This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 39 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What will reduce population growth? A) Decreasing literacy and women having more children. B) Starving some people and taking away necessities of life. C) More people in cities with large families. D) Increasing literacy, education, and access to healthcare as well as economic stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasing literacy, education, and access to healthcare as well as economic stability. 2. An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Estuary. C) Marshes. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 3. What type of urban pollution is a result of smoke and fog produced from industrial pollutants and fossil fuels? A) Acid rain. B) Smog. C) Ozone depletion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smog. 4. What layer of the atmosphere do we live in? A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Ionosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 5. Radiation, conduction, and convection are the three main methods of A) Transferring heat. B) Calculating relative humidity. C) Modeling climate. D) Measuring air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transferring heat. 6. Since the year 2000, May 23 has been observed worldwide to bring attention and increase knowledge of a certain species of marine animal. These are reptiles under the order Testudines and are one of the oldest living animal groups, having lived alongside the early dinosaurs. Easily identifiable by the cartilaginous carapace they have, their biggest threat has been commercial fishing and destruction of habitat. What is May 23 observed as? A) World snake day. B) World Turtle Day. C) World marine day. D) World fish day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World Turtle Day. 7. What is the definition of climate? A) How hot it is in a certain place. B) The rainforest. C) The condition of the air around the Earth. D) The pattern of weather over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The pattern of weather over time. 8. Which of the following offers the greatest conservation of water? A) Drip irrigation. B) Center pivot sprinkler systems. C) LEPA sprinkler systems. D) Flood irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drip irrigation. 9. An oil spill is an example of A) Natural pollution. B) Point-source pollution. C) Nonpoint-source pollution. D) Reversible pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point-source pollution. 10. An abiotic factor affecting another abiotic factor would be A) Rainfall causing erosion of a mountain. B) Rainfall giving water to an insect. C) A stone being pushed by an insect. D) The migration of birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainfall causing erosion of a mountain. 11. What provides the raw material for adaptation to local conditions? A) Ecosystem diversity. B) Species diversity. C) Genetic diversity. D) Extirpation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic diversity. 12. Which of the following is a non-point source of water pollution? A) Hot water discharges from a nuclear power plant. B) BP refiner in Indiana discharging ammonia in a river. C) Effluent from a sewage treatment plant. D) Runoff of pesticides from regional farms into the Illinois River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runoff of pesticides from regional farms into the Illinois River. 13. Time it takes carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to disperse A) 100 years. B) 10 years. C) 1 year. D) 1 day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 years. 14. Which of the following atmospheric gasses is changing the global climate? A) Ozone. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 15. Global population is projected to be about .....in 2050 A) 9 billion. B) 10 billiion. C) 7 billion. D) 8 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 billiion. 16. Which is a secondary air pollutant A) Carbon monoxide. B) Ozone. C) Particulate matter. D) Nitrogen oxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone. 17. What happens to plastics in the ocean? A) They breakdown quickly in 5-10 years. B) They breakdown slowly 10-50 years. C) They take hundreds of years to break down. D) They never really breakdown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They never really breakdown. 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource? A) Timber. B) Plastic. C) Coal. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plastic. 19. Which layer of the atmosphere helps us by burning up incoming meteors? A) Thermosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mesosphere. 20. How is pesticide resistance related to evolution? A) Insects cannot evolve if pesticides are used. B) Humans have used chemicals to control pests which has now made them resistant to insecticides. C) Humans have evolved a resistance to pesticides. D) Using the wrong insecticide has made insects stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans have used chemicals to control pests which has now made them resistant to insecticides. 21. The number of individuals that a particular area can support is called the A) Biotic Potential. B) Community. C) Survivorshop. D) Carrying Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying Capacity. 22. What is NOT a way to conserve energy? A) Take a short shower instead of a long one. B) Turn off the lights when leaving a room. C) Recycle old newspapers and drink cans. D) Driving a car instead of riding a bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Driving a car instead of riding a bike. 23. 3 The largest watershed in the United States is A) Cooper River. B) Delaware River. C) Colorado River. D) Mississippi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mississippi River. 24. A snake is eaten by a hawk. The hawk is the ..... A) Prey. B) Parasite. C) Predator. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predator. 25. Region where strongest and earliest global warming impacts have occurred A) Sub-tropical. B) Polar. C) Tropical. D) Temperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polar. 26. The ..... environment is all living and nonliving things in nature. A) Biology. B) Oxygen. C) Variable. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural. 27. What best identifies a biome? A) Exists in limited regions of the world. B) Contain two ecosystems, hence the name biome. C) Usually described by their vegetation. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Usually described by their vegetation. 28. The energy in most ecosystems originally comes from A) Green plants. B) Wind. C) The sun. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun. 29. The variety of life on Earth A) Biodiversity. B) Natural environment. C) Built environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 30. Most trees in tropical dry forests are ..... which means they lose their leaves and stop photosynthesis during part of the year. A) Deciduous. B) Fir trees. C) Coniferous. D) Elms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deciduous. ← 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