This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 71 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 71 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Developing countries have all but which of the following? A) Lower average incomes. B) A good amount of land per person. C) Rapid population growth. D) Agriculture based economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A good amount of land per person. 2. A logical statement about what will happen next A) Observation. B) Hypothesis. C) Prediction. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prediction. 3. Necessary to control acid precipitation A) Nausea. B) International agreement. C) Pollution control. D) Indoor air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International agreement. 4. Eutrophication of a body of water is often caused by the addition of A) Carbon and/or proteins. B) Lipids and/or hydrocarbons. C) Carbon and/or phosphorus. D) Phosphorus and/or nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phosphorus and/or nitrogen. 5. Most of Earth's freshwater is ..... A) Under ground. B) As a liquid on the surface. C) Frozen. D) In Olympic swimming pools. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frozen. 6. A branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior- good vs. bad, right vs. wrong. A) Ethics. B) Data. C) Peer review. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 7. Water with a salinity that is greater than freshwater but less than saltwater is classified as A) Photic. B) Aphotic. C) Brackish. D) Littoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brackish. 8. Preserved areas that are relatively unaltered from their original state. A) National Forests. B) National Wildlife Refuges. C) National Parks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National Parks. 9. The effects of urban areas on the environment are A) Negative only. B) Positive only. C) Both positive and negative. D) Nonexistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both positive and negative. 10. Because of their large size, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids are together called A) Solutions. B) Elements. C) Macromolecules. D) Hydrocarbons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macromolecules. 11. What happened in 1897? A) Congress passes the ForestManagement Act, which names someForest Reserves as nationalresources for timber harvesting, grazing, and mining. B) Congress passes legislationthat establishes SequoiaNational Park, and less than aweek later, Yosemite and GrantNational Parks. C) Wildlife and conservationclubs, such as the Audubon Society, Boone & Crockett Club, and SierraClub began forming across America. D) Yellowstone Park becomesthe first national park inAmerica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Congress passes the ForestManagement Act, which names someForest Reserves as nationalresources for timber harvesting, grazing, and mining. 12. How do consumers get their energy? A) Eating other organisms. B) Breaking down dead organisms. C) Makes its own food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating other organisms. 13. A ..... is what should remain the same in each trial of an experiment no matter what. A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Constant. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constant. 14. Which of the following is NOT a weather system? A) Hurricane. B) Frontal systems. C) Mid-latitude cyclones. D) Temperature inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature inversion. 15. Made up of the gases that surround Earth A) Hydrosphere. B) Cryosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 16. Precipitation that can carry pollutants from land into bodies of water is A) Benthic Zone. B) Eutrophication. C) Runoff. D) Nekton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Runoff. 17. Information gathered by using the senses A) Prediction. B) Observation. C) Experiment. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 18. All of the following populations are more sensitive to biological and chemical hazards, EXCEPT: A) Elderly. B) Overweight. C) Young. D) Immune-compromised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overweight. 19. NON-living things found in an ecosystem A) Biotic. B) Abiotc. C) Habitat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotc. 20. Not having enough of something A) Scarcity. B) Abundance. C) Growth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity. ← 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