This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 52 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area? A) Predator. B) Producer. C) Ecosystem. D) Abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 2. A well tested hypothesis that explains many scientific observations? A) Question. B) Data. C) Principle. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 3. What two main factors would best indicate quality of life of a country's population? A) The total fertility rate and the death rate. B) The crude birth rate and the crude death rate. C) The birth rate and the infant mortality rate. D) The life expectancy and the infant mortality rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The life expectancy and the infant mortality rate. 4. A potential problem with incineration is ..... A) Reducing the volume of garbage. B) Trash falling off conveyer belts. C) Harmful air emissions. D) Danger to birds flying into smokestack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmful air emissions. 5. This renewable resource comes from deep within the Earth. A) Biomass. B) Geothermal Energy. C) Hydropower. D) Solar Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geothermal Energy. 6. What are three advantages of geothermal energy? A) Eco-friendly, widely available, creates jobs. B) Cheaply utilized, no potential emissions, surface stability. C) Highly efficient, extraction without fossil fuels, low risk. D) Stronger, faster, better than ever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eco-friendly, widely available, creates jobs. 7. One important scientific habit of mind, the ability to think of new ideas, called A) Intellectual honesty. B) Curiosity. C) Imagination. D) Skepticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagination. 8. What mainly distinguishes nekton from benthos? A) One lives in a freshwater ecosystem and the other lives in salty water. B) One swims freely and the other often lives attached to a hard surface. C) One is a predator and the other is a primary producer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One swims freely and the other often lives attached to a hard surface. 9. Water hardness is a measurement of the amount of ..... in a water sample. A) Dissolved minerals. B) Sediment. C) Bacteria. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissolved minerals. 10. Over a given unit of time, the rate at which plants and algae convert solar or chemical energy into energy stored in the bonds of organic sugars is called A) Natural selection. B) Gross primary production. C) Salinity. D) Estivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gross primary production. 11. Which of the following activities has a positive effect on the environment? A) Recycling. B) Deforestation. C) Pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycling. 12. 10 Invasive species have a negative impact on..... A) The ecosystem. B) The economy. C) Both the ecosystem and the economy. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the ecosystem and the economy. 13. Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or a slowly growing population? A) India. B) Canada. C) Mexico. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 14. The boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation in an aquifer is A) Ecology. B) Urban zone. C) Water table. D) Wind farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water table. 15. This historical event led to exponential growth of the human population A) Industrial revolution. B) Agricultural revolution. C) Dust bowl. D) Revolutionary war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial revolution. 16. Restrictions pollution into the atmosphere. A) Safe Drinking Water Act. B) Clean Water Act. C) Clean Air Act. D) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clean Air Act. 17. More- Developed Countries are..... A) Industrialized with high average income. B) Industrialized with low average income. C) Have high poverty rates. D) Have low ecological footprints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrialized with high average income. 18. Visible light reaches Earth's surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth's atmosphere causes this to happen? A) The hole in the ozone. B) The greenhouse effect. C) Atmospheric pressure. D) The inversion layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The greenhouse effect. 19. An example of an observation would be A) Using your opinion to tell someone they're wrong. B) Using your sight to watch dolphins swimming. C) Using your friends to help you with an experiment. D) Using your experiment to make money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using your sight to watch dolphins swimming. 20. The pattern of air during thermal inversion is A) Warm- cold- warm. B) Cold- warm- cold. C) There is no pattern, it is only cold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold- warm- cold. ← 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