This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 144 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 144 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is land subsidence? A) The gradual depletion of the topsoil. B) The gradual or sudden sinking of the land due to the removal of subsurface materials. C) The gradual degradation of the land by the use of pesticides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gradual or sudden sinking of the land due to the removal of subsurface materials. 2. What is part of the atom is negatively charged? A) Neutron. B) Proton. C) Magnet. D) Electron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electron. 3. Which of the following terms means "the process by which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals" ? A) Artificial Selection. B) Evolution. C) Adaptation. D) Natural Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Selection. 4. What is a harm of the hunter-gatherer period? A) People lived in big cities. B) Individual families relied on themselves for food. C) Extinction of animals. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extinction of animals. 5. The brown haze dome formed in cities is because of which gas? A) . Carbon dioxide. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Sulphur dioxide. D) Nitrogen oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon monoxide. 6. What is one of the major disadvantages of solar energy? A) It produces radioactive waste. B) It gives of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. C) Scientists have not discovered a way to capture it. D) It is only available when there is sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is only available when there is sunlight. 7. What does denitrification do? A) Converts fixed nitrogen into nitrogen gas. B) Makes nitrates. C) Converts nitrogen gas into fixed nitrogen. D) Makes ammonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Converts fixed nitrogen into nitrogen gas. 8. Which choice describes a way that humans have used passive solar energy historically? A) Greenhouses that use glass to trap heat. B) To power computers. C) Drying clothes in a drying machine. D) Gas home heaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouses that use glass to trap heat. 9. Student has found the following information:* Blades of a turbine that is turned by water * Located near rivers and large lakes What alternative energy source does this information describe? A) Hydroelectricity. B) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelectricity. 10. Which is considered a nonrenewable resource? A) Trees. B) Water. C) Fossil fuels. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 11. When a product breaks down or doesn't work properly, fix it. A) Repair. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) Reduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repair. 12. Process of germination is A) New plants grow from the seeds. B) Leaf preparing food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New plants grow from the seeds. 13. Which group of animals would be served best by the following adaptations?Large ears to dissipate heat. A) Animals that live in the tundra. B) Animals that live in deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals that live in deserts. 14. Biodegradable:nonbiodegradable:: A) Plastic:newspaper. B) Cotton:polyester. C) Pollutant:toxin. D) Mercury:lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton:polyester. 15. This cycle is impacted by forest fires and deforestation. A) Phosphorous. B) Carbon. C) Nitrogen. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon. 16. A "threatened" species is the same as an "endangered" species A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which of the following is an interaction in which both organisms are harmed? A) Parasitism. B) Predation. C) Competition. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 18. What state of matter are stars made up of? A) Plasma. B) Solid. C) Liquid. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plasma. 19. If I am testing to see if adding more water to a plant will increase it's height, what would be my independent variable? A) Plant height. B) Amount of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount of water. 20. Environment includes: A) Human diversity, equity, quality of life, institutional structures, political structures. B) Employment, technological growth, financial investment. C) Biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. 21. The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called: A) Clear cutting. B) Deforestation. C) Forestry. D) Timber harvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 22. Can be broken down by natural processes A) Biodegradable. B) Renewable Resource. C) Nonbiodegradable. D) Natural Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodegradable. 23. Which biome is characterized by moderate temperatures, moderate rainfall, and tall grasses? A) Grassland. B) Rainforest. C) Tundra. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grassland. 24. ..... is a measure of stability in an ecosystem. A) Food chain. B) Evolution. C) Energy flow. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 25. The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. A) Weather. B) Atmosphere. C) Climate. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 26. Eutrophication is defined as a change that occurs to an aquatic ecosystem. This change is mainly due to what? A) Newly introduced fish. B) Increased nutrient concentration. C) Depletion of the ozone layer. D) Increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased nutrient concentration. 27. Phosphorus does not travel through which area of Earth's environment? A) Living things. B) Water. C) Rock. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 28. What two factors determine climate? A) Altitude and Depth. B) Longitude and Latitude. C) Season and Year. D) Temperature and Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature and Precipitation. 29. The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called A) Statistics. B) Mean. C) Probability. D) Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statistics. 30. What two mechanisms do scientists think help convection currents in mantel move plates? A) Ridge push and Slab pull. B) Normal and Reversed magnetism. C) Action and Reaction tectonic forces. D) Gravitational and Rotational pull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ridge push and Slab pull. 31. Where you will find the ozone layer. A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 32. What is the logical way of thinking about the world? A) Renewable resource. B) The Scientific Method. C) Ecology. D) Environmental activism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Scientific Method. 33. Which biome is known to be the warmest during the day and the coldest during the night? A) Savanna. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Chaparral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 34. Besides water, currents transport matter and ..... around the world. A) Energy. B) Density. C) Winds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy. 35. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed is a A) Nonpoint-source pollutant. B) Nonrenewable resource. C) Biodegradable resource. D) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable resource. 36. When a resource is close to runing out, it is called a/an A) Ecological Footprint. B) Scarcity. C) Endemic. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcity. 37. Which word describes the movement of rock and soil to new places? A) Dissolving. B) Erosion. C) Condensation. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 38. Moral principles that guide people's actions are called ..... A) Compass. B) Ethics. C) Instincts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethics. 39. What is the term for a substance that can cause cancer? A) Carcinogen. B) Toxin. C) Allergen. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carcinogen. 40. Which one is a more accurate representation of what happens in an ecosystem? A) Food Chain. B) Food Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food Web. 41. The atmospheric layer nearest the Earth's surface A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 42. What is conservation? A) Use something again and again. B) Protect and use carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect and use carefully. 43. A molecule in which one side is more positive and the other side is more negative A) Stable. B) Ionic. C) Polar. D) Covalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polar. 44. What are the main two components necessary for all life? A) Water and food. B) Energy and Matter. C) Food and Shelter. D) Phone and Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy and Matter. 45. Any information collected with the senses A) Observation. B) Scientific Method. C) Variable. D) Classify. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 46. The study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment A) Environmental science. B) Biology. C) Ecology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 47. What is the correct formula for nitrogen gas found in the atmosphere? A) Type. B) Storm. C) Na. D) NH4+. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Na. 48. The most dense layer of the Earth is the A) Lower Mantle. B) Outer Core. C) Upper Mantle. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner Core. 49. Why does the increase of producer type organisms decrease the amount of oxygen? A) Only producers on the bottom of the system make oxygen. B) Only the producers at the top of the lake get oxygen. C) Producers don't make oxygen. D) The fertilizers chemically react with oxygen in the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only the producers at the top of the lake get oxygen. 50. The measure of acidity or alkalinity (basicity) of a solution is known as A) Compound. . B) Titration. C) POH. D) PH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PH. 51. Sustainable agriculture A) Doesn't use any chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides. B) Doesn't permit the use of tractors, plows, or other machines that require fossil fuels. C) Supports practices that enhance soil health and quality. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supports practices that enhance soil health and quality. 52. An organism that eats both plants and animals A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivore. 53. Between metals and nonmetals A) Ionic Bonds. B) Covalent Bonds. C) Both bonds. D) Neither bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ionic Bonds. 54. How long does it take Earth to rotate one time? A) 29.5 Days. B) 365 Days. C) 1 Hour. D) 24 Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24 Hours. 55. Which of these is not one of the two goals of almost every conservation plan? A) To protect a species from harm. B) To be as sustainable as possible. C) To protect the species' habitat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be as sustainable as possible. 56. A water strider can skate along the top of a pond because: A) Capillary action. B) Adhesion. C) Specific heat. D) Surface tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface tension. 57. Most of the water on Earth is A) Groundwater. B) River water. C) Salt water. D) Fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt water. 58. It is an international agreement to protect ozone layer by phasing out the use of ozone-depleting subtances. It is one of the most sucessful international environmental agreement. A) Paris Agreement. B) Montreal Protocol. C) Kyoto Protocol. D) CITES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montreal Protocol. 59. Which of the following is considered to be biodegradable? A) Soda Can. B) Styrofoam cups. C) Paper cups. D) Water Bottles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paper cups. 60. Estimates measurements A) Pseudoscience. B) Science. 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