This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 129 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 129 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A biotic factor of an environment includes A) Rocks. B) Water. C) Soil. D) Plants and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plants and animals. 2. A complex ecosystem consisting mainly of trees that buffer the earth and support myriad of life forms A) Plantations. B) Forest. C) Mountains. D) Seas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forest. 3. What is the #1 reason for migration? A) Better Economic opportunity. B) Escaping violence. C) Reunion with family. D) Desire to expand business networks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Better Economic opportunity. 4. Food gives us ..... A) Live. B) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy. 5. Acid precipitation is formed when A) Sulfur oxides or nitrogen oxides combine with water. B) Sulfur oxides combine with nitrogen oxides. C) Ozone combines with automobile exhaust. D) Nitric or sulfuric acids combine with ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulfur oxides or nitrogen oxides combine with water. 6. Which best represents the order of seafloor features as you move from the shoreline to the deep ocean? A) Mid-ocean ridge-continental rise-continental shelf-continental slope. B) Continental slope-continental shelf-continental rise-mid-ocean ridge. C) Continental shelf-continental slope-continental rise-mid-ocean ridge. D) Continental rise-continental shelf-mid-ocean ridge-continental slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continental shelf-continental slope-continental rise-mid-ocean ridge. 7. The process in which gases trap and radiate heat near the earth is called ..... A) The Ring of Fire. B) The Greenhouse Effect. C) The water cycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Greenhouse Effect. 8. When energy is transferred between trophic levels, the amount of available energy lost is about A) 90 percent. B) 50 percent. C) 10 percent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90 percent. 9. TRUE OR FALSE:Every compound is a molecule but not every molecule is a compound. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 10. Two robins trying to eat the same work is an example of ..... A) Predation. B) Competition. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. 11. Which of the following is also referred to as geoscience? A) Chemistry. B) Cosmology. C) Earth Science. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth Science. 12. The more something is wanted or needed the more it will cost A) Ecological footprint. B) Law of supply and demand. C) Environmental science. D) Second law of thermodynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law of supply and demand. 13. Animals and humans benefits from each other. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. Nitrogen fixation can be achieved in two ways:Energy from lightning strikes or buy nitrogen fixing bacteria in the top layer of soil. Human alterations of the ..... cycle have had impacts beyond the eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems A) Water. B) Phosphorus. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 15. True or False:At the start of the industrial revolution, humans began planting crops and domesticating animals A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Which of these is NOT a step of the carbon cycle? A) Nitrification. B) Erosion. C) Respiration. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrification. 17. COP27 was held in which country? A) France. B) England. C) China. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt. 18. Carrom is an ..... game. A) Indoor. B) Outdoor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indoor. 19. The "Three Rs" are A) Redesign, Repack, Re-establish. B) Reinforce, Renovate, Recycle. C) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 20. What concept establishes that the difficulty in solving environmental problems is the conflict between the short-term interests of the individual and the long-term welfare of society? A) Supply and Demand. B) Cost Benefit Analysis. C) Tragedy of the Commons. D) Risk Assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy of the Commons. 21. Trees in deciduous forests remain green throughout the year. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Where would you most likely find nitrogen-fixing bacteria? A) In leaves of trees. B) On dust particles in the atmosphere. C) In the roots of legumes. D) In blue-green algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the roots of legumes. 23. What is the full form of COD? A) Chemical Oxygen Demand. B) Chemical Ozone Demand. C) Chemical Oxide Demand. D) Chemical Oxygen Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical Oxygen Demand. 24. Which of the following is not a class of hazardous waste? A) Organic compounds. B) Heavy metals. C) E-waste. D) Radioactive waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radioactive waste. 25. Which kind of energy is not renewable? A) Wind. B) Geothermal. C) Coal. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 26. Which of the following is the basic units of matter? A) Solutions. B) Macromolecules. C) Compounds. D) Atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atoms. 27. The Earth's inner core is A) A layer of hot rock. B) A dense ball of solid metal. C) A layer of molten metal. D) Part of Earth's outer skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dense ball of solid metal. 28. Unable to dispose of waste or take on new supplies. A) Non-Biodegradable pollutant. B) Closed System. C) Pollution. D) Ecological Footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed System. 29. If a mouse contains consumes 120 kcal of energy, how much would a snake gain from eating the mouse? A) 12 kcal. B) 1.2 kcal. C) 120 kcal. D) 1, 200 kcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12 kcal. 30. Properties that can be observed without changing the identity of the substance. A) Physical. B) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical. 31. Catalytic converters, scrubbers, and electrostatic precipitators are examples of A) Technologies used to treat sick-building syndrome. B) Technologies used to control pollution emissions. C) Technologies used to counteract the effects of acid precipitation on aquatic ecosystems. D) Technologies used to capture radon gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Technologies used to control pollution emissions. 32. Define ecosystem diversity A) Variety of ecosystems in a given area. B) Variation of genes within a species or population in a given area. C) Variety of life in Earth's land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. D) Changes to an ecosystem that affect how the parts of it interact tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variety of ecosystems in a given area. 33. True or False:Habitats and ecosystems are the same thing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. If Canada has a population of 35 million people and the annual consumption of petroleum in Canada is 12 barrels per capita, the total annual consumption is closest to A) 540 million. B) 420 billion. C) 5.4 billion. D) 420 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 420 million. 35. What happens to rocks when subjected to extreme heat and pressure? A) They snap. B) They change and could have a new mineral composition and/or texture. C) They convert to igneous rocks. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They change and could have a new mineral composition and/or texture. 36. In nuclear power plants ..... A) 3 pipe circuits pump water through the reactor, turbine and cooling tower. B) Nuclear fusion superheats water in the reactor, causing steam to power the turbine. C) Solid uranium pellets are bombarded with steam in the control rods. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 pipe circuits pump water through the reactor, turbine and cooling tower. 37. Which one is the cleanest fuel to burn? A) Natural gas. B) Gasoline. C) Wood. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural gas. 38. Where do plants get most of their mass from as they grow from seeds? A) Carbon dioxide from the air. B) Sunlight. C) Water from the soil. D) Elements (potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus) from the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elements (potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus) from the soil. 39. A niche is defined as A) The home for an organism. B) The organism's role within its community. C) A shallow recess. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The organism's role within its community. 40. Which of these factors would be unlikely to change an ecosystem? A) Seasons. B) Tornado. C) Volcano. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tornado. 41. Which is NOT a characteristic of local winds? A) They occur within a small area. B) Land and sea breezes are examples. C) They blow over short distances. D) They blow steadily over long distances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They blow steadily over long distances. 42. If you see that a distribution forms a "bell curve", what would that tell you about the distribution? A) It is a normal distribution. B) Mean. C) Risk. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a normal distribution. 43. The stratosphere is located between A) Thermosphere and mesosphere. B) Core and mantle. C) Troposphere and mesosphere. D) Exosphere and mesosphere. E) Your head and Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere and mesosphere. 44. 7 BULLOCK CARTS AND TONGAS ARE PULLED BY WHICH ANIMALS? A) COW AND BUFFALO. B) BUFFALO AND HORSE. C) CAMEL AND COW. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BUFFALO AND HORSE. 45. In a controlled study, all variables are controlled except A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 46. What is the opposite reaction of photosynthesis called? A) Cellular Respiration. B) Non-photosynthesis. C) Fermentation. D) Photosynthetic Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular Respiration. 47. Match the Definition:Any species (animal, plant, fungi, etc.) which is likely to become an endangered species fairly soon. A) Habitat. B) Endangered species. C) Niche. D) Threatened species. E) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Threatened species. 48. The sequence of eating and being eaten in an ecosystem is called as A) Main chain. B) Food chain. C) Block chain. D) Key chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food chain. 49. Bacteria decomposing waste is an example of what type of ecosystem service? A) Economic. B) Supporting. C) Provisioning. D) Regulating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regulating. 50. Necessary to control acid precipitation A) Indoor air pollution. B) Nausea. C) Pollution control. D) International agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) International agreement. 51. "Human activities can degrade natural capital by using normally renewable resources faster than nature can restore them." A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Humans breed organisms together to achieve particular genetic traits A) Speciation. B) Natural Selection. C) Extinction. D) Artificial Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artificial Selection. 53. In the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 the state recognizes the principle that: A) Polluters must clean. B) Polluters must be behind bars. C) Polluters must pay. D) Polluters are given chances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polluters must pay. 54. An adaptation that does not help organisms survive in the coniferous forest is A) Migration. B) Bright colors. C) Thick fur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bright colors. 55. Our body has ..... different parts. A) Some. B) Many. C) Twelve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 56. In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly? A) Australia. B) Norway. C) Kenya. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kenya. 57. Ecosystem services are ..... A) Services humans use to destroy nature. B) Services that humans provide to benefit ecosystems. C) Ways that ecosystems provide benefits directly to humans. D) Ways that ecosystems provide benefits directly to animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ways that ecosystems provide benefits directly to humans. 58. The most comprehensiveglobal environmentalagreement on hazardousand other wastes A) Kyoto Protocol. B) Convention on International Trade in Endagered Species. C) Chain Saw Act. D) Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal. 59. Which of the following is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth? A) Fossil fuels. B) Amazon rain forest. C) Limestone. D) Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limestone. 60. A black, gooey liquid containing a mixture of combustible hydrocarbons A) Proven oil reserve. B) Crude oil. C) Natural gas. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crude oil. ← 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