. C) Obervations. D) Question /problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedures. 29. Match the Definition: A term used by scientists to describe the role a species plays in an ecosystem. It is an organism's occupation. A) Conservation. B) Threatened species. C) Habitat. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Niche. 30. What makes a species invasive? A) Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives. B) Not having papers. C) Species that can't adapt. D) Plants that take up too much space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEnvironmental Science Quiz 1Environmental Science Quiz 2Environmental Science Quiz 3Environmental Science Quiz 4Environmental Science Quiz 5Environmental Science Quiz 6Environmental Science Quiz 7Environmental Science Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books