This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 36 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This law aims to merge environmental protection with economic pursuits recognizing the re-orientation of the community's view on solid waste, thereby providing schemes for waste minimization, volume reduction, resource recovery utilization and disposal. A) PD 1586-ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM. B) RA 9512- ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS EDUCATION ACT. C) RA 9003-ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000. D) RA 8749-PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RA 9003-ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000. 2. As the human population grows, resources A) Increase, then decrease. B) Decrease. C) Increase. D) Stay the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease. 3. In the first 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. 4. What is the name of the Georgia State Reptile A) Beaver. B) Gator. C) Rat snake. D) Gopher Tortoise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gopher Tortoise. 5. Many power plants use water from rivers in the process to generate electricity. Although much of this water is recycled, some is returned back to the river at a higher temperature., changing the habitat for organisms that live there. Which type of pollution is this? A) Nutrient. B) Bacterial. C) Thermal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermal. 6. Percentage of Earth's water that is freshwater A) 68%. B) 3%. C) 97%. D) 27%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3%. 7. Plankton from the ..... of the marine food web. A) Top. B) Base. C) Middle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Base. 8. Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment EXCEPT A) Temperature. B) Sunlight. C) Soil. D) Plant life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plant life. 9. Which worldview takes perspective that humans should manage the Earth's resources to achieve maximum benefits? A) Stewardship Worldview. B) Environmental Wisdom Worldview. C) Planetary Management Worldview. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planetary Management Worldview. 10. The largest watershed in the United States is the A) Rio Grande. B) Colorado River. C) Yukon River. D) Mississippi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mississippi River. 11. The number and variety of a species that live in a given area is the ..... A) Biodiversity. B) Variability. C) Species. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 12. Which of the following identifies the layers of the atmosphere in correct order, beginning with the lowest layer? A) Thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere. B) Mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere. C) Troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere. D) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. 13. What is the main qualification of a hypothesis? A) It's testable. B) It's educated. C) Stop asking me question s. D) It's a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's testable. 14. During the Agricultural Revolution, ..... provided power. A) Animals. B) Machines. C) Plants. D) Computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animals. 15. As they flow down a mountain to flatter ground, rivers generally become A) Wider. B) Warmer. C) Slower. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. A material or energy that is formed slower. Not able to be replaced in a short amount of time. Ex: oil, gas, coal A) Environmental ethics. B) Renewable Resources. C) Non-Renewable Resources. D) Natural Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-Renewable Resources. 17. What does a close system mean? A) Only things can enter but not leave. B) Things can enter or leave at will. C) Nothing can enter or leave. D) Only things can leave but not enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing can enter or leave. 18. Which one of the choices below is NOT a cause for global warming? A) Having too many farm animals. B) Burning Fossil Fuels. C) Industrialization. D) Planting new trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planting new trees. 19. Which law is a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats? A) Safe Drinking Water Act. B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). C) Clean Water Act. D) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endangered Species Act. 20. Industrial Revolution? A) Large cities where food/good where mass produced, causing pollution to the environment. B) Small family groups who hunted and gathered their food, moving on before they used all the resources. C) Small communities who produced their own food, causing fragmentation of their environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large cities where food/good where mass produced, causing pollution to the environment. 21. Catalytic converters, scrubbers, and electrostatic precipitators are examples of A) Technologies used to counteract the effects of acid precipitation on aquatic ecosystems. B) Technologies used to control pollution emissions. C) Technologies used to treat sick building syndrome. D) Technologies used to capture radon gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Technologies used to control pollution emissions. 22. A natural resource that is formed much more slowly than we use it is called A) Renewable. B) Ecological. C) Nonrenewable. D) Sustainable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonrenewable. 23. Which of the following is ALWAYS a nonrenewable natural resource? A) Wind. B) Oil. C) Fresh water. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oil. 24. Which of the following is a major source of biomass fuel in developing countries? A) Wood. B) Dung. C) Corn. D) Both of wood and dung. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both of wood and dung. 25. Mosses use ..... to anchor themselves to rocks near churning river headwaters A) Rhizoids. B) Flagella. C) Algae. D) Hooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhizoids. 26. Which of the following descriptions of hybrid cars is correct? A) Hybrid cars are energy efficient. B) Hybrid cars rely on biomass fuel. C) Hybrid cars haver not been made yet. D) Hybrid cars do not use gasoline engines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hybrid cars are energy efficient. 27. 1-9.3 Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Nitric oxides. C) Methane. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 28. Living part of an ecosystem. A) Abiotic factor. B) Niche. C) Habitat. D) Biotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic factor. 29. Elements of Environment are A) Physical elements. B) Biological elements. C) Cultural elements. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 30. Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals A) Herbivore. B) Heterotroph. C) Omnivore. D) Autotroph. 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