This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 146 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 146 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All are examples of Interventions and Signs of Hope except; A) Protection of Marine Resources. B) Conservation of Forests and Nature Preserves. C) Information and Education. D) Biohazards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biohazards. 2. If a person eats a vegetable, the person is acting as a ..... A) Primary consumer. B) Tertiary consumer. C) Secondary consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary consumer. 3. When spilled water seems to disappear, it actually just ..... A) Turned into precipitation. B) Evaporated. C) Dissolved. D) Condensed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporated. 4. Water Code of the Philippines A) PD 1219. B) PD 1152. C) PD 1586. D) PD 1067. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PD 1067. 5. ..... are emitted directly into the atmosphere A) Primary pollutants. B) Secondary pollutants. C) Particulants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary pollutants. 6. Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food. Which do scientist classify as autotrophs? A) Fungi. B) Molds. C) Plants. D) Chordates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 7. Name of the supercontinent? A) Pangea. B) Eurasia. C) Laurasia. D) Antarctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pangea. 8. What are the two waste recovery methods? A) Composting and incineration. B) Composting and recycling. C) Recycling and source reduction. D) Recycling and landfills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Composting and recycling. 9. Which of the following wastes cannot be decomposed by bacteria to form compost? A) Plastic and polythene. B) Bodies of dead animals. C) Leaf. D) Kitchen waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastic and polythene. 10. Which step in the carbon cycle removes carbon from the atmosphere? A) Fossilization. B) Photosynthesis. C) Combustion. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 11. How much more garbage is produced during the Christmas holidays? A) 0% more. B) 50% more. C) 25% more. D) 10% more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25% more. 12. A scientists test algae growth in normal conditions and in the cold? What is the dependent variable? A) The algae will grow less in the cold. B) Cold weather. C) Normal conditions. D) Algae growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Algae growth. 13. Organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms, heterotroph. A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumer. 14. The percentage of a volume of soil that is empty space A) Spacing. B) Porosity. C) Seeping. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Porosity. 15. Deforestation takes place by ..... A) Human activities. B) Only by natural resources. C) Both of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 16. Choose the correct answer and fill in the missing content in the concept below? "..... of a territory (a locality, a country, or a continent.....) is the number of inhabitants. living in that territory" the total number of people living in that territory" A) Number of residents. B) Population size. C) Number of population. D) Population size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population size. 17. What is the purpose of fuel desulfurization? A) To reduce NOx emissions from exhaust systems. B) To remove sulfur from fuels before burning. C) To eliminate SO2 from industrial chimney emissions. D) To reduce VOC emissions from certain liquids and gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To remove sulfur from fuels before burning. 18. Human populations increase most rapidly in developing nations. Which of the following would have the most rapid increase in population? A) Norway. B) Germany. C) Kenya. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kenya. 19. Where biomes overlap A) Autotrophs. B) Ecotone. C) Biome overlap. D) Overlapping Biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecotone. 20. When a population's growth slows then stops, following a period of exponential growth ..... A) Logistic growth. B) Emigration. C) Immigration. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logistic growth. 21. Using the 'CER' writing strategy for scientific discussion and questioning, what is needed for proper use of the 'E': A) A direct statement agreeing or disagreeing with the question. B) The reasoning behind why evidence given supports a claim. C) Citation and direct quote (or data) confirming the claim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citation and direct quote (or data) confirming the claim. 22. The forest biome receiving the most annual precipitation is A) Deciduous forest. B) Coniferous forest. C) Rain forest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain forest. 23. If a lot of heat is applied to a rock, it will turn into A) Magma. B) Metamorphic rocks. C) Sediment. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 24. A desert is a ..... environment for a cow. A) Good. B) Bad. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad. 25. Water releasing from plants A) Evaporation. B) Sublimation. C) Transpiration. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 26. Where do autotrophs get most of the carbon for their cells? A) From the air. B) From your mom. C) From water. D) From the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the air. 27. Which of the following describes the lithosphere? A) The lower part of the mantle. B) The upper part of the crust. C) The inner and outer core. D) The crust and upper part of the mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The crust and upper part of the mantle. 28. Denitrification is the process by which ..... A) Bacteria convert nitrates into N gas, releasing it into the atmosphere. B) Animals convert N gas into nitrates, releasing it into the atmosphere. C) Dead organisms break down and return carbon to the soil and atmosphere. D) Organic N is converted into oxygen during photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria convert nitrates into N gas, releasing it into the atmosphere. 29. What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core? A) Continental drift. B) Divergence. C) Plate tectonics. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection. 30. What is a harm of the industrial revolution? A) Burning fossil fuels. B) Loss of biodiversity. C) People moving off of farmland. D) Mass extinctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning fossil fuels. 31. Which of the following is an example of how biomass fuel is currently being used? A) Biogas digesters ferment manure and produce methane. B) Dung-fired power stations produce electricity. C) Ethanol from fermenting corn is added to gasoline. D) All are acceptable choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are acceptable choices. 32. ..... is a useful product of photosynthesis, while ..... is released as a waste product. A) Oxygen, glucose. B) Glucose, oxygen. C) Glucose, carbon dioxide. D) Carbon dioxide, glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glucose, oxygen. 33. What is considered "commons" ? A) A farmers land. B) Your cell phone. C) The ocean. D) Your house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ocean. 34. If a primary consumer contains 1, 000 kcal of energy, the secondary consumer gains how much energy when it eats the primary consumer? A) 10 kcal. B) 1, 000 kcal. C) 10, 000 kcal. D) 100 kcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100 kcal. 35. Tragedy of the Commons can be prevented if A) The resource is used unsustainably. B) The resource is overused. C) The resource is managed and regulated to prevent overuse. D) The resource is taken away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The resource is managed and regulated to prevent overuse. 36. The Sikhote-Alin Mountains, and the Siberian tigers living on them, are separated from other mountain regions in which the tigers could live. The mountains are an example of a(n) A) Invasive species. B) Mass extirpation. C) Mass extinction. D) Habitat fragmentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat fragmentation. 37. Tiny, free-floating, marine algae A) Surface zone. B) Sunlight. C) Phytoplankton. D) Groundwater. E) River system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phytoplankton. 38. What will happen to fossil fuel reserves if humans continue to burn them? A) The fossil fuel reserves will be quickly resupplied and so humans will never run out. B) The fossil fuel reserves will be completely depleted, or totally used up. C) The fossil fuel reserves will stay underground. D) The fossil fuel reserves will definitely NOT turn into carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fossil fuel reserves will be completely depleted, or totally used up. 39. Where do humans get most of the water they use? A) Rivers and lakes. B) Water vapor. C) Polar ice caps. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 40. Which variable is measured or counted and displayed on the Y axis? A) Dependent. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent. 41. The lungs and heart lie in the ..... A) Stomach. B) Back. C) Chest. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chest. 42. Temperature increases with height in the ..... due to the ozone trapping heat. A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratosphere. 43. Plants and animals in the tundra must be able to adapt to the extremely ..... weather A) Small. B) Cold. C) Perennials. D) Shallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 44. What could happen when leaves and dead organisms build up in a pond? A) The pond becomes a lake. B) All the fish die. C) The pond may become a forest. D) The water gets more salty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pond may become a forest. 45. Agenda 21 came out from the Earth Summit and was an agreement by A) Seven nations to halt CFC production in 1987. B) 90 nations to enhance global biodiversity in 2000. C) 300 nations to limit trade in endangered species in 1985. D) 178 nations for comprehensive sustainable development in 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 178 nations for comprehensive sustainable development in 1992. 46. Non-repeatable results A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 47. ..... can be dangerous when there is too much in the air. A) Climate change. B) Recycling. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 48. ..... are used in producing weather like plate collisions are used in making mountains. A) Surface currents. B) Radiation. C) Conduction. D) Convection currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection currents. 49. Global Warming is A) The gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere. B) Caused by a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. C) The process by which Earth's atmosphere traps solar energy. D) The movement of warm surface water toward the coast of South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere. 50. Resources that are used must faster than can be naturally replenished. (Once they're gone, they're gone.) A) Nonrenewable resources. B) Sustainable resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable resources. 51. A single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of the Earth's surface: A) Core. B) Deep Zone. C) Ionsphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep Zone. 52. Why does the Earth have seasons? A) Earth's rotation around the Sun. B) Tilt of the Earth on its axis. C) Earth's shape. D) Earth's rotation on its own axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tilt of the Earth on its axis. 53. Deepest parts where animals had adapted to live in the dark, cold water A) Intertidal. B) Benthic. C) Neritic. D) Oceanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benthic. 54. Rate at which a country's population grows A) Death rate. B) Birth rate. C) Literacy rate. D) Growth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growth rate. 55. Water that collects underground A) Magma. B) Erosion. C) Fault. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 56. I have locomotion and no cell walls. What kingdom do I belong to? A) Archaebacteria. B) The animal. C) Plantae. D) Eubacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The animal. 57. Water running off the land surface A) Run-off. B) Evaporation. C) Sublimation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run-off. 58. Acidity or alkalinity of soil determines its pH. Soil with LOW pH can be neutralized by A) Decreasing organic matter. B) Crop rotation. C) Applying ammonium-based fertilizers. D) Adding more crops/plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Applying ammonium-based fertilizers. 59. In which biome would you find a black bear? A) Temperate Grassland. B) Temperate Rain Forest. C) Tropical Rain Forest. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate Rain Forest. 60. What is a claim based upon? A) Hypothesis. B) Rules. C) Ideas. D) Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Question. ← 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