This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the process in which the plant cell makes its own food using the sun light. A) Photosynthesis. B) Denaturation. C) Transportation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 2. Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it healthy again describes A) Environmental science. B) Ecology. C) Earth science. D) Social science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental science. 3. A house that uses passive solar heating in the Northern Hemisphere will A) Have little insulation. B) Be built of a material such as concrete or adobe that stores heat well. C) Have large north-facing windows. D) Have an overhang to shade the house from direct winter sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be built of a material such as concrete or adobe that stores heat well. 4. The ultimate source of energy in our Solar System comes from: A) Water. B) Forces within the earth. C) Oxygen. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 5. Define Nuclear energy? A) Energy stored in an objects height. B) An icotope. C) The stuff you see in a power plant. D) Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. 6. This species has a wide-reaching impact on a community. A) Speciation. B) Keystone species. C) Ecological succession. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keystone species. 7. The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food A) Agriculture. B) Ecology. C) Solar farm. D) Biochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 8. Predator prey relationships are an example of a A) System with no feedback. B) Positive feedback loop. C) Destabilizing system. D) Negative feedback loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative feedback loop. 9. What percent of species will be gone in 100 years? A) 50%. B) 75%. C) 25%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50%. 10. An excess of nutrients in the water is called ..... A) Thermal pollution. B) Biomagnification. C) Eutrophication. D) Groundwater pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eutrophication. 11. In the fourth stage of the demographic transition A) Birth rates stay high but death rates start decreasing increasing population size. B) Birth rates and death rates are both low so population starts decreasing. C) Birth rates and death rates are high meaning high stable population. D) Birth rates and death rates are decreasing so population growth starts slowing down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birth rates and death rates are high meaning high stable population. 12. Air pollution is ..... A) The addition of any substance that has harmful or toxic effects to air. B) The addition of any good substance that benefits air. C) A chemical reaction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The addition of any substance that has harmful or toxic effects to air. 13. A time period in which crops and livestock became domesticated and the population began to grow rapidly is..... A) The Agricultural Revolution. B) Hunter Gatherers. C) Space Exploration. D) The Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Agricultural Revolution. 14. The lithosphere combines what two layers? A) Athenosphere & Crust. B) Crust & Upper Mantel. C) Mantel & Athenosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust & Upper Mantel. 15. What are materials and energy found naturally that we can use to survive? Both renewable and non-renewable A) Greenhouse effect. B) Renewable resources. C) Non-Renewable resources. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural resources. 16. What is the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment? A) Environmental ethics. B) Environment. C) Environmental science. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental ethics. 17. What exactly does biodiversity measure within an ecosystem? A) The total population of every living organism within an ecosystem. B) The total population of a single species within an ecosystem. C) The number of different animals within an ecosystem. D) The number of different species within an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of different species within an ecosystem. 18. What is not a consequence of acid precipitation? A) An increase in the pH of soil and water. B) The death of aquatic plants and animals. C) The destruction of calcium carbonate in building materials. D) A change in the balance of soil chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An increase in the pH of soil and water. 19. Sponge-like formations of rock, sand, or gravel that hold water are known as A) Well. B) Spring. C) Recharge zone. D) Aquifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquifers. 20. What is one way the tragedy of the commons can be avoided? A) People need to only take what they NEED instead of trying to take ALL THEY WANT. B) People need to be aware that our resources and commons areas are limited and everyone has to share and care for these things. C) People need to quit thinking that commons areas are places where they can exploit and use for profit for themselves because that causes others to not be able to use these areas for what they need. D) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are correct. 21. Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question :question : Why is my room warmer during the day than at night? A) Sunlight is making my room warmer. B) Mr. Rivas has the heat turned on in the morning. C) If I close my blinds during the day, then my room will be cooler because sunlight can't get in. D) Sunlight actually cools down a room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If I close my blinds during the day, then my room will be cooler because sunlight can't get in. 22. The basic units of matter, the smallest units that maintain the chemical properties of an element, are called A) Compounds. B) Atoms. C) Macromolecules. D) Lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms. 23. This is the measure of relative clarity or cloudiness of a liquid. A) Ppm. B) Turbidity. C) Flocculation. D) VOCs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turbidity. 24. Which of these events during the modern environmentalism era was the result of a town constructed on a chemical waste dumpsite, and raised awareness of the problem of hazardous waste disposal? A) Love Canal. B) Nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. C) The Donora fluoride smog. D) The burning of the Cuyahoga River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love Canal. 25. This is the variety of life across all levels of ecological organizations A) Environmental science. B) Species. C) Biodiversity. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 26. How many people live on less than $ 2 per day? A) 2.5 billion. B) 2.8 billion. C) 6 billion. D) 4 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2.8 billion. 27. Citizens often have the most direct role with which of the following levels of government? A) Local. B) Regional. C) Federal. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local. 28. Are federally-managed, but do allow commercial logging and recreational hunting and fishing. A) National Parks. B) National Forests. C) National Wildlife Refuges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Forests. 29. Factor in an experiment that is tested or changed. A) Control group. B) Independent variable. C) Dependent variable. D) Experimental group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 30. Less-Developed Counties are..... A) Industrialized with low average income. B) Are less economically developed and have a less average income. C) US and Canada. D) Most European countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are less economically developed and have a less average income. ← 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