This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of cogeneration? A) Using the waste heat from a furnace to power a steam turbine. B) Using ocean thermal energy conversion to run a turbine. C) Driving a fuel-efficient car. D) Using tidal power to generate electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using the waste heat from a furnace to power a steam turbine. 2. Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of..... A) Inflation. B) Urbanization. C) Influence. D) Urban Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 3. Which correctly describes ecology? A) Study of animals. B) Deals with interactions among organisms. C) Study of earth's land. D) Science concerned with livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deals with interactions among organisms. 4. Which of the following is NOT a reason for overexploitation of resources? A) Consumerism. B) Overpopulation. C) Community Awareness. D) Technology advancement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community Awareness. 5. Using one or more of the five senses to gather information A) Data. B) Infer. C) Observation. D) Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation. 6. Ozone layer blocks harmful ..... A) Ultraviolet rays. B) X-Rays. C) Infrared rays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ultraviolet rays. 7. Which of the following would be considered an ABIOTIC environmental factor? A) Producers. B) Rainfall. C) Consumers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rainfall. 8. Heat is transferred through space using this method. A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiation. 9. If ocean water did not move the Earth would be A) Colder at the equator. B) Warmer at the poles. C) Warmer at the equator. D) Unchanged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warmer at the equator. 10. The United States depends on its forests in many ways. Forests provide environmental, social and economic benefits to many people around the globe. They help filter drinking water, provide timber for building homes, habitats for a diverse array of plants and animals, supply oxygen, moderate temperatures and store atmospheric carbon. The health of a forest plays a role in maintaining human health. Which of the following statements supports the idea that human health benefits from a healthy forest? A) Forests provide timber for building homes. B) Forests provide habitats for plants and animals. C) Forests add oxygen to the atmosphere through decomposition. D) Forests filter carbon dioxide and oxygen through photosynthesis to allow for clean air to breathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forests filter carbon dioxide and oxygen through photosynthesis to allow for clean air to breathe. 11. Match the definition:The relationship between two different species where each individual benefits from the other. A) Biosphere. B) Community. C) Symbiosis. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbiosis. 12. 1-9.3 Gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth are known as A) Global gases. B) Offset gases. C) Proxy gases. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greenhouse gases. 13. What type of symbiosis? * Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. * Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower. A) Commensalism. B) Predation. C) Parasitism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutualism. 14. More than 97 percent of Earth's total water supply is found in A) Ice sheets. B) The ocean. C) The atmosphere. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ocean. 15. Chipko Movement was to save A) Trees. B) Rocks. C) River. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 16. The Clean Air Act is federal law that regulates levels of air pollution produced from A) Transportation and factories. B) Private homes only. C) Power plants only. D) Transportation, factories, power plants, and private homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transportation, factories, power plants, and private homes. 17. Which device helps clean car exhaust A) Scrubber. B) ZEV. C) Electrostatic precipitator. D) Catalytic converter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catalytic converter. 18. What are three of the main environmental problems today? A) Water loss, deforestation, mineral depletion. B) Pollution, loss of biodiversity, resource depletion. C) Over population, fires, land loss. D) Hurricanes, flooding, fires. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution, loss of biodiversity, resource depletion. 19. Fish are a type of ....., or free swimming organism A) Plant. B) Benthos. C) Nekton. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nekton. 20. ..... refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area A) Ecoloty. B) Biodiversity. C) Population. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 21. Which law is a framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste? A) Safe Drinking Water Act. B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). C) Clean Water Act. D) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 22. Wind power originally got their energy from . A) Plants that look like giant ferns. B) The wind. C) Dead sea creatures. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 23. A common air pollutant that is very dangerous because you cannot see it or smell it A) Carbon Monoxide. B) Nitrogen Oxide. C) Sulfur Monoxide. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon Monoxide. 24. The illegal capture or killing of an organism, often for money, is called A) Poaching. B) Fragmentation. C) Extinction. D) Harvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poaching. 25. A ..... plant species is one that occurs in area without human action. A) Native. B) Weed. C) Invasive. D) Non-Native. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Native. 26. The study of how the environment and humans affect one another is called ..... A) Ecology. B) Environmental Science. C) Environmental ethics. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Science. 27. Trees are considered ..... resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time. A) Nonrenewable. B) Inexhaustible. C) Recyclable. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable. 28. Widespread pollution problems are known as..... A) Point source. B) Non-point source. C) Erosion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source. 29. The Clean Water Act was created A) So the government can make money. B) To stop pollution. C) Set standards for pollution levels. D) To make the lakes and rivers from fishable and swimmable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make the lakes and rivers from fishable and swimmable. 30. The study of how humans interact with their natural environment. A) Environtmentalism. B) Environmental science. C) Population loss. D) Resource depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental science. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEnvironmental Science Quiz 1Environmental Science Quiz 2Environmental Science Quiz 3Environmental Science Quiz 5Environmental Science Quiz 6Environmental Science Quiz 7Environmental Science Quiz 8Environmental Science Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books