This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect? A) Rocks. B) Tides. C) Mountains. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tides. 2. When energy from the sun is used to heat something directly (with no moving parts), it is called..... A) Active solar heating. B) Passive solar heating. C) Photovoltaic cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive solar heating. 3. UV light and chlorine are used during the ..... process of water treatment. A) Flocculation. B) Aeration. C) Coagulation. D) Disinfection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disinfection. 4. One process used to obtain fresh water from salt water is called A) Filtration. B) Coagulation. C) Recharge. D) Desalination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desalination. 5. ..... is the efficient use of resources. A) Recycling. B) Natural Resources. C) Conservation. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation. 6. Preserving natural resources for future generations is part of a(n)..... A) Built environment. B) Ecosystem. C) Sustainable society. D) Natural environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainable society. 7. What is Meteorology? A) The study of meteors. B) The study of organisms. C) The study of rocks. D) The study of the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The study of the atmosphere. 8. 2 During which period in human history were most of our modern environmental problems introduced? A) Agricultural. B) Hunter-gatherer. C) Biotechnology Era. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial Revolution. 9. The parts of the world that humans have made A) Natural environment. B) Built environment. C) Sustainable society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built environment. 10. ..... describes the average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area. A) Biome. B) Weather. C) Climatograph. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 11. What is a renewable resource? A) One that will never run out. B) One that comes from the sun. C) One that is man-made. D) One that can be replaced quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One that can be replaced quickly. 12. Explain what Environmental Wisdom Worldview means. A) Worldview belief that we are totally dependant in nature and should preserve nature as much as possible to maintain our own species. B) Depends on nature to guide natural belief. C) Matter doesn't enter or leave it in large amounts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worldview belief that we are totally dependant in nature and should preserve nature as much as possible to maintain our own species. 13. As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature ..... A) Decreases. B) Stays the same. C) Gets very hot. D) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 14. What is the name of the type of large brown algae that grows from the ocean floor of continental shelves, reaching upward toward the sunlit surface? A) Chiton. B) Coral. C) Phytoplankton. D) Kelp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kelp. 15. When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer? A) Control. B) Compound. C) Dependent. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent. 16. Which is the best example of the tragedy of the commons? A) Using national forests for timber production. B) Restriction of nuclear wastes to a single site in Nevada. C) Collective grape farming in French communities. D) Depletion of fish in the North Atlantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depletion of fish in the North Atlantic. 17. What is the estimated temperature of Earth's inner core? A) 300$^\circ$C to 425$^\circ$C. B) 4, 000$^\circ$C to 5, 400$^\circ$C. C) 400$^\circ$C to 500$^\circ$C. D) 3, 000$^\circ$C to 4, 000$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4, 000$^\circ$C to 5, 400$^\circ$C. 18. Which was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. A) Improvement in quality of life. B) Overhunting of large mammals. C) Growth of cities. D) Shift to the use of fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overhunting of large mammals. 19. What is the purpose of adding alum to water during the treatment process A) To filter and remove large organisms and trash. B) To form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling to. C) To prevent bacterial growth. D) To remove unwanted gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling to. 20. OTEC works because water boils at low temperatures when A) Cooled in a vacuum chamber. B) Pumped from the ocean. C) Under low pressure in a vacuum chamber. D) High pressure chamber. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under low pressure in a vacuum chamber. 21. The mesosphere has the atmosphere's lowest temperatures at approximately A) -90. B) -95. C) -80. D) -85. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -90. 22. Ozone acts as a ..... A) Pollutant in the stratosphere. B) Pollutant in the thermosphere. C) Carcinogen in the stratosphere. D) Shield from UV radiation for living creatures on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shield from UV radiation for living creatures on Earth. 23. What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment? A) Natural selection. B) Adaptation. C) Mutation. D) Camouflage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adaptation. 24. Criteria such as salinity, depth, and whether the water is flowing or standing are used by scientists to A) Determine the number of species in a body of water. B) Measure net primary productivity from terrestrial ecosystems. C) Classify aquatic ecosystems. D) Distinguish aquatic ecosystems from terrestrial ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classify aquatic ecosystems. 25. Our effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce. A) Carbon Footprint. B) Ecological Footprint. C) Biocentric. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological Footprint. 26. Do not allow commercial activities, but may allow recreational hunting and fishing. A) National Wildlife Refuges. B) National Parks. C) National Forests. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Wildlife Refuges. 27. This is the outcome of the experiment. We get data and results from this. A) Control. B) Independent Variable. C) Constant. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent Variable. 28. What does the Law of Unintended Consequences mean? A) States that the actions of people and governments always have unexpected effects. B) Negative rates of different species living in the same area. C) Takes perspective that humans should manage the Earth's resources to achieve maximum benefits. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) States that the actions of people and governments always have unexpected effects. 29. Geothermal energy is obtained by harnessing A) Energy from tides. B) Sunlight. C) Wind energy. D) Hot underground water or steam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hot underground water or steam. 30. What happens to the air pressure the higher up in space you go? A) There is no air pressure. B) The air pressure decreases. C) The air pressure stays the same. D) The air pressure increases. 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