This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 125 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 125 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are some effects of global warming? A) Increase in ice caps and lower sea levels. B) Increase in tree growth and melting of ice caps. C) Flooding and melting of ice caps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flooding and melting of ice caps. 2. What results from livestock and other agricultural practices and by the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills? A) Carbon Dioxide. B) Water Vapor. C) Nitrous Oxide. D) Fluorinated Gases. E) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Methane. 3. Most of the energy with an incandescent light bulb is converted to A) Heat energy. B) Potential energy. C) Kinetic energy. D) Transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat energy. 4. ..... is a process in the water cycle, where water vapor rises in the atmosphere. A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Weather. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitation. 5. Experiments are repeated to show that the results are accurate and trustworthy. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Rabbits hop, snakes..... A) Run. B) Jump. C) Slither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slither. 7. What five major pollutants are measured in AQI reports? A) Ozone, particulants, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide. B) Carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, and the atmosphere. C) Sulfur oxides, monoxide, ozone, and oxygen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone, particulants, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide. 8. TRUE or FALSE:Specializing can reduce competition. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Where do geologic activity occur on Earth? A) Begin development from under the plates. B) At the boundaries of plates. C) Can occur anywhere at a plate that is moving. D) Only occur at boundaries when one plate is moving and another plate is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the boundaries of plates. 10. What percentage of worldwide deaths due to indoor pollution occurs in developing countries? A) 60 percent. B) 30 percent. C) 70 percent. D) 90 percent. E) 50 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 90 percent. 11. The natural process of eutrophication is accelerated when you add ..... A) Phosphates and nitrates. B) Nitrates and oxygen. C) Biodiversity. D) Oil and heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phosphates and nitrates. 12. How is wildlife population monitoring conducted in wetland areas? A) Analyzing historical weather data. B) Camera trapping, satellite tracking, and field surveys. C) Conducting interviews with local residents. D) Using drones to collect water samples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camera trapping, satellite tracking, and field surveys. 13. Land used for livestock grazing A) Pasture. B) Bedrock. C) Loam. D) Feedlot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pasture. 14. What force creates the environment needed for nuclear fusion reactions to happen in stars? A) Star Wars Force. B) Friction. C) Normal Force. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 15. These are organisms that creates their own food such as plants and trees. A) Producers. B) Community. C) Consumers. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 16. Environmental Science can A) Provide us with decisions about the environment. B) Point the way toward decisions that protect our planet. C) Point the way toward decisions that infect Earth. D) Tell us whether we should protect an area of land tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point the way toward decisions that protect our planet. 17. Which two ecosystems are terrestrial? A) Ponds and lakes. B) Forests and estuaries. C) Oceans and grasslands. D) Forests and grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forests and grasslands. 18. According to the law of conservation of matter, I. matter can be created II. matter cannot be destroyed III. after a chemical reaction, the original atoms remain A) I onlt. B) II only. C) III only. D) II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) II and III. 19. Ice Cores samples define the past air in earths atmosphere. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Why is recycling paper a good practice? A) Because it's fun. B) To save trees and reduce waste. C) Because paper can't be recycled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To save trees and reduce waste. 21. The lower soil layers where all spaces are filled with water make up the A) Zone of aeration. B) Zone of saturation. C) Filtration zone. D) Zone of alteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zone of saturation. 22. How is the littoral zone described? A) An area with no sunlight. B) The area closest to the edge of a lake that is "lit" up. C) The continental shelf. D) An area with no animal life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The area closest to the edge of a lake that is "lit" up. 23. Wind Energy is ..... A) Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air. B) A source of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, or geothermal energy. C) Fuel from plant material. D) Energy that comes from the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air. 24. What does the term renewable energy source mean? A) Energy that can be replenished. B) Energy that can be all used up. C) Energy that can be lost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy that can be replenished. 25. Environmental science is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment. A) TRUE. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 26. Primary ..... convert solar or chemical energy into energy stored in the bonds of organic sugars. A) Decomposers. B) Producers. C) More destructive. D) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 27. A resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate that it is consumed. A) Nonrenewable resource. B) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable resource. 28. Which of the following common trash items is non-degradable? A) Pizza box. B) Chicken wing bone. C) Dasani water bottle. D) Banana peel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dasani water bottle. 29. Which level in the energy pyramid has the most energy? A) Secondary consumer. B) Tertiary consumer. C) Primary producer. D) Primary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary producer. 30. Food, fuels, fibers, drinking water, and medicines are examples of? A) Cultural services. B) Supporting services. C) Regulating services. D) Provisioning services. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provisioning services. 31. Invites trade of permits among businesses A) Cap and trade. B) Subsidies. C) Tax breaks. D) Command and control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cap and trade. 32. Hunger can be a ..... but more often is a very limited ..... A) Famine, diet. B) Famine, income. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine, diet. 33. Poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies cause nearly 1/3 of babies who are born to die prematurely or have disabilities. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. ..... is the study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community, which ranges from a small area to Earth's entire biosphereThis also includes the study of the impact of humans on the environment. A) Environmental science. B) Ecology. C) Earth science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental science. 35. What form of natural gas could be a significant alternative source of the fossil fuel? A) Gas formed from volcanic eruptions. B) Pockets released by earthquakes. C) Methane gas hydrates. D) Deposits near coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Methane gas hydrates. 36. Which of the following is a pull factor that leads to urban growth? A) Entertainment. B) Lack of resources due to climate change. C) Less job opportunities. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entertainment. 37. What are the goals of forest management? A) Conservation of land and resources. B) Reforestation of areas. C) Prevention of forest fires. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. ..... % is freshwater on this earth. A) 2.5. B) 4. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.5. 39. This cycle is contributing to global climate change A) Carbon. B) Nitrogen. C) Water. D) Phosphorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon. 40. As altitude increases, air pressure..... A) Increases. B) Decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 41. Big and strong plants are called ..... A) Mango. B) Climber. C) Herb. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trees. 42. Living things get what they need from the ..... in which they live. A) Land. B) Air. C) Environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 43. An organisms that feeds by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms. A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Director. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decoposer. 44. How do heterotrophs get the Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus for their cells? A) From the air. B) From cellular respiration. C) From the soil. D) From consuming other organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From consuming other organisms. 45. Temperature and pressure ..... as you move towards the center of the Earth. A) Decrease. B) Increase. C) Neither answer is correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase. 46. Whose home was the early Philadelphia? A) Europeans. B) Lenape People. C) Americans. D) Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lenape People. 47. Which of the following is a renewable and non-renewable source of valuables available for human use? A) Entertainment. B) Energy. C) Rainstorms. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy. 48. ..... is made up of the facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community. A) Heat island. B) Infrastructure. C) Megalopolis. D) Sprawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrastructure. 49. In which aquatic zone would you be likely to find cattails and reeds? A) Littoral. B) Eutrophic. C) Benthic. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Littoral. 50. A reintroduced population of wolves in a national park is 90 percent grey and 10 percent black, consistent with the wolf population in other regions. After several generations in isolation, the national park's wolf population is 60 percent grey and 40 percent black. The wolf population has likely experienced A) Genetic drift. B) Natural selection. C) Migration. D) Mutations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic drift. 51. Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil-restoring crops with cash crops and reducing in-puts of fertilizer and pesticides. A) Sustainable agriculture. B) Global food crisis. C) Food waste. D) Food bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable agriculture. 52. A role played by an organism in an ecosystem is known at its A) Duty. B) Job. C) Niche. D) Role. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 53. A sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down a hill A) Landslide. B) Earthquake. C) Eruption. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landslide. 54. NO.14 When the surface soil is washed away through excessive rains and floods, it is called: A) Soil erosion. B) Land degradation. C) Biodiversity. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil erosion. 55. Atmospheric greenhouse gases help heat the atmosphere by A) Increasing the amount of solar radiation reaching Earth. B) Increasing the average density of air. C) Absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth. D) Storing energy produced by human activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth. 56. What are the potential threats to waterfowl populations and their habitats? A) Overpopulation of waterfowl. B) Lack of food sources. C) Habitat loss, pollution, climate change, hunting, and invasive species. D) Natural predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat loss, pollution, climate change, hunting, and invasive species. 57. Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds inflight? A) Analyzing data. B) Drawing conclusions. C) Observing. D) Hypothesizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observing. 58. A broad and comprehensive statement of what is thought to be true; it is supported by much evidence and repeated experimentation. A) Fact. B) Guess. C) Hypothesis. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 59. This cold biome has tall trees that photosynthesize all year round A) Deciduous. B) Taiga. C) Tropical Rainforest. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taiga. 60. The production of electricity is an industry that is the largest producer of ..... A) Noise pollution. B) Light pollution. C) Secondary pollutants. D) Primary pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary pollutants. ← 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