This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Preserving natural resources for future generations is part of a(n)..... A) Natural environment. B) Sustainable society. C) Ecosystem. D) Built environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable society. 2. What is Meteorology? A) The study of meteors. B) The study of the atmosphere. C) The study of rocks. D) The study of organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of the atmosphere. 3. 2 During which period in human history were most of our modern environmental problems introduced? A) Hunter-gatherer. B) Agricultural. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Biotechnology Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 4. The parts of the world that humans have made A) Natural environment. B) Built environment. C) Sustainable society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built environment. 5. ..... describes the average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area. A) Climate. B) Weather. C) Biome. D) Climatograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. 6. What is a renewable resource? A) One that can be replaced quickly. B) One that is man-made. C) One that comes from the sun. D) One that will never run out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One that can be replaced quickly. 7. Explain what Environmental Wisdom Worldview means. A) Worldview belief that we are totally dependant in nature and should preserve nature as much as possible to maintain our own species. B) Depends on nature to guide natural belief. C) Matter doesn't enter or leave it in large amounts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worldview belief that we are totally dependant in nature and should preserve nature as much as possible to maintain our own species. 8. As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature ..... A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Stays the same. D) Gets very hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 9. What is the name of the type of large brown algae that grows from the ocean floor of continental shelves, reaching upward toward the sunlit surface? A) Coral. B) Chiton. C) Kelp. D) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kelp. 10. When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer? A) Dependent. B) Independent. C) Control. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 11. Which is the best example of the tragedy of the commons? A) Depletion of fish in the North Atlantic. B) Collective grape farming in French communities. C) Using national forests for timber production. D) Restriction of nuclear wastes to a single site in Nevada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depletion of fish in the North Atlantic. 12. What is the estimated temperature of Earth's inner core? A) 3, 000$^\circ$C to 4, 000$^\circ$C. B) 4, 000$^\circ$C to 5, 400$^\circ$C. C) 400$^\circ$C to 500$^\circ$C. D) 300$^\circ$C to 425$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4, 000$^\circ$C to 5, 400$^\circ$C. 13. Which was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. A) Shift to the use of fossil fuels. B) Improvement in quality of life. C) Growth of cities. D) Overhunting of large mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overhunting of large mammals. 14. What is the purpose of adding alum to water during the treatment process A) To filter and remove large organisms and trash. B) To form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling to. C) To prevent bacterial growth. D) To remove unwanted gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling to. 15. OTEC works because water boils at low temperatures when A) High pressure chamber. B) Cooled in a vacuum chamber. C) Under low pressure in a vacuum chamber. D) Pumped from the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under low pressure in a vacuum chamber. 16. The mesosphere has the atmosphere's lowest temperatures at approximately A) -80. B) -85. C) -90. D) -95. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -90. 17. Ozone acts as a ..... A) Shield from UV radiation for living creatures on Earth. B) Pollutant in the stratosphere. C) Pollutant in the thermosphere. D) Carcinogen in the stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shield from UV radiation for living creatures on Earth. 18. What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment? A) Natural selection. B) Mutation. C) Camouflage. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adaptation. 19. Criteria such as salinity, depth, and whether the water is flowing or standing are used by scientists to A) Classify aquatic ecosystems. B) Measure net primary productivity from terrestrial ecosystems. C) Distinguish aquatic ecosystems from terrestrial ecosystems. D) Determine the number of species in a body of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classify aquatic ecosystems. 20. Our effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce. A) Carbon Footprint. B) Ecological Footprint. C) Biocentric. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological Footprint. ← 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