This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 116 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 116 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a secondary pollutant? A) Pollutants that react with other primary pollutants. B) Pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollutants that react with other primary pollutants. 2. Air pollution causes all of the following, except A) Increased particles in the air. B) Smog. C) Acid rain. D) Holes in the ozone layer. E) Healthy air to breath. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Healthy air to breath. 3. What type of species interaction is indicated by the following description:Ticks and fleas feed on the blood of their canine host and the canine is harmed. A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Competition. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 4. Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas? A) Vehicles, volcanoes. B) Vehicles, industries. C) Industries, agriculture. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehicles, industries. 5. How does biomass reduce our carbon footprint by producing less CO2 than fossil fuels? A) Plants absorb the same amount of CO2 that is released when it is burned. B) Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere and put it permanently into the ground. C) Biomass filters CO2 to make it more environmentally stable. D) Biomass doesn't release any CO2 when burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants absorb the same amount of CO2 that is released when it is burned. 6. An ocean current flowing from the south pole to the equator is most likely a A) Warm current. B) Cold current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold current. 7. All of the following make up the 3 major categories of environmental problems except A) Resource depletion. B) Overpopulation. C) Loss of biodiversity. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overpopulation. 8. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF AIR TRANSPORT? A) BUS. B) SHIP. C) HELICOPTER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HELICOPTER. 9. Air is made of nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and water (H2O). What do these all have in common? A) They are all pure elements. B) They are all ions. C) They are all individual atoms. D) They are all molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are all molecules. 10. What do the following resources have in common:sunlight, wind energy, wave energy A) They will always be there for us. B) They can run out. C) They're pretty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will always be there for us. 11. There are ..... major layers of the Earth's atmosphere A) Five. B) Three. C) Six. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four. 12. Which method reduces the volume of waste but could release toxic emission into the atmosphere? A) Sanitary landfill. B) Incineration. C) Discharge to sewers. D) Chemical treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incineration. 13. Industrial waste and sewage cause most of ..... pollution. A) Deep ocean. B) Freshwater swamps. C) Mangrove swamp. D) Coastal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coastal. 14. Which process below does NOT release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere: A) Decomposition of organic matter. B) Burning Fossil Fuels. C) Consumption of nutrients (Eating). D) Respiration (Breathing). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consumption of nutrients (Eating). 15. What do you call the part of the investigation that IS manipulated? A) Control. B) Independent variable. C) Constant. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 16. What gives "topsoil" its dark color? A) Decomposition of living organisms. B) A large percentage of clay particles found in the soil. C) Excess water found in the soil. D) Dark rock colored particles that have eroded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposition of living organisms. 17. What is the prime factor in moving surface currents of the ocean? A) Heat from the sun. B) Wind. C) Earthquakes. D) Inflow from rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 18. What will need to happen with the depletion of fossil fuel reserves? A) Reduction of renewable energy sources. B) Increasing use of alternative energy sources. C) Production of new fossil fuels. D) Increasing use of fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing use of alternative energy sources. 19. According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of copperdeclined but the demand remained the same? A) Copper usage would drop. B) Copper prices would drop. C) Copper prices would increase. D) Copper usage would increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copper prices would increase. 20. Renewable resources are unlimited A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. Photosynthesis is the process of making food. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. All the organisms on earth get their energy directly or indirectly from? A) Oxygen. B) The Sun. C) Nitrogen. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sun. 23. A relationship between two species in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it. A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 24. Anything that is obtained from the environment to meet the needs and wants of human beings. A) Renewable resources. B) Non-renewable resources. C) Resources. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resources. 25. Country with very low literacy rate, low life expectancy, high unemployment. A) Developed. B) Developing. C) Least Developed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Least Developed. 26. In the picture, which organism is the primary producer? A) Clover and grass. B) Mushrooms. C) Soil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clover and grass. 27. The reservoir of carbon being most affected as a direct result of human activity is the A) Photosynthesis. B) Deep ocean. C) Atmosphere. D) Vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 28. A species when the very last individual dies A) Extinct species. B) Exotic species. C) Keystone species. D) Endangered species. E) Threatened species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinct species. 29. Which organism lives in coral, making coral reefs living and dead at the same time? A) Whales. B) Plankton. C) Jellyfish. D) Algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Algae. 30. When we discuss greenhouse gases what is the main one we discuss? A) Carbon Dioxide (CO2). B) Methane (CH4). C) Nitrous oxide (N2O). D) Flourinated gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon Dioxide (CO2). 31. Vertebrates are organisms that have A) A backbone. B) No skeletal structure. C) An exoskeleton. D) No backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A backbone. 32. What is the second step in the treatment of wastewater in a septic system? A) Bacteria begins to break down wastes. B) Dense wastes sink to bottom and sludge is pumped out. C) Less dense wastes build up at the top of the tank. D) Water travels through gravel field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dense wastes sink to bottom and sludge is pumped out. 33. What is a REACTIVE method to climate change? A) Predicting the impacts of climate change. B) Adapting to the impacts of climate change before they occur. C) Ignoring the impacts of climate change. D) Responding to the impacts of climate change after they have occurred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Responding to the impacts of climate change after they have occurred. 34. A metallic element that can cause brain damage A) Nitrogen oxides. B) Ground-level ozone. C) Particulate matter. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lead. 35. The central core of very atom, containing particles called protons and neutrons, is called a(n) A) Nucleus. B) Bond. C) Compound. D) Electron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 36. Which of the following is NOT an example of a criteria pollutant? A) Fine & coarse particulate matter. B) CFCs. C) Sulfur dioxide. D) Nitrogen dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CFCs. 37. Biocentric ethics is concerned with A) Species numbers and their extinction. B) Rights of nature or species equivalence. C) Rights of animals. D) Factors that may facilitate extinction of a species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rights of nature or species equivalence. 38. During which revolution did the production of machinery allow for advances in medicine, agriculture, and other technologies? A) Hunter-Gatherer. B) Agricultural. C) Economical. D) Industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial. 39. ..... is located in the troposphere. A) Ionosphere. B) Weather. C) Exosphere. D) The ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather. 40. Which of the Earth's atmosphere layers is home to Earth's "ozone layer" A) Thermosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 41. Precipitation that can carry pollutants from land into bodies of water A) Swamp. B) Marsh. C) Runoff. D) Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Runoff. 42. Which of these layers is the largest? A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 43. Water is cooler than usual in the eastern Pacific Ocean A) Prevailing winds. B) The girl. C) DNA damage. D) The boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl. 44. Loggers should replant trees after removing them for economic gain A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 45. Sick building syndrome A) Occurs most often in old buildings. B) Can be prevented by renovations. C) Is a primary cause of lung cancer. D) Is a result of off-gassing. E) Occurs most often in wet tropical areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a result of off-gassing. 46. What is the percentage of nitrogen gas in the air? A) 78%. B) 0.03%. C) 1%. D) 20%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 78%. 47. When heating a solution in a test tube, a student should- A) Hold the test tube at its opening with at least two fingers. B) Keep the test tube closed with a rubber stopper. C) Look in the opening of the test tube. D) Wear safety goggles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wear safety goggles. 48. Energy created from wood, peat moss, and manure is called ..... energy. A) Solar. B) Biomass. C) Natural. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomass. 49. How do the plates move along transform boundaries? A) They move towards one another. B) They move away from one another. C) They move past one another. D) One moves up and one moves down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They move past one another. 50. Nutrients that you need include A) Micronutrients. B) Macronutrients. C) Both micro and macronutrients. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both micro and macronutrients. 51. ..... cannot be regenerated over time by natural processes A) Renewable resources. B) Nonrenewable resources. C) Expendable resources. D) Nonexpendable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable resources. 52. Radon is usually found in this location in your home. A) Bathroom. B) Attic. C) Basement. D) Kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basement. 53. All biotic and abiotic components interact with each other to ensure that the system is perpetuated. Which environmental principle would describe this statement. A) EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE. B) OURS IS A FINITE EARTH. C) EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. D) NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE STEWARDS OF GOD'S CREATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. 54. Which is not a type of rock? * A) Igneous. B) Indigenous. C) Sedimentary. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indigenous. 55. Which is NOT a type of land use? A) Residential. B) Industrial. C) Commercial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 56. Theses affect climate change through gases and dust particles thrown into the atmosphere and may warm or cool the earth's surface depending on how sunlight interacts with the material. A) Volcanoes. B) Greenhouse gases. C) Oceans. D) Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanoes. 57. Which one of the following function is not performed by the animal community for the plant community: A) Pollination of flowers. B) Dispersal of fruits and seeds. C) Supply of oxygen. D) Supply of carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supply of oxygen. 58. Which of the following can NOT be composted? A) Used coffee grounds. B) Banana peels. C) Plastic silverware. D) Egg shells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic silverware. 59. A Savanna has a GPP of 2.3 kgC/m2/year and the cellular respiration is 1.5 kgC/m2/year. What is the NPP? A) 1 kgC/m2/year. B) 3.8 kgC/m2/year. C) .8 kgC/m2/year. D) 1.8 kgC/m2/year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .8 kgC/m2/year. 60. The term to describe how water in clouds falls back to earth A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Evaporation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation. ← 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