This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is a major cause of global climate change? A) Ozone in the upper atmosphere. B) Nuclear power plants. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Dumping plastic in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. 2. Which energy source contributes to air pollution? A) Solar. B) Geothermal. C) Biomass. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomass. 3. One important scientific habit of mind is the ability of new ideas, called A) Curiosity. B) Skepticism. C) Imagination. D) Intellectual honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curiosity. 4. Used to run a turbine at a powerplant A) Steam. B) Oi refinery. C) Fossil fuel. D) Nuclear reactor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam. 5. One of the three major environmental problems is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem? A) Developing countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. C) The human population overall is too small. D) Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. 6. Infectious diseases can be spread by A) Contaminated water. B) Human contact. C) Animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. ..... are caused by a pathogen, such as a virus or a bacterium. A) Carcinogens. B) Neurotoxins. C) Infectious diseases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infectious diseases. 8. The ozone layer protects us from A) CFCs. B) Increased atmospheric heat. C) UV rays. D) Decreased atmospheric heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) UV rays. 9. Environmental Ethic is the moral relationship that humans have with the environment. A) True. B) False. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Water shortages can be created by ..... A) Weather related issues like drought. B) Human consumption. C) Human withdrawal. D) All of these reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these reasons. 11. An impermeable layer of soil and rock A) Has many large pore spaces. B) Has few or no pores. C) Is very likely to contain pollution. D) Is usually full of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has few or no pores. 12. Which is a practical method for managing a commons, like the oceans of the world? A) Divide the resources into sections and assign them. B) Eliminate all private ownership of the resource. C) Make the resource cheaper to access. D) Offer tax breaks to resource users. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divide the resources into sections and assign them. 13. Which is true of air pollution and human health A) Years of research link air pollution to lung disease. B) Air pollution is commonly listed as a cause of death. C) None of the health effects of air pollution are reversible. D) Healthy adults are most affected by air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Years of research link air pollution to lung disease. 14. The study of how organisms interact with one another and with their environments is called ..... A) Biodiversity. B) Ecology. C) Sustainability. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 15. An ecological footprint is A) Roughly a men's size 8. B) A big footprint in the mud. C) The amount of land and water needed to supply an individual or a population with renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution these resources produce. D) Is when people continually waste, deplete, and degrade much of Earth's natural capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The amount of land and water needed to supply an individual or a population with renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution these resources produce. 16. Which organism is most likely to be at the bottom of a forest food chain? A) Mouse. B) Insect. C) Mushroom. D) Shrubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shrubs. 17. Which of the following is a threat to coral reefs? A) Oils spills. B) Sewage. C) Pesticides. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Oceans affect global climate by A) Fish taking oxygen out of the atmosphere. B) Plants decaying and using up carbon dioxide. C) Storing and transferring heat. D) Breaking up water intro hydrogen and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storing and transferring heat. 19. Match the Definition: These Bees are female. They do most of the work in and out of the hive, including collecting pollen, caring for the larvae, and building the hive. They are the smallest bee and can live 5-7 weeks. A) Queen Bee. B) Drone Bees. C) Worker Bees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worker Bees. 20. What is the name of Georgia's largest monadnock? A) Lake Lanier. B) Fall line. C) Pole cat. D) Stone Mt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stone Mt. 21. This term describes the number of individuals in a population per unit of area A) Demography. B) Ecology. C) Population distribution. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population density. 22. Excess nutrients cause sudden explosions of algal growth. A) Algal Blooms. B) Wastewater. C) Cultural eutrophication. D) Pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algal Blooms. 23. A possible explanation or solution to a problem. A) Observation. B) Conclusion. C) Hypothesis. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 24. Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.What did the Romans build as a step toward environmental management?The Romans built .....to carry water from abundant water areas to areas with high chances of drought. A) Pipes. B) Aqueducts. C) Tunnels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aqueducts. 25. Variable that stays the same during an experiment is ..... A) Hypothesis. B) Dependent variable. C) Constant. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constant. 26. Coal, oil and gas are examples of A) Fossil fuels. B) Sea fulels. C) Bone fuels. D) Shell Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil fuels. 27. A habitat is the place where an animal lives. Which animal's habitat is probably not in the desert? A) An insect. B) Bear. C) Desert rat. D) Lizard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bear. 28. The number of bee visits is recorded for different types of flowers. What is the Independent variable in that statement? A) Bee species. B) Amount of flowers. C) Number of bee visits. D) Different flower types. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Different flower types. 29. Scientists once thought that the continents had formed in their current locations. Alfred Wegener first published this theory of continental drift in 1915. Which of the following provides evidence for continental drift? A) Movement of the Australian continent was observed. B) Africa and South America have the same type of climate. C) Plants and animals found in Africa differ from those found in Australia. D) Africa North America and South America fit together like puzzle pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa North America and South America fit together like puzzle pieces. 30. Which of the following is NOT a MAIN environmental problem? A) Resource Depletion. B) Pollution. C) Climate Change. D) Poverty. 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