This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process by which water moves through the soil A) Precipitation. B) Condensation. C) Percolation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Percolation. 2. Which of this is considered to be part of the environment? A) Deer. B) Grass. C) Water. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. Where is most of the freshwater on the planet located? A) Flowing in rivers and streams. B) Underground reservoirs. C) The Dead Sea and the Great Salt Lake. D) Trapped in the ice caps and icebergs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trapped in the ice caps and icebergs. 4. O2 is used and Co2 and H20 are given off A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration. 5. Most of today's environmental problems began during which period(s) in human history? A) Hunter-gatherer period. B) Agricultural revolution. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Both (a) and (c. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 6. Which of the following is true about most fast foods? A) They are low in nutrient density. B) They are high in fat and calories. C) They are low in vitamins and minerals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Which is not a density dependent factor? A) Volcanic Eruption. B) Competition. C) Disease. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanic Eruption. 8. What do you call the specific place an organism lives and is provided with the things it needs to survive? A) Community. B) Ecosystem. C) Population. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat. 9. How much of Earth's water is readily available for human consumption? A) 97%. B) Less than 1%. C) 3%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than 1%. 10. The environmental impact of humans depends on the way people live. When people have more money, they tend to consume more food, purchase more items, produce more wastes, and live in larger homes that use more energy. Which of the following methods should be practiced to positively impact the environment? A) Burning of oil and natural gas. B) Recycling and burning oil. C) Conserving resources and recycling. D) Conserving resources and water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conserving resources and recycling. 11. This is where the plates separate and move apart. A) Earthquake. B) Transform Fault Line. C) Divergent Fault Line. D) After Shock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divergent Fault Line. 12. What is the role of producers in an ecosystem? A) Producers convert inorganic compounds into organic compounds through photosynthesis, providing the base for the food chain. B) Producers consume other organisms for energy. C) Producers break down dead organisms and waste materials. D) Producers control the population of other organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers convert inorganic compounds into organic compounds through photosynthesis, providing the base for the food chain. 13. When the environment changes too quickly for an organism to adapt, what will occur? A) Evolution. B) Speciation. C) Genetic drift. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinction. 14. You are going kayaking with some friends this weekend on your nearby river. What type of ecosystem service are you taking advantage of? A) Cultural. B) Regulating. C) Provisioning. D) Supporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural. 15. There can be a lot of traffic in ..... areas. A) Desert. B) Polar. C) Urban. D) Rural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urban. 16. Comes from agricultural fields and parking lots A) Point-Source Pollution. B) Agricultural runoff. C) Fertilizers. D) Non-Point Source Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-Point Source Pollution. 17. The process of erosion is A) Constuctive. B) Destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destructive. 18. What country today have the greatest coal deposits? A) U.S. Russia, Australia, China. B) Mexico, Sydney, Hungary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) U.S. Russia, Australia, China. 19. What atmospheric layer has most of the clouds A) EXOSPHERE. B) THERMOSPHERE. C) MESOSPHERE. D) TROPOSPHERE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TROPOSPHERE. 20. How many fingers do we have in both hand? A) Twelve. B) Twenty. C) Ten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ten. 21. Kanye West's new shoe the Yeezy Boost sold out in stores. This is an example of ..... A) Supply. B) Shortage. C) Equilibrium. D) Surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shortage. 22. If the town of Podunk, Alabama had a growth rate of 2.4%, how long would it take for the population to double? 70/growth rate= doubling time A) 62.7 years. B) 159 years. C) 4.7 years. D) 29.17 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 29.17 years. 23. Do we need greenhouse gases on Earth? A) Yes-they keep the Earth warm. B) Yes-they keep all the gases on our planet. C) No-they only cause terrible climate change. D) No-they only block some of the Sun's rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes-they keep the Earth warm. 24. What term best describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions? A) Environmental science. B) Ecological footprint. C) Environmentalism. D) The environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmentalism. 25. Scientists particularly value ..... data, or information expressed using numbers. A) Quantitative. B) Observational. C) Modeling. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative. 26. A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest is considered a(n) A) Environmentalist. B) Environmental Scientist. C) Ecological Footprint. D) Peer Reviewer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmentalist. 27. Organisms that make their own food are called? A) Consumer. B) Animals. C) Scavengers. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producer. 28. Hot water is pumped up from deep inside Earth and is used to heat homes or to generate electricity. This describes ..... A) Hydroelectric energy. B) Biofuels. C) Geothermal energy. D) Hot water heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geothermal energy. 29. The three major layers of material that make up the earth are A) The asthenosphere, the lithosphere and the core. B) The outer core, the inner core and the crust. C) The uppermost mantle, the lower mantle and the crust. D) The core, mantle and crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The core, mantle and crust. 30. Which of the following is not a regulation mining companies must follow? A) The clean water act. B) The endangered species act. C) The hazardous products act. D) The safe drinking water act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The hazardous products act. 31. How much of healthy air is nitrogen? A) 78%. B) 52%. C) 10%. D) 33%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 78%. 32. What are the three pillars of sustainability? A) Environment, economy and society. B) Life, liberty and happiness. C) Love, hope and faith. D) Government, education and science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environment, economy and society. 33. Any organism that can create its own food from inorganic materials. A) Cellular respiration. B) Autotroph. C) Photosynthesis. D) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autotroph. 34. An ecological hotspot is A) An area where almost no species can be found. B) An area where temperatures reach at least 120 degrees F. C) A species that is only found in one part of the world. D) An area of very high biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An area of very high biodiversity. 35. All of the nutrient cycles contain a pathway where molecules enter the atmosphere EXCEPT the A) Nitrogen cycle. B) Carbon cycle. C) Phosphorus cycle. D) Water cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorus cycle. 36. Which of the following include ALL living things in an ecosystem? A) Abiotic. B) Community. C) Population. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 37. The continuous movement of water by evaporation, condensation, and precipitation is called the water cycle. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Identify the examples as:a organism, population, community, or ecosystem.All speckled sting-ray that live in the Pacific Ocean A) Community. B) Population. C) Organism. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 39. Which of the following types of environmental ethics places an emphasis on human interests? A) Anthropocentric. B) Ecocentric. C) Biocentric. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentric. 40. We can test with our ..... A) Mouth. B) Stomach. C) Nose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mouth. 41. What is the name of the documentary we watched in class? A) A Plastic World. B) Plastic. C) A Plastic Ocean. D) Whales and Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Plastic Ocean. 42. Erosion and flood control, carbon storage, and climate regulation are examples of? A) Cultural services. B) Provisioning services. C) Regulating services. D) Supporting services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulating services. 43. Which of the following is NOT one of the major factors influencing the value of a particular fuel? A) Cost of the fuel. B) Safety of the fuel. C) By-products produced by using the fuel. D) All are major factors influencing the value of a particular fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are major factors influencing the value of a particular fuel. 44. A colorless, odorless gas which can cause dizziness and headache A) Sulfur dioxide. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Nitrogen oxides. D) Ground-level ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon monoxide. 45. Most of the world's rain forests are found close to the A) Desert. B) Arctic circle. C) Antarctic. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equator. 46. Why is the world's loss of biodiversity a source of concern A) Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen. B) Species extinctions have been rare throughout history. C) Loss of biodiversity is not a concern because extinctions are common. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen. 47. Renewable resources have a big ecological footprint A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. Approximately what percent of Earth's water is salt water? A) 79. B) 97. C) 3. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 97. 49. These organisms can also be called heterotrophs because they must eat other organisms to get food. A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Autotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumers. 50. Which of the following does NOT release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? A) Volcanic activity. B) Photosynthesis. C) Respiration. D) Fossil fuel combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 51. Potato is ..... of the plant. A) Leaf. B) Fruit. C) Root. D) Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stem. 52. The prefix "Geo" means ..... A) Earth, ground and soil. B) Water. C) Life. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth, ground and soil. 53. What is gathered to prove or disprove a claim A) Hypothesis. B) Evidence. C) Question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 54. Which of the following animals are carnivores? I Tiger II Eagle III Rabbit IV Chicken A) I and II. B) I and IV. C) II and III. D) III and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I and II. 55. This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 56. What layer is above the troposphere? A) Exosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 57. The rejection of Mr. Wegener's hypothesis teaches us that A) Hypotheses are hard to prove. B) Scientists of the early 1900s were not smart enough. C) Indirect evidence is not sufficient to prove a hypothesis. D) Direct evidence is hard to find. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect evidence is not sufficient to prove a hypothesis. 58. True or False:There is always an obvious ethical solution to any scientific problem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. Which of the following are most likely to be the prioneer organisms on an area of bare rock? A) Lichens. B) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lichens. 60. The emergent layer of the rainforest is found ..... A) In the middle. B) At the very top. C) It does not exist. D) At the very bottom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the very top. ← 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