This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 147 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 147 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Average number of years a person is likely to live. A) Survivorship. B) Life expectancy. C) Demography. D) Age structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life expectancy. 2. What is an effect of surface mining on the landscape of a region? A) The number of open meadows decreases. B) Rapid tree growth is triggered. C) Changing land topography improves the flow of rivers. D) Forests are fragmented or lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of open meadows decreases. 3. Bottom of a lake or pond A) Benthic Zone. B) Nekton. C) Littoral Zone. D) Floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benthic Zone. 4. Which risk is associated with using nuclear fission to produce energy in a power plant? A) Exposure of workers to sulfur dioxide. B) Depletion of hydrocarbons. C) Depletion of atmospheric oxygen. D) Exposure of workers to radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposure of workers to radiation. 5. You have five toes on each of your feet A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. Biocapacity is ..... A) The area where we can recover resources. B) The area available to provide resources. C) The area where we leave the trash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The area where we can recover resources. 7. Ninety-seven percent of the world's water resources are found in A) Fresh water. B) Salt water. C) Icecaps and glaciers. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Icecaps and glaciers. 8. Which of these studies to solve environmental problems. A) Ecological Footprint. B) Environmentalist. C) Ecology. D) Environmental Scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental Scientist. 9. All of the following are benefits of GMOs EXCEPT: A) Drought resistant crops. B) Foods with longer shelf life. C) More nutritious foods. D) Less allergic reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less allergic reactions. 10. Introduction of foreign substances into water that degrade its quality, limit its use, and affect organisms living in it or drinking it A) Water pollution. B) Nonpoint pollution. C) Point pollution. D) Thermal pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water pollution. 11. Which of the following is NOT an abundant greenhouse gas? A) Nitrous Oxide. B) Ozone. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone. 12. What exactly does biodiversity measure within an ecosystem? A) The number of different species within an ecosystem. B) The number of different animals within an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of different species within an ecosystem. 13. A tapeworm lives in the small intestines where it feeds and grows, robbing the human of essential nutrients. This is a ..... type of relationship. A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Symbiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 14. In which situation are the cryosphere and geosphere interacting? A) A volcano release hot lava that causes a glacier to melt. B) Humans burn fossil fuels that pollute the atmosphere. C) Sediments from a desert are carried by wind to a rainforest. D) A running river erodes soil on a mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A volcano release hot lava that causes a glacier to melt. 15. An accurate definition of Sustainability is A) Meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays. B) Meeting population needs. C) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive. D) Meeting the food needs of animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive. 16. What naturally occurring gas do trees absorb? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Helium. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 17. .... grows in areas with low rainfall A) Rice. B) Cotton. C) Bajra. D) Sugarcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bajra. 18. Acids have ..... concentrations of H+. Bases have ..... concentrations of H+. A) High; Low. B) Low; High. C) High; High. D) Low; Low. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High; Low. 19. Consumers are organisms that A) Occupy an ecosystem's lowest energy level. B) Get their energy by eating other organisms. C) Are also known as self-feeders. D) Eat only other animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get their energy by eating other organisms. 20. Which human action can cause pollution? A) Biking. B) Recycling. C) Mining. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mining. 21. Horizon A is made up of ..... ? A) Subsoil. B) Topsoil. C) Bedrock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topsoil. 22. An optimum range is A) An organism's niche. B) An organism's species richness. C) A threat to an organism. D) An organism's comfort zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An organism's comfort zone. 23. Elodea is an autotrophic organism which produces sugars at the bottom of some freshwater food chains. Elodea would best be classified as- A) Carnivores. B) Herbivores. C) Producers. D) Omnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producers. 24. Belief that God is the central aspect to existence A) Anthropocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Xenocentrism. D) Theocentricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theocentricism. 25. Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? A) Adaptation. B) Variation. C) Evolution. D) Natural Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Selection. 26. Abbreviation for sulfur dioxide? A) NIGHT. B) Seek. C) Ill. D) CO5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ill. 27. When water evaporates directly from trees and other plants A) Evaporation. B) Precipitation. C) Transpiration. D) Tersipation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 28. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of an age structure diagram? A) Shows percentages of a population. B) Describes why a population graph has a certain shape. C) It tells us about the number of males and females. D) Breaks down percentages of a population based on age group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describes why a population graph has a certain shape. 29. What is one action that can be used to reduce Ozone depletion? A) Use more fossil fuels. B) Use less metals. C) Use more plastic containers. D) Use less CFC's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use less CFC's. 30. Water occurring in a stream, lake, river, reservoir, estuary, wetland or the ocean. A) Ground Water. B) Surface Water. C) Watershed. D) Drainage Divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface Water. 31. What closes the recycling loop and ensures it is successful? A) Collecting recyclables. B) Profitable recycling. C) Buying goods made of recyclables. D) Making goods from recyclables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buying goods made of recyclables. 32. What are the 5 basic components needed in any ecosystem? A) Energy, mineral nutrients, water, oxygen, living organisms. B) Energy, mineral nutrients, water, carbon dioxide, living organisms. C) Energy, mineral nutrients, water, oxygen, nonliving organisms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy, mineral nutrients, water, oxygen, living organisms. 33. Weather occurs here A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 34. Which of these statements is MOST accurate about the Sun? A) ) It is near the end of its life cycle. B) ) It has an infinite energy supply. C) ) It has consumed approximately one-half of its expendable energy. D) ) It is in its infancy in terms of energy consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ) It has consumed approximately one-half of its expendable energy. 35. Zoning refers to A) Only certain areas that have laws. B) The classification of certain areas for development & land use. C) Only certain areas with public transportation. D) Areas where sprawl can occur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The classification of certain areas for development & land use. 36. Oil that is pumped from the ground. A) Neutrons. B) Oil Reserves. C) Petroleum. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petroleum. 37. Water stored under Earth's surface A) Surface water. B) Watershed. C) Aquifer. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 38. What would my control group be? Independent:type of musicDependent:test scores A) No music. B) Textbook. C) Test scores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No music. 39. What is a man grove A) A tree. B) A grove. C) A tree or shrub that grows in tropical swamps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tree or shrub that grows in tropical swamps. 40. Used to run a turbine at a power plant A) Steam. B) Biomass. C) Solar cell. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam. 41. A study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good A) Policy. B) Economics. C) Demand. D) Cost-benefit analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cost-benefit analysis. 42. There are four separate layers that make up a temperate mixed forest. Which is also known as ground cover? A) Herbaceous layer. B) Sub-canopy layer. C) Shrub layer. D) Canopy layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbaceous layer. 43. Human construction of buildings ad pavement affect the hydrologic cycle by A) Increasing runoff only. B) Increasing evaporation and runoff. C) Increasing runoff and percolation. D) Increasing evaporation and percolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing evaporation and runoff. 44. Variable(s) that do not change during the experiment. A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) Constant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constant. 45. California experiences a large number of earthquakes. What plate boundary can you expect to find there? A) Convergent. B) Transform. C) Divergent. D) All of them, that's why the place is so cursed to live in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transform. 46. What event led to the birth of modern environmentalism? A) Publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. B) Discovery of oil spills in the ocean. C) Development of renewable energy sources. D) Creation of environmental protection laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. 47. With clear evidence (A), his company couldn't deny(B) dump(C) a large quantity of toxins into the sea(D). A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 48. A substance composed of many molecules (that are composed of atoms from more than one element) held together by chemical bonds is a(n): ..... A) Element. B) Molecule. C) Compound. D) Ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 49. Which of the following units is not metric? A) Liters. B) Grams. C) Inches. D) Meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inches. 50. Biomass energy..... A) Can be created by microbial action or burned directly as wood or dung. B) Is a form of fossil fuel. C) Produces no greenhouse gases when burned. D) Requires fossil fuel input to produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be created by microbial action or burned directly as wood or dung. 51. It is a fog combined with smoke and other chemical fumes. A) Exhaust gas. B) Vapor. C) Smog. D) Dirty smoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. 52. Information that you collect using your senses. A) Hypothesis. B) Observation. C) Experiment. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 53. Sulfur dioxide reacts with water vapor in the atmosphere to form A) Hydrogen sulfate. B) Hydrogen sulfide. C) Sulfuric acid. D) Dimethyl sulfide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulfuric acid. 54. What type of forest has the greatest biodiversity? A) Taiga Forest. B) Tropical Rainforest. C) Temperate Deciduous Forest. D) Temperate Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical Rainforest. 55. Which describes an "Endangered Species" A) Species has low numbers and are likely to become extinct. B) Species are low in numbers and likely to become endangered. C) There are no more living members of the species. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species has low numbers and are likely to become extinct. 56. Which of the following prevents UV rays from reaching Earth? A) The hydrosphere. B) The ozone layer. C) The lithosphere. D) The biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ozone layer. 57. Refers to the weather conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, and winds. A) Latitude. B) Climate. C) Biome D) rain forest. D) Rain forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 58. Which transfer of energy occurs mainly through the process of convection? A) Heat from radioactive decay transferred by molecular collisions to surrounding mantle rock. B) Electromagnetic energy transferred from the Sun to the Moon. C) Solar energy transferred through space to Earth's surface. D) Heated air in the lower atmosphere transferred upward by density differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heated air in the lower atmosphere transferred upward by density differences. 59. Replaced relatively quickly by natural processes. A) Non-renewable. B) Resource depletion. C) Renewable resource. D) Agricultural revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable resource. 60. *The organelle responsible for photosynthesis: A) Cytoplasm. B) Mitochondria. C) Vacuoles. D) Nuclear membrane. E) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Chloroplast. ← 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