This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Earth's atmosphere water vapor and pressure have a A) Intermittent relationship. B) Indirect relationship. C) Direct relationship. D) Undetermined relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect relationship. 2. This is a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the ocean between high- and low-water marks. A) Beach. B) Salt marsh. C) Swamp. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beach. 3. 1 An individual living thing is a/an ..... A) Habitat. B) Ecosystem. C) Organism. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism. 4. Normal precipitation has a pH of about 5.6. What pH might acid precipitation have? A) 4.6. B) 7. C) 9.6. D) 12.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4.6. 5. Animal wastes that runoff into water is an example of which types of pollution? A) Bacterial & chemical. B) Chemical & sediment. C) Nutrient & bacterial. D) Sediment & nutrient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrient & bacterial. 6. Smog is..... A) A type of acid rain. B) A chemical reaction between the water in the air, pollution and the sun. C) A type of cloud. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A chemical reaction between the water in the air, pollution and the sun. 7. The key goal of environmental science is to figure out how humans can achieve .....? A) Population Stabilitiy. B) Profits. C) Sustainability. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 8. A hypothesis that is supported by the results of repeated experimentation and observation. A) Conclusion. B) Theory. C) Scientific law. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 9. The approach to development LEAST likely to result in sprawl is A) Leapfrog development. B) Commercial (strip) development. C) High-density multi-use development. D) Low-density single-use development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-density multi-use development. 10. The study of the air, water, and land surrounding the organism or community, which ranges from a small area to Earth's entire Biosphere; It includes the study of the impact of humans on the environment A) Biology. B) Ecology. C) Environmental Science. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental Science. 11. Group of similar things that is being studied. A) Average. B) Mean. C) Statistical populations. D) Probability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statistical populations. 12. Which step in the environmental decision-making model should include reading newspapers and listening to well-informed people on all dies of an issue? A) Evaluating all the information. B) Gathering information. C) Considering values. D) Exploring consequences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gathering information. 13. Power plants create electricity by A) Converting oil directly into electricity. B) Creating steam which turns turbines that power a generator. C) Only burning fossil fuels. D) Rubbing copper against substances that conduct electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creating steam which turns turbines that power a generator. 14. What is a fossil fuel? A) Coal. B) Oil. C) Natural gas. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 15. Match the Definition: A natural environment or area in which an organism lives. A) Habitat. B) Niche. C) Threatened species. D) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 16. What occurred in the 1700's and led to expansion in the US. A) The Renaissance. B) The Industrial Revolution. C) Pearl Harbour. D) World War 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Industrial Revolution. 17. The "lesson" of Easter Island was that: A) Conservation of resources is always necessary for sustainable societies. B) We never comprehend resource issues until the resource is gone. C) Political support is required to ensure sustainable societies. D) Economics is an important facilitator of sustainable societies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation of resources is always necessary for sustainable societies. 18. Comes from many different sources and can be more difficult to identify. An example would be a river polluted by runoff from any of the land in its watershed A) Point source pollution. B) Nonpoint-source pollution. C) Reservoir. D) Thermal Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint-source pollution. 19. An attempt to design cities so as to maximize their functionality and beauty is A) City planning. B) Sprawl. C) Urbanization. D) Ecological restoration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) City planning. 20. The layers of the Earth from center to the surface go in order from A) Outer core, inner core, mantle, crust. B) Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core. C) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironmental Science Quiz 1Environmental Science Quiz 2Environmental Science Quiz 3Environmental Science Quiz 4Environmental Science Quiz 5Environmental Science Quiz 6Environmental Science Quiz 7Environmental Science Quiz 8Environmental Science Quiz 9Environmental Science Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books