This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world, including people, from undesirable changes brought about by human actions. A) The environment. B) Environmental science. C) Enviromentalism. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enviromentalism. 2. The protection of natural resources A) Social/cultural value. B) Educational value. C) Environmental value. D) Recreational value. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental value. 3. The variable that is changed on purpose is: A) Control. B) Dependent. C) Independent. D) Outcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent. 4. In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly? A) Kenya. B) Germany. C) Australia. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kenya. 5. Which of these properties is measured on the pH scale? A) Acidity. B) Hardness. C) Salinity. D) Dissolved oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acidity. 6. El nino is? A) Warming of the pacific ocean, near the equator. B) Cooling of pacific ocean, near the equator. C) Area of low oxygen and abundunce of agae due to pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warming of the pacific ocean, near the equator. 7. Adding data and dividing it by the number of objects A) Mean. B) Mode. C) Median. D) Stats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mean. 8. A compound made of three oxygen atoms is called A) Acid rain. B) Smog. C) Ozone. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone. 9. The most energy-efficient vehicles available today are A) Cars with gasoline engines. B) Hybrid cars. C) Fuel cell cars. D) Cars that use biomass fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hybrid cars. 10. New nuclei and neutrons result from A) Nuclear fusion. B) The release of electrons from a positively charged atom. C) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. D) The splitting of an atom's neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. 11. Why do we not have more nuclear power plants? A) It doesn't produce a lot of electricity. B) Risk of radioactive leaks. C) We are running out of uranium. D) We are using the uranium for bombs instead of energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk of radioactive leaks. 12. Which is most likely to happen after clearcutting a forest? A) A decrease in runoff volume. B) A decrease in water temperature. C) An increase in topsoil depth. D) An increase in nitrates in local streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An increase in nitrates in local streams. 13. Renewable energy is energy from sources that A) Are not used up faster than they are formed. B) Will take years to deplete. C) Humans can manufacture. D) Were once living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are not used up faster than they are formed. 14. Environmental science applies to all of the following EXCEPT..... A) How the natural world works. B) How much greenhouse gas is produced. C) How our environment affects us. D) How we affect our environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How much greenhouse gas is produced. 15. High blood pressure and stress are both human health effects linked to A) Smog. B) Air pollution. C) Light pollution. D) Noise pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noise pollution. 16. Which is not an ocean? A) Atlantic. B) Pacific. C) American. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American. 17. The three properties of water that make it unique include all, EXCEPT: A) Cohesion. B) Resistance to temperature changes. C) Its salinity. D) Universal solvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its salinity. 18. The study of how humans interact with the environment A) Biology. B) Chemistry. C) Environmental science. D) Algebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental science. 19. What does ecological footprint measure? A) How the quantity of natural resources humans need compare to the earth's capacity to provide those resources. B) The size of cities across the world. C) The amount of fossil fuels that are burned for energy. D) The shoe size of the average human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the quantity of natural resources humans need compare to the earth's capacity to provide those resources. 20. Modern understandings of sustainable development hold that sustainability occurs when: A) Biodiversity resources exceed human demand. B) External costs are factored into the value of all converted ecosystems. C) Environmental goals overlap with social and economic goals, achieving a triple bottom line. D) All economic costs of altering, developing, and maintaining converted ecosystems are taken into consideration. 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