This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. High blood pressure and stress are both human health effects linked to A) Light pollution. B) Air pollution. C) Noise pollution. D) Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noise pollution. 2. Which is not an ocean? A) Southern. B) American. C) Atlantic. D) Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American. 3. The three properties of water that make it unique include all, EXCEPT: A) Cohesion. B) Universal solvent. C) Its salinity. D) Resistance to temperature changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its salinity. 4. The study of how humans interact with the environment A) Chemistry. B) Environmental science. C) Biology. D) Algebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental science. 5. What does ecological footprint measure? A) How the quantity of natural resources humans need compare to the earth's capacity to provide those resources. B) The size of cities across the world. C) The shoe size of the average human. D) The amount of fossil fuels that are burned for energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the quantity of natural resources humans need compare to the earth's capacity to provide those resources. 6. Modern understandings of sustainable development hold that sustainability occurs when: A) Biodiversity resources exceed human demand. B) External costs are factored into the value of all converted ecosystems. C) Environmental goals overlap with social and economic goals, achieving a triple bottom line. D) All economic costs of altering, developing, and maintaining converted ecosystems are taken into consideration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental goals overlap with social and economic goals, achieving a triple bottom line. 7. A testable explanation that is based on observations and research is known as a A) Control. B) Conclusion. C) Variable. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothesis. 8. Which terms best describe heterotrophs? A) Plants; producers. B) Plants; consumers. C) Animals; producers. D) Animals; consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animals; consumers. 9. The arrows in a food chain or web represents what? A) They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. B) They point to the organism that is being eaten. C) It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem. D) They represent how water is transferred within a habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 10. The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis, is called the A) Aphotic zone. B) Stream. C) Benthic zone. D) Photic zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photic zone. 11. A rock containing iron turns red as its surface is exposed to air and water over time. This is an example of A) Physical weathering. B) Primary succession. C) Chemical weathering. D) Decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical weathering. 12. Groundwater depletion can occur from A) Pollution. B) Runoff. C) Leaking. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drought. 13. The ozone layer occurs naturally in what layer of the atmosphere? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 14. Scientist believe that there have been ..... mass extinctions, and we are currently creating the .....? A) 5, 6. B) 6, 7. C) 4, 5. D) 3, 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5, 6. 15. A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest would be considered a(n) A) Environmentalist. B) Peer reviewer. C) Ecological footprint. D) Environmental scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmentalist. 16. The human population has grown from 1 billion in the 1800s to more than .....billion today. A) 12. B) 9. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 17. How did the Himalaya Mountains form? A) Glacial movements. B) Erosion. C) Convection. D) Colliding tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colliding tectonic plates. 18. Which of these is not an example of a commons? A) Ocean. B) Air. C) Privately owned farms. D) Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Privately owned farms. 19. What is the difference between swamps and freshwater marshes? A) Swamps have deep water, but marshes have shallow water. B) Swamps have mostly woody shrubs and trees, but marshes have mostly grasses. C) Swamps usually have saltwater, but marshes have fresh water. D) Swamps have lots of wildlife, but marshes do not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swamps have mostly woody shrubs and trees, but marshes have mostly grasses. 20. This group in an experiment does not change anything in the experimental group is the ..... A) Independent variable. B) Constant. C) Dependent variable. D) Control group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control group. 21. Which of the following statements helps to explain why fresh water is a limited resource? A) Most of Earth's water is salt water. B) About 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by water. C) Most of Eath's fresh water is not liquid water usable by humans. D) Both (a) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (c). 22. As global temperature rises precipitation A) Can no longer be measured. B) Increases. C) Remains the same. D) Deceases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases. 23. Which one of the following environmental issues can be considered the primary cause of all the others? A) Premature extinction. B) Destruction of habitat. C) Human population growth. D) Increasing resource use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human population growth. 24. When did congress creat the National park Serves A) 1994. B) 2013. C) 1916. D) 194. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1916. 25. What is one disadvantage of using wind power? A) It is renewable. B) The wind is everywhere. C) It is not always windy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is not always windy. 26. Many individuals of the same species living together in a defined area form ..... A) A population. B) A community. C) An ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A population. 27. Plant material, manure, and wood A) Biomass fuel. B) Fuel cell. C) Active solar heating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass fuel. 28. What type of symbiosis?* The plover picks and eats scraps of meat from the crocodile's teeth.* The crocodile gets a free teeth-cleaning! A) Parasitism. B) Mutualism. C) Predation. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 29. Which of the following forms of renewable energy uses the sun's energy most directly? A) Biomass fuel. B) Geothermal energy. C) A hydrogen fuel cell. D) Passive solar heatin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passive solar heatin. 30. The process of making sense of the results of an experiment is called ..... A) Habitat. B) Variable. C) Analysis. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analysis. ← 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