This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 148 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 148 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The productive area of Earth needed to support the lifestyle of one person is called A) Supply and demand. B) The ecological footprint. C) The consumption crisis. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ecological footprint. 2. What is a volcano and how is it formed? A) A volcano is formed by the accumulation of rainwater and soil erosion. B) A volcano is formed by the movement of tectonic plates. C) A volcano is formed by the accumulation of magma from the Earth's mantle and crust. D) A volcano is formed by the impact of a meteorite on the Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A volcano is formed by the accumulation of magma from the Earth's mantle and crust. 3. Mangrove plants in the ocean can help prevent ..... A) Flood. B) Earthquake. C) Abrasion. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abrasion. 4. Why do most of the power plants in the US burn coal as an energy source? A) They haven't developed the technology to use anything else. B) Mining for coal does not harm any habitats or ecosystems. C) Coal is a non-polluting source of energy. D) Coal is a renewable energy source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They haven't developed the technology to use anything else. 5. Naturally replenished over short periods of time A) Oil resources. B) Human resources. C) Nonrenewable resources. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable resources. 6. There are six criteria in evaluating web resources. One of these has the following questions. Which criterion is this talking about?1.Are the sources for factual information clearly listed so they can be verified in another source?2.Is the information free of grammatical, spelling, and other typographical errors? A) Coverage. B) Accuracy. C) Objectivity. D) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accuracy. 7. This level of the atmosphere is the farthest layer from the Earth. A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermosphere. 8. ..... is the process to drill and fracture the bedrock to release natural gas. A) Estuary. B) Refining. C) Fracking. D) Crushing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fracking. 9. What do ALL living things need to survive? A) A home. B) Children. C) Oxygen. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food. 10. What is the effect ocean currents have on the climate of coastal areas? A) Can warm or cool the climate because of the currents. B) Can only cool the climate of an area because of currents. C) Can warm the climate of an area because of currents. D) Can not affect the climate of an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can warm or cool the climate because of the currents. 11. When do scientists or other people that study species usually identify a KEYSTONE SPECIES? A) During the DOMINO EFFECT. B) After the species goes EXTINCT. C) Before POACHING. D) When the species has an ADAPTATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the species goes EXTINCT. 12. Why do storms and floods happen more suddenly than before? A) By animals. B) Due to broken measuring equipment. C) Due to nature. D) Due to deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Due to deforestation. 13. TRUE or FALSE:If one part of an ecosystem is destroyed or changes, the entire system might be affected. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. Where weather occurs. A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 15. Dodo birds are one of many species that are now extinct. What does it mean for a species to be extinct? A) There are ZERO of that species left in existence. B) There is an endangered amount of that species left on Earth. C) They are living in a small quantity in an animal sanctuary. D) They are isolated on an island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are ZERO of that species left in existence. 16. The critical difference between today's global warming and Earth's previous climate changes is that A) Human-made chemicals such as CFCs do not influence global warming. B) Previous changes in climate were dramatic but very short-lived. C) Scientists can now save all species from extinction by genetic engineering. D) Global warming may occur much more rapidly than it did during previous climate changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global warming may occur much more rapidly than it did during previous climate changes. 17. What is the process of converting waste materials into reusable materials? A) Recycling. B) Composting. C) Incineration. D) Landfill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycling. 18. It is the process of burning, When it occurs, CO2 is released into the atmosphere A) Photosythesis. B) Combustion. C) Respiration. D) Decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Combustion. 19. A gas in the atmosphere that absorbs Earth's outgoing infrared radiation A) The boy. B) Interglacial. C) Greenhouse gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouse gas. 20. You want to test which soil will help a plant grow the tallest. The height of the plants is the ..... variable. A) Dependent. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent. 21. Grass-covered land that animals can graze on A) Prairie. B) Pasture. C) Rangeland. D) Plantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rangeland. 22. What is an example of a non renewable resource? A) Coal. B) Biomass. C) Wind. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 23. Dams may be installed in rivers: A) To generate electricity. B) To control floods. C) To provide a water supply to industries and municipalities. D) All of these. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 24. Which type of air mass brings WARM and DRY weather? A) Continental Tropical (cT). B) Maritime Tropical (mT). C) Maritime Polar (mP). D) Continental Polar (cP). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental Tropical (cT). 25. Different people have ..... abilities. A) Braille. B) Different. C) Touch. D) Sign language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different. 26. Which of these is an example of radiation A) Bacon on a heated skillet. B) Falling on a sidewalk. C) Sun heating up the sand. D) Putting a blanket on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun heating up the sand. 27. After a volcanic eruption has covered an area with lava, which of the following is the most likely order of succession in the repopulation of the area? A) Grasses, trees, mosses, lichens. B) Lichens, grasses, shrubs, trees. C) Shrubs, grasses, trees, lichens. D) Mosses, grasses, lichens, trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lichens, grasses, shrubs, trees. 28. In a food pyramid, the amount of energy that any level of organism receives decreases A) Up the pyramid. B) In all levels. C) Down the pyramid. D) Across the pyramid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up the pyramid. 29. The fox in this food web would be considered a: A) Producer. B) Tertiary Consumer. C) Secondary Consumer. D) Primary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tertiary Consumer. 30. Read the statement below and answer if it is a positive or negative feedback loop?As Earth warms, organic matter in soil is decomposed faster:* More carbon dioxide is released * Enhanced greenhouse effect occurs * Earth warms further A) Negative feedback loop. B) Positive feedback loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive feedback loop. 31. What are the four layers of a tropical rain forest? A) Top, bottom, middle. B) Emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor. C) Up super high, high, middle, low. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor. 32. The routine an organism goes through that includes both living and non-living parts of an ecosystem that determines an organisms role in the habitat. A) Community. B) Niche. C) Organism. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 33. Examples are tomato plants and oak trees A) The animal. B) Plantae. C) Protista. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantae. 34. What are micro-plastics? A) Small plastic pieces less than five millimetres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. B) Small plastic pieces less than five centimetres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. C) Small plastic pieces less than five metres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. D) Small plastic pieces less than five kilometres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small plastic pieces less than five millimetres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. 35. The average temperature of earth is rising. A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. One of the following sciences is not contributing with the environmental science? A) Chemistry. B) Geology. C) Physics. D) Zoology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physics. 37. Ecologists tend to divide the photic zone of lakes and ponds based on distance from the A) Ocean. B) Shore. C) Bottom. D) Surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface. 38. Put directly into the air by human activities A) Secondary pollution. B) Smog. C) Primary pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary pollution. 39. Which of the following are abiotic factors that shape ecosystems? A) Worms, plants and temperature. B) Wind, precipitation, and soil type. C) Niches, trees, and bacteria. D) Sunlight, mushrooms, and wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight, mushrooms, and wind. 40. Nutrient pollution increased by human behavior that speeds up the eutrophication process significantly A) Cultural eutrophication. B) Algal bloom. C) Wastewater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural eutrophication. 41. The ribosomes are made by the A) Nucleolus. B) Centriole. C) Smooth ER. D) Rough ER. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleolus. 42. What is and example of cogeneration? A) Heat energy normally wasted is used to power a turbine. B) A power plant that gets energy from both nuclear and hydroelectric. C) A type of wind turbine that can be powered by wind or steam. D) Harvesting natural gas and petroleum from the same field. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat energy normally wasted is used to power a turbine. 43. During Orographic Effect, the windward side is warm and dry. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 44. Land used for recreation, scenic, enjoyment, and for preserving native animal and plant communities and ecosystems A) Rangeland. B) Parks and preserves. C) Wetlands. D) Farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parks and preserves. 45. EPA stands for the A) Environmental Policy Agency. B) Effects Problems Agency. C) Environmental Program Administration. D) Environmental Protection Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental Protection Agency. 46. ..... is located in the stratosphere A) The ozone layer. B) Exosphere. C) Ionosphere. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ozone layer. 47. A fuel's suitability is dependent on all the following factors, except A) Availability. B) Energy content. C) Magnetism. D) Cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnetism. 48. What is the term used to describe all living things in an ecosystem? A) Abiotic Factors. B) Biotic Factors. C) Population. D) Environmental Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic Factors. 49. What do we call a change in a species over time? A) Extinction. B) Adaptation. C) Environmental influences. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evolution. 50. Longitude lines are used to measure A) Degrees East & West. B) Degrees North & South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degrees East & West. 51. The energy lost between trophic levels in a food web A) Cools the surrounding environment. B) Is used in the course of normal living. C) Can be captured only by parasitic organisms. D) Is lost into the atmosphere as CO2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is used in the course of normal living. 52. Which of the following would be the best way for a desert farmer to reduce water loss from evaporation and seepage and thus conserve water? A) Dig deeper wells. B) Recycle cooling water and waste water. C) Install low-flow toilets. D) Install a drip irrigation system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Install a drip irrigation system. 53. Becuase aquatic macroinvertebrates are good indicators of stream health, we can collect them to determine A) The pH of the water. B) The quality of the water and overall conditions of the stream. C) The origin of the water. D) The amount of dissolved oxygen in the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The quality of the water and overall conditions of the stream. 54. Who is at the bottom of an energy pyramid? A) Organism. B) Soil. C) Producer. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. 55. Specific examples of potentially renewable natural resources are: A) Water, soil, air, and oil. B) Timber, water, and mineral resources. C) Forests, water, and soil. D) Tidal energy, water, and mineral ores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forests, water, and soil. 56. Vermicomposting is done by: A) Worms. B) Fungus. C) Bacteria. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worms. 57. Problems with exploiting oil shale and tar sand deposits as an alternative to crude oil include all of the following except: A) The deposits are usually deeply buried and difficult to extract. B) The conversion process to fuel requires a lot of energy. C) The mining and conversion process requires a lot of water. D) Mining would involve widespread disruption of the land surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The deposits are usually deeply buried and difficult to extract. 58. Heat is the only thing that: A) Leaves the Sun. B) Leaves the Earth in large amounts. C) Is a renewable energy source. D) Enters the Earth from outer space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leaves the Earth in large amounts. 59. What are the three organic materials which are essential for life and each follow a recognizable cycle? A) Glucose, insulin, bile. B) Carbon dioxide, oxygen, ozone. C) Carbon, water, nitrogen. D) Sodium, potassium, calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon, water, nitrogen. 60. Aquatic food webs begin with what? A) Zooplankton. B) Plankton. C) Krill. D) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phytoplankton. ← 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