This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It refers to the removal of salt from ocean water A) Dam. B) Reservoir. C) Salination. D) Desalination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desalination. 2. This law establishes testing protocols for municipal tap water A) Clean Water Act. B) Clean Air Act. C) Safe Drinking Water Act. D) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Safe Drinking Water Act. 3. Any inherited characteristics that increases an organisms chance of survival is a (n) ..... A) Natural selection. B) Niche. C) Adaptation. D) Mutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adaptation. 4. Matter that organisms require for their life processes are A) Biogeochemical cycles. B) Producers. C) Nutrients. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrients. 5. Public land is overgrazed by privately owned cows. This is an example of the..... A) Tragedy of the commons. B) Rule of seventy. C) Principle of manifest destiny. D) Swapping of debt for nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy of the commons. 6. Which of the following pollutants is the leading cause of lung cancer in the United States? A) Mercurary. B) Radon. C) Lead. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radon. 7. The law of conservation of mass is a ..... A) Theory. B) Hypothesis. C) Principle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Principle. 8. The "triple bottom line" of sustainability includes: A) Environmental, social and economic factors. B) Architectural, engineering and financial factors. C) Human, animal and plant factors. D) All choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental, social and economic factors. 9. What percentage of Earth's surface is covered in water? A) 75%. B) 90%. C) 25%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75%. 10. The lithosphere is carried on a softer, but still firm, layer of rock called the A) Geosphere. B) Core. C) Crust. D) Asthenosphre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asthenosphre. 11. Which of the following is true regarding food production and availability? A) There is not enough food produced in the world to adequately feed everyone. B) There is enough food produced to feed everyone, and everyone has enough food to live. C) There is more than enough food produced, but not everyone has access to adequate nutrition. D) Everyone that wants to can buy or grow enough food for themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is more than enough food produced, but not everyone has access to adequate nutrition. 12. Which of the following energy sources is useful in most parts of the world? A) Tidal power. B) OTEC. C) Geothermal energy. D) Active solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Active solar energy. 13. Which environmental problem is an undesirable change in an environment caused by the introduction of a substance that can harm living organisms? A) Resource Depletion. B) Pollution. C) Loss of Biodiversity. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution. 14. Watering crops by way of human-constructed structures is known as A) Precipitation. B) Irrigation. C) Salinization. D) Fertilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irrigation. 15. The United States uses which percentage of the world's fossil fuels? A) 75 percent. B) 25 percent. C) 18 percent. D) 10 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25 percent. 16. Urban sprawl A) Is when cities spread out using up surrounding land. B) Puts a strain on existing infrastructures. C) Creates an increase in pollution. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 17. The place where an organism lives is it's ..... A) Water. B) Principal. C) Overconsumption. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principal. 18. Procedure used to test a hypothesis A) Observation. B) Hypothesis. C) Prediction. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiment. 19. Climatographs are useful tools in describing a biome's climate. They typically show patterns in annual A) Rainfall and snowfall. B) Precipitation and humidity. C) Precipitation and temperature. D) Temperature and sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation and temperature. 20. Which of the following types of organisms experience seasonal loss of leaves as an adaptation to their climate? A) Coniferous trees. B) Succulent plants. C) Deciduous trees. D) Grasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deciduous trees. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books