This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 47 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scientific method is ..... A) Is a systematic and logical approach to find new things. B) Making an observation. C) Mathematical technique. D) Making conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a systematic and logical approach to find new things. 2. What has the largest impact on reproductive potential? A) Having a larger number of offspring at a time. B) Living longer. C) Reproducing at a younger age. D) Having offpspring more often. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reproducing at a younger age. 3. When Earth first formed, its surface was so hot it was liquid or ....., rock. A) Solid. B) Molten. C) Toxic. D) Cyanobacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Molten. 4. When a resource like timber is used as fast as or slower than it regrows it is being used ..... A) Nonrenewably. B) Unsustainably. C) Sustainably. D) Synthetically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainably. 5. Main reason major surface currents change direction is A) Sand builds up on the ocean floor. B) Heat from the Sun causes them to sink. C) They run into continents. D) Minor currents push them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They run into continents. 6. What is the biocapacity for the United States? A) -4.5 gha. B) 4.5 gha. C) -6.7 gha. D) 7.3 gha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -4.5 gha. 7. The 2 primary gases in Earth's atmosphere are ..... and ..... A) Oxygen and nitrogen. B) Oxygen and ozone. C) Nitrogen and CO2. D) CO2 and methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen and nitrogen. 8. ..... is the information obtained from a scientist A) Data. B) Variable. C) Hypothesis. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data. 9. 1-2.2 Process in which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment, survive and reproduce more successfully than those less well adapted (survival of the fittest) A) Evolution. B) Natural Selection. C) Artificial Selection. D) Resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural Selection. 10. Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as "sunny and humid, " describe A) Climate. B) Climatograph. C) Weather. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather. 11. Time period in which people used resources straight from nature and animal resources such as saber toothed cats, giant sloths and mastodons. A) Industrial Revolution. B) Agricultural Revolution. C) Hunter Gatherer. D) Space Exploration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hunter Gatherer. 12. Why do we want to use more renewable energy sources? A) They cause more pollution. B) They will go away if we don't use them. C) They cause less pollution. D) They are easier to create. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They cause less pollution. 13. Where is the majority of fresh water on Earth found? A) Lakes. B) Rivers. C) Ice caps and glaciers. D) Underground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice caps and glaciers. 14. A ..... is being tested in an experiment A) Variable. B) Analysis. C) Built. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable. 15. How has the human population grown over the past 200 years? A) Linearly. B) Exponentially. C) It hasn't. D) It has decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exponentially. 16. A ..... is a group of ecosystems that share similar abiotic and biotic conditions. A) Species. B) Community. C) Population. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biome. 17. An organism that must get nutrients by eating other organisms is called a A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Decomposer. D) Nitrifying bacterium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 18. Which of the following is an example of a primary pollutant? A) Ground level ozone. B) Soot from smoke. C) Radon. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soot from smoke. 19. In the ..... zone, the water is cool and dark. A) Benthic. B) Eutrophic. C) Littoral. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benthic. 20. The one part of an experiment that is changed by the scientist is called a ..... variable. A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) Control. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. ← 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