This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does "fitness" mean when describing an organism? A) A nonnative organism that spreads widely in a community. B) The process of selection conducted under human direction. C) A heritable trait that increases the likelihood of an individual's survival and reproduction. D) How reproductively successful an organism is in its environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How reproductively successful an organism is in its environment. 2. The trapping of gases around the earth to ensure that life can exist is called A) Global warming. B) Climate change. C) Deforestation. D) Harvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 3. In the last several hundred years, human population has ..... dramatically. A) Increased. B) Decreased. C) Stayed the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased. 4. In which part of a nuclear power plant does nuclear fission occur? A) Reactor vessel. B) Heat exchanger. C) Condenser. D) Cooling tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reactor vessel. 5. The pH of the water in several lakes in Norway and Sweden had decreased to below 5.0 due to an increase in acid rain. Which of the following is most likely to happen in these lakes? A) The decline of several fish populations. B) An increase in numbers of fish. C) An increase in the amount of primary producers. D) Increased predator-prey relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The decline of several fish populations. 6. Which is a major cause of global climate change? A) Ozone in the upper atmosphere. B) Nuclear power plants. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Dumping plastic in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. 7. Which energy source contributes to air pollution? A) Hydropower. B) Solar. C) Geothermal. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomass. 8. One important scientific habit of mind is the ability of new ideas, called A) Intellectual honesty. B) Curiosity. C) Imagination. D) Skepticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curiosity. 9. Used to run a turbine at a powerplant A) Steam. B) Fossil fuel. C) Nuclear reactor. D) Oi refinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam. 10. One of the three major environmental problems is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem? A) Developing countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. C) The human population overall is too small. D) Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. 11. Infectious diseases can be spread by A) Contaminated water. B) Human contact. C) Animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. ..... are caused by a pathogen, such as a virus or a bacterium. A) Carcinogens. B) Neurotoxins. C) Infectious diseases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infectious diseases. 13. The ozone layer protects us from A) Increased atmospheric heat. B) CFCs. C) UV rays. D) Decreased atmospheric heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) UV rays. 14. Environmental Ethic is the moral relationship that humans have with the environment. A) True. B) False. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Water shortages can be created by ..... A) Weather related issues like drought. B) Human consumption. C) Human withdrawal. D) All of these reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these reasons. 16. An impermeable layer of soil and rock A) Has many large pore spaces. B) Has few or no pores. C) Is very likely to contain pollution. D) Is usually full of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has few or no pores. 17. Which is a practical method for managing a commons, like the oceans of the world? A) Divide the resources into sections and assign them. B) Eliminate all private ownership of the resource. C) Make the resource cheaper to access. D) Offer tax breaks to resource users. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divide the resources into sections and assign them. 18. Which is true of air pollution and human health A) Years of research link air pollution to lung disease. B) Air pollution is commonly listed as a cause of death. C) None of the health effects of air pollution are reversible. D) Healthy adults are most affected by air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Years of research link air pollution to lung disease. 19. The study of how organisms interact with one another and with their environments is called ..... A) Sustainability. B) Biodiversity. C) Ecology. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 20. An ecological footprint is A) Roughly a men's size 8. B) A big footprint in the mud. C) The amount of land and water needed to supply an individual or a population with renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution these resources produce. D) Is when people continually waste, deplete, and degrade much of Earth's natural capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The amount of land and water needed to supply an individual or a population with renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution these resources produce. ← 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