This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 139 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 139 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Monocropping has a number of disadvantages. These include all of the following EXCEPT A) Erosion due to exposure of large areas of soil during planting. B) Nutrition and pesticide needs should be similar throughout a single crop. C) Pests are likely to attack a monocrop due to the high concentration. D) Loss of habitat for natural pest predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nutrition and pesticide needs should be similar throughout a single crop. 2. What often occurs at tectonic plate boundaries? A) Increasing air pressure. B) Mountain building. C) Thinning of the biosphere. D) Increased erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain building. 3. .... is the largest union territory. A) Lakshadweep. B) Bangladesh. C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands. D) Myanmar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 4. The ..... school, led by naturalist John Muir, wanted wilderness areas on some public lands to be left untouched. A) Reservist. B) Conservationist. C) Preservationist. D) Roosevelt. E) Integrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preservationist. 5. Which of the following is the ultimate source of power? A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Sunlight. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 6. A prediction of what will happen ..... if ....., then ..... because ..... A) Hypothesis. B) Testable question. C) Conclusion. D) Procedures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis. 7. Planting crops around the contours of the land rather than in straight rows A) Contour farming. B) Pasture farming. C) Siltation farming. D) No-till farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contour farming. 8. Plants removing CO2 from the air is A) Supporting. B) Provisioning. C) Ecosystem service. D) Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem service. 9. The least air pressure exists in A) Thermosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermosphere. 10. The study of how resources are converted into products and services and of how those products and services are distributed and used A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Ecology. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economics. 11. Why is it important to reduce pollution? A) To save money on cleaning up pollution. B) To protect the environment, human health, and wildlife. C) To make the air smell better. D) To increase the population of endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To protect the environment, human health, and wildlife. 12. A person who purchases goods and services for personal use A) Ecological Economics. B) Corporate. C) Consumer. D) Non-Market Values. E) Environmental Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consumer. 13. Biodegradable pollutants is A) Can be broken down. B) Cant be broken down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be broken down. 14. Which of the following could NOT be an example of a prey animal? A) Mice. B) Rabbits. C) Trees. D) Snakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees. 15. What is the process by which carbon is cycled between living organisms and the environment? A) The process is called the oxygen cycle. B) The process is called the nitrogen cycle. C) The process is called the water cycle. D) The process is called the carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The process is called the carbon cycle. 16. The greatest threat to most species is ..... A) Climate change. B) Invasive species. C) Water pollution. D) Being overhunted. E) Loss of habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Loss of habitat. 17. They are highest clouds in the sky. They look curly, white and feathery. Usually mean good weather. A) Cumulonimbus. B) Cumulus. C) Stratus. D) Cirrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cirrus. 18. Which of the following are needed for photosynthesis? A) Oxygen and glucose. B) Water, solar energy, and carbon dioxide. C) Carbon dioxide, energy, and glucose. D) Water, solar energy, and glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water, solar energy, and carbon dioxide. 19. What is the "Tragedy of the Commons" ? A) A play written by William Shakespeare. B) A famous painting from the Renaissance period. C) The individual consumes a resource at the expense of society. D) A historical event that took place in England in the 18th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The individual consumes a resource at the expense of society. 20. What are hydrocarbons? A) Hydrogen mixed with CO2 to make Nitric monoxide. B) Compounds composed mainly of carbon and hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compounds composed mainly of carbon and hydrogen. 21. Which of the following cannot be broken down into something simpler? A) A compound. B) An element. C) A mixture tagsProperties of Matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An element. 22. We should ..... waste water. A) Never. B) Always. C) Mostly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 23. Which of the following is not a major source of groundwater pollution? A) Compost. B) Industrial chemicals. C) Sewage. D) Pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compost. 24. As a sample of matter is heated, its particles ..... a. c. b. d. A) Move more slowly. B) Move more quickly. C) Stop moving. D) Are unaffected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move more quickly. 25. How do clouds form? A) Smoke from factories. B) When condensation near land freezes. C) When water vapor condenses and cools. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When water vapor condenses and cools. 26. Lions would be considered a A) Primary Consumer. B) Producer. C) Autotroph. D) Tertiary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tertiary Consumer. 27. What do open windows and fans that extract smoke provide? A) Contamination. B) Ventilation. C) Indoor pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ventilation. 28. Which of these things are you most likely to NOT find in a sustainable home? A) A Hummer (SUV) in the garage. B) A wood burning stove. C) Low-Flow Toilets & Showers. D) LED Lightbulbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Hummer (SUV) in the garage. 29. Which of the following is an example of human impact on the carbon cycle? A) The increased production of methane gases from cattle farms. B) The burning of fossil fuels. C) The cutting down of trees for lumber. D) Driving automobiles. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 30. Which nations use more renewable energy? A) Developed. B) Developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developed. 31. What is an example of the "Tragedy of the Commons" ? A) A classroom or kitchen after a lot of people were using it. B) A clean bathroom used by an individual in their apartment. C) A garden owned by a single family. D) A well-kept laptop owned by a single individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A classroom or kitchen after a lot of people were using it. 32. The drainage basin for an entire river takes in the watershed areas of all its ..... A) Rivers. B) Tributaries. C) Streams. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tributaries. 33. The warm temperatures and high humidity of the rain forest contributes to the rapid breakdown of organic matter A) Through erosion. B) By decomposers. C) By tree roots. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By decomposers. 34. The major source of air pollution in India is- A) Industries & Power plants. B) Industries & automobile exhaust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industries & automobile exhaust. 35. Where do plankton get their food? A) WalMart. B) Insects. C) Photosynthesis. D) Krill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 36. What percentage of the ocean's sea life lives in coral reefs? A) 10-15%. B) 25%. C) 20%. D) 45%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25%. 37. To fully understand a complex environmental issue you may need to consider A) Politics. B) Economics. C) Values. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. Water returning from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface is called ..... A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Transpiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitation. 39. The energy trapped in fossil fuels came from the energy plants converted during photosynthesis. This trapped energy is A) Thermal energy. B) Mechanical energy. C) Chemical energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical energy. 40. A polar climate in the US? A) Alaska. B) Virginia. C) New York. D) Maine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alaska. 41. A species that is not native to a particular region and has no natural predators and little competition A) Producer species. B) Consumer species. C) Invasive species. D) Adapted species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invasive species. 42. Plastic is most commonly derived from ..... and takes up to 1000 years to decompose. A) Sand. B) Cotton. C) Oil / petrochemicals. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil / petrochemicals. 43. The green coloring of a frog helps the frog hide from its enemies. This is an example of: A) Natural selection. B) Adaptation. C) Niche. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adaptation. 44. When large numbers of people in an area are hungry due to a natural disaster or war A) Malnutrition. B) Anemia. C) Overnutrition. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Famine. 45. What is the area where the ocean meets the shore called? A) Intertidal zone. B) Twilight zone. C) Pelagic zone. D) Benthic zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intertidal zone. 46. Amount of energy in a food pyramid transferred from one level to the next A) 100%. B) 10%. C) 0%. D) 78%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10%. 47. Car exhaust has been blamed for increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Some scientists believe this additional carbon dioxide in the air may cause ..... A) Ozone destruction. B) Habitat preservation. C) Global warming. D) Increased biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global warming. 48. What are the 3Rs? A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 49. The number of different plants and animal found within an area. The more varied an ecosystem is, the more stable the ecosystem. A) Biotic. B) Biodiversity. C) Biosphere. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 50. Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles at 1345 metres above sea level. Weathering and erosion are reducing its height at an average rate of 01 mm per year. Calculate how many years it would take to reduce Ben Nevis to sea level. A) 13 450. B) 13 450 000. C) 13 450 000 000. D) 1345. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13 450 000. 51. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater is a /an? A) Aquifer. B) Watershed. C) Surface water. D) River system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aquifer. 52. What do you call the relationship that exists when one organism kills and consumes another organism? A) Predation. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Competition. E) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predation. 53. All of the following are negative impacts caused by technological inventions EXCEPT A) Hurricanes. B) Global warming. C) Pollution. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 54. The warmest layer of the atmosphere is the A) Thermosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermosphere. 55. Which of the following is not included in the environment? A) Stars. B) Trees. C) Buildings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars. 56. The tragedy of the ..... is when everybody shares ownership of a resource, there is a strong tendency to exploit and misuse that resource. A) Community. B) Educated. C) Commons. D) Exploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commons. 57. All of the following are examples of freshwater ecosystems EXCEPT ..... A) Estuaries. B) Lakes. C) Rivers. D) Ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estuaries. 58. What happens if there are more births than deaths in a country? A) The population decreases. B) This results in an increase in population. C) The population stays the same but there are more children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This results in an increase in population. 59. Is the following concept true or false? "Population growth is when the population size of a locality at the end is lower than the beginning of a certain period" A) Sai. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sai. 60. Which biome would have the lowest net primary production? A) Tropical rain forest. B) Temperate grassland. C) Coral reef. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. ← 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