This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 101 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A pattern of eating that includes how much, what, and how often a person eats. A) Diet. B) Vitamins. C) Metabolism. D) Calories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diet. 2. Which of the following is not a benefit of composting? A) It keeps organic wastes out of landfills. B) Anything can be composted. C) It increases the number of beneficial soil organisms. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything can be composted. 3. Humans have inadvertently promoted the evolution of insects that are resistant to insecticides by A) Using insecticides that are outdated. B) By using an insect trap. C) Using the wrong insecticide. D) Trying to control pests with chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trying to control pests with chemicals. 4. An increase in Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to which of the following? A) Increase in temperature on Earth. B) Decrease in Albedo on Earth. C) Change in overall climate on Earth. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Which substance of formed when swamp plants are buried under pressure for a very long time? A) Water. B) Wood. C) Coal. D) Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 6. Least amount of precipitation A) Coniferous. B) Deciduous. C) Rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coniferous. 7. The branch of biology that focuses on how living things and nonliving parts of the environment. A) Earth science. B) Environmental science. C) Ecology. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 8. Most of the nutrients in an arctic ecosystem come from A) Melting ice. B) The ocean. C) Lakes. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ocean. 9. Trees are considered ..... resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time. A) Inexhaustible. B) Recyclable. C) Nonrenewable. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable. 10. What is when something is added to the environment that is harmful or poisonous to living things? A) Runoff. B) Groundwater. C) Transpiration. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollution. 11. The layers of the atmosphere that get hotter with increased altitude are the A) Thermosphere and mesosphere. B) Troposphere and mesosphere. C) Thermosphere and stratosphere. D) Stratosphere and mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere and stratosphere. 12. All decisions to reduce human contributions involve ..... A) Removing Nitrates from gases. B) Trade-offs between costs and benefits. C) Removing CO2 from coal. D) Reducing fossil fuel use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade-offs between costs and benefits. 13. The air is an example of a A) Non-renewable resource. B) Renewable resource. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource. 14. The single MOST important factor contributing to the modern-day extinction of hundreds of species on Earth is A) Invasive species. B) Greenhouse effect. C) Habitat destruction. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat destruction. 15. Your "carbon footprint" refers to the amount of carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) produced by A) The electricity you use at home. B) The gasoline you burn in your car. C) The trash you throw away. D) All of your daily activities and lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of your daily activities and lifestyle. 16. Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere? A) Part of the upper mantle. B) Crust, mantle, Core. C) Crust and upper mantle. D) Only the crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part of the upper mantle. 17. Animal adaptation that allow animals to live in hot environments as they hunt and feed during the night. A) Permafrost. B) Humid. C) Canopy. D) Nocturnal. E) Arid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nocturnal. 18. Supervolcanoes are the most dangerous type of volcanoes. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. Taking vitamins could extend a person's life expectancy. The dependent variable is A) How long people live. B) Amount of vitamins taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How long people live. 20. Chicken, fish eggs etc are called A) Animal products. B) Plants products. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animal products. 21. The process where some bacteria remove nitrate from the soil by converting it to nitrogen gas is: A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Nitrification. C) Nitrification. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denitrification. 22. From Earth to space, the main layers in our atmosphere are: A) Mesosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere. B) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. C) Thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere. D) Stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. 23. Streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called A) Recharge zone. B) Groundwater. C) Deep currents. D) Surface currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface currents. 24. Many food chains in an ecosystem would be called a ..... A) Food Pyramid. B) Food Consumer. C) Food Level. D) Food Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food Web. 25. How do jet streams influence the weather? A) By creating clouds. B) By increasing the moisture in the atmosphere. C) By drying out the atmosphere. D) By moving weather from one area to another very quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By moving weather from one area to another very quickly. 26. If the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what is the season currently like in the northern hemisphere? A) Winter. B) Autumn. C) Summer. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winter. 27. In order to use a resource sustainably you should A) Use it at a rate where it can be replenished. B) Use as much as you want, the people in developing countries do not need it. C) Use it before someone else does and there is none left for you. D) Preserve it, don't use any at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use it at a rate where it can be replenished. 28. Identify which form of matter is an example of radiation? A) Rain. B) Oven. C) Lava lamp. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 29. Matter organisms require for their life processes are called A) Legumes. B) Nutrients. C) Decomposers. D) Fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nutrients. 30. The action or process of flowing in or flowing out A) Turbidity. B) Flux. C) Sink. D) Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flux. 31. The variable that is being measured A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 32. What is responsible for nitrogen molecules changing into nitrates? A) The sun. B) Bacteria. C) Lightning. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lightning. 33. Living in an environmentally sustainable way necessitates: A) Living in a rural area. B) Living without basic ecosystem services. C) Sensitivity to the needs of future generations. D) Using Earth's resources efficiently whenever convenient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensitivity to the needs of future generations. 34. As the Earth warms, increased evaporation produces more clouds. Clouds increase albedo, reflecting more light away from the Earth. The temperature falls. Rates of evaporation fall A) Negative Feedback. B) Positive Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Feedback. 35. Watch the video before beginning the questions.What percentage of people currently live in urban areas? A) 20%. B) 70%. C) 30%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50%. 36. People moving from the rural areas to cities is called ..... A) Ruralization. B) Urbanization. C) Colonization. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 37. An example of a connection between ATMOsphere and HYDROsphere is: A) Rain. B) Lakes. C) Rivers. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 38. Which of the following represents a cultural ecosystem service? A) Pollination. B) Timber. C) Water cycle. D) Recreational opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recreational opportunities. 39. ..... is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of good and bad, right and wrong. A) Biology. B) Environmental. C) Ecology. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethics. 40. If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go? A) The doldrums around the equator. B) The jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere. C) The North or South Pole. D) The area around the Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The doldrums around the equator. 41. What impact does an invasive species have on the native species of the area? A) Fight off apex predators. B) Fragment habitats. C) Become the apex predator. D) Out compete for resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out compete for resources. 42. Branch of geology, is the study of the chemistry of materials such as rocks, soil, and water A) Geochemistry. B) Biochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geochemistry. 43. In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through ..... or through ..... A) Respiration decomposition. B) Respiration photosynthesis. C) Burning photosynthesis. D) Fixation decomposition. E) Decomposition photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiration decomposition. 44. Which theory does evidence found in sedimentary rocks best support? A) Most organisms from Earth's history still exist. B) Organisms have not changed significantly over time. C) All organisms from Earth's history have become extinct. D) Organisms have evolved from simple to complex forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organisms have evolved from simple to complex forms. 45. Which is not a main category of environmental problem? A) Pollution. B) Loss of Biodiversity. C) Soil degradation. D) Resource Depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soil degradation. 46. Which of these factors helped more people survive into old age as we progressed through the 1900s? A) Antibiotics and vaccines. B) Improved healthcare, with better sanitation practices, testing, and treatments. C) Greater access to vitamin rich foods and protein. D) Better water quality, with improved treatment of both drinking water and sewage. E) All of these contributed to longer lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these contributed to longer lives. 47. What is the chemical formula for ozone? The numbers should be subscribts A) O4. B) Brother. C) O2. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 48. Atmospheric Ozone is present in- A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratosphere. 49. Restoring land back to its original state A) Regeneration. B) Reclamation. C) Rehabilitation. D) Redevelopment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reclamation. 50. The study of how resources are converted to goods and services and how these good and services are distributed and used. A) Economics. B) NWO. C) Biology. D) Taxonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 51. Climate change causes extreme weather conditions such as: A) Flooding. B) Heat Waves. C) Hurricanes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 52. Moves warm waters from lower latitudes toward higher latitudes A) Tributaries. B) The Gulf Stream. C) Antarctic Circumpolar Current. D) Aquifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gulf Stream. 53. What is a well-tested hypothesis that explains many scientific observations? A) Law. B) Principle. C) Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 54. Which of the following is the correct composition of Earth's modern atmosphere? A) 78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% other. B) 50% oxygen, 50% nitrogen. C) 75% oxygen, 25% nitrogen. D) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other. 55. What is an advantage of Fossil Fuels A) They generate large amounts of electricity. B) They don't negatively affect the environment. C) They will never run out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They generate large amounts of electricity. 56. Ana wants to know the average student's opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results? A) Thirty students who are often tardy. B) Thirty students who are rarely tardy. C) Thirty of her friends. D) Thirty randomly selected students from her school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thirty randomly selected students from her school. 57. Which type of air mass bring COLD and DRY weather? A) Continental Polar (cP). B) Continental Tropical (cT). C) Maritime Polar (mP). D) Maritime Tropical (mT). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental Polar (cP). 58. Which is an example of coevolution? A) Flowers than can be pollinated by only one insect species. B) Deer that live in a cold region and have thick fur. C) Dark gray moths found near Birmingham, England. D) Desert rats that do not sweat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowers than can be pollinated by only one insect species. 59. Low Pressure is associated with this type of weather ..... A) Warm Weather. B) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. C) Fair Weather. D) Cold Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cloudy/Overcast Weather. 60. Lines that run North to South, and are East and West of the Prime Meridian. A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Meridian. D) Parallel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesEnvironmental Sciences Quiz 1Environmental Sciences Quiz 2Environmental Sciences Quiz 3Environmental Sciences Quiz 4Environmental Sciences Quiz 5Environmental Sciences Quiz 6Environmental Sciences Quiz 7Environmental Sciences Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books