This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 159 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 159 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How much of the sulfur dioxide that pollutes the air is from electrical power plants? A) One-fourth. B) One-fifth. C) Two-sevenths. D) Two-thirds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two-thirds. 2. ..... is a disease that miners can get from the accumulation of coal dust in the lungs. A) Asbestos. B) Carbon dioxide poisoning. C) Black lung. D) Coal lung. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black lung. 3. Turning the water off when you brush your teeth is an example of A) Reducing. B) Reusing. C) Recycling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reducing. 4. Which of the following is a side effect of heat islands? A) Drought. B) Lower temperatures. C) Lower temperatures and drought. D) Increased precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased precipitation. 5. Where does the most energy exist in a food pyramid? A) The top of the pyramid. B) The middle of the pyramid. C) The bottom of the pyramid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bottom of the pyramid. 6. All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area are called a ..... A) Population. B) Cluster. C) Herd. D) Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 7. The transfer of thermal energy through a substance by direct contact is called ..... A) Convection. B) Radiation. C) Insulation. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conduction. 8. In a temperate forest ecosystem, a black bear feeds on fish that live in a stream while a robin feeds on berries on mountainside bushes. The earthworm would be classified as a A) Bionic. B) Prey. C) Predator. D) Herbivore. E) Detrivorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Detrivorous. 9. In an area away from forests and cities, geochemist Charles David Keeling measured the amount of A) Ozone in the air. B) Oxygen in the air. C) Nitrous oxide in the air. D) Carbon dioxide in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen in the air. 10. National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 A) RA 9147. B) RA 7586. C) PD 705. D) Executive Order 318. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RA 7586. 11. Butterflies obtain nectar, a food source, from flowers. When they fly from one flower to another, they disperse pollen. Which type of interaction do the butterflies and flowers have? A) Parasitism. B) Predation. C) Commensalism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutualism. 12. Does not belong in the field of Natural Sciences. A) Earth science. B) Biology. C) Chemistry. D) Sociology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sociology. 13. How much energy is LOST from each level moving up the energy pyramid? A) 90%. B) 10%. C) 30%. D) 70%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90%. 14. A group of the same species of organism living in the same place A) Density. B) Population. C) Pod. D) Hang out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 15. Which answer best describes a decomposer? A) An organism that produces oxygen and is eaten by others. B) An organism that is dead and decomposing. C) An organism that gets energy by eating meat. D) An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms. 16. A relationship between two species where one species benefits while the other is not affected at all it is called A) Mutualism. B) Neutralism. C) Ammensalism. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 17. Our ecological footprint is affected by the number of people on Earth and how much we ..... A) Sustain. B) Save. C) Consume. D) Review. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consume. 18. This layer of Earth is the thickest part A) Inner core. B) Mantle. C) Crust. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 19. What is the original example of the "commons" ? A) Deer drinking from a river. B) Trees being cut to build boats. C) Grazing animals in a pasture. D) People fishing from the same pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grazing animals in a pasture. 20. What happens to the air pressure the higher up in space you go? A) The air pressure increases. B) There is no air pressure. C) The air pressure decreases. D) The air pressure stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The air pressure decreases. 21. Which term describes resources that cannot be easily replaced once they are used? A) Non-renewable. B) Sustainable. C) Renewable. D) Abundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-renewable. 22. Which of the following mean '' members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time" ? A) Ecosystem. B) Organism. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 23. After a severe drought, the productivity in an ecosystem took many years to return to pre-drought conditions. This observation indicates that the ecosystem has A) Low resistance. B) Low resilience. C) High resilience. D) High resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low resilience. 24. Why do leaves change color in the fall? A) The leaves are tired of being green. B) The leaves begin producing a different pigment to seem more attractive. C) Chlorophyll slowly stops being produced, allowing other colors to show through. D) To help birds find their way southward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chlorophyll slowly stops being produced, allowing other colors to show through. 25. Baba Amte is the name associated with- A) Chipko Movement. B) Narmada Bachao Andolan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narmada Bachao Andolan. 26. Martha is curious as to what happened to the dinosaurs. She is convinced that a virus spread across the earth and killed all the dinosaurs. Martha's idea is called a ..... A) Theory. B) Question. C) Hypothesis. D) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 27. Survival of the fittest A) Natural Selection. B) Mutation. C) Adaptation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Selection. 28. A ..... feedback loop makes a system more stable. A) Neutral. B) Circular. C) Positive. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative. 29. One way in which wetlands control flooding is by A) Filtering out water pollutnants. B) Reducing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the air. C) Providing habitats for migratory wildlife. D) Absorbing water from rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absorbing water from rivers. 30. How does primary and secondary succession compare? A) Primary succession occurs on soil, while secondary succession occurs on bare rock. B) Primary succession occurs on water, while secondary succession occurs on land. C) Primary succession occurs in cold climates, while secondary succession occurs in warm climates. D) Primary succession occurs on bare rock, while secondary succession occurs on soil that has been disturbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary succession occurs on bare rock, while secondary succession occurs on soil that has been disturbed. 31. Fresh water found above ground in lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams A) Groundwater. B) Watershed. C) Fish water. D) Surface water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface water. 32. Heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by breaking down dead and decaying plants and animals are called A) Omnivores. B) Autotrophs. C) Producers. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 33. What happens to the carbon bonds in coal as it ages? A) Just gets older with compression. B) The bonds get weaker with compression. C) The bonds get tighter with compression. D) The bonds explode and cause rampant destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bonds get tighter with compression. 34. The acronym "CFC" stands for A) Choro-fluids-carbons. B) Contain-fluid-containments. C) Chloro-fluoro-carbons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloro-fluoro-carbons. 35. The harvesting of peat as an energy source is dangerous for the workers, why? A) Workers have to work in cold wet conditions. B) Venomous animals live in the bogs where peat is harvested. C) Heat loss from. D) Serious infections caused by bioaerosols; airborne particles containing fungi, viruses, and bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serious infections caused by bioaerosols; airborne particles containing fungi, viruses, and bacteria. 36. What are nonrenewable resources? A) Solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric power. B) Organic materials, such as wood and paper. C) Renewable resources, such as air and water. D) Fossil fuels, nuclear energy, minerals like copper and gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuels, nuclear energy, minerals like copper and gold. 37. The energy within a nucleus of an atom A) Nuclear Energy. B) Neutrons. C) Nuclear Heat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear Energy. 38. Which organism is in a trophic level that would get most of its energy directly from the sun? A) Plant. B) Bird. C) Snake. D) Bug. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant. 39. If I am testing which dog food is the tastiest, what would be my dependent variable? A) Type of dog food. B) Amount of dog food eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount of dog food eaten. 40. Preserving biodiversity is important because A) It creates income opportunities for people. B) It increases the rate of survival of species in the area. C) It indicates effective laws made by the government officials. D) It promotes tourism in the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It increases the rate of survival of species in the area. 41. Two historical events during which smog killed many citizen and made thousands sick ..... A) Donora Fluoride Fog and London Smog. B) London Smog and Exxon Valdez. C) China Smog and Fluoride Fog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donora Fluoride Fog and London Smog. 42. Earth's current atmosphere is A) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon and 0.037% carbon dioxide. B) 78% oxygen, 21%nitrogen, 0.9% argon, 0.037% carbon dioxide. C) 78% nitrogen, 21% argon, 1% oxygen. D) 78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon and 0.037% carbon dioxide. 43. All of the energy plants make in a certain ecosystem A) Net Primary Productivity. B) Biomass. C) Energy Conservation. D) Gross Primary Productivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gross Primary Productivity. 44. The ionosphere is found in this layer A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 45. Which level has the least amount of biomass? A) Top. B) Bottom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Top. 46. Which is the possible path of movement of nitrogen in the nitrogen cycle? A) Air-soil-plants-animals-soil-air. B) Soil-air-plants-animals-soil-plants. C) Air-soil-plants-animals-soil-animals. D) Air-soil-animals-plants-soil-air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air-soil-plants-animals-soil-air. 47. Deserts are usually ..... A) Densely populated. B) Sparsely populated. C) Evenly populated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sparsely populated. 48. An increase in human population puts a stress onresources that can be renewed, such as ..... A) Trees and coal. B) Water and gasoline. C) Oil and natural gas. D) Water and trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water and trees. 49. A state of matter that has a definite volume and shape. A) Solid. B) Gas. C) Liquid. D) Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid. 50. Herbivores animals are those which eat ..... A) Flesh of the Animal. B) Only plants. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only plants. 51. These are examples from the medical revolution that help to prevent the spread of disease A) Vaccines. B) Pesticides. C) Plastics. D) Fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaccines. 52. Higher biodiversity = A) Higher ecosystem resilience. B) Lower ecosystem resilience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Higher ecosystem resilience. 53. The resource which limits the number of organisms in the population A) Death Rate. B) Carrying Capacity. C) Limiting Factor. D) Exponential Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limiting Factor. 54. 12 month growing season A) Coniferous. B) Deciduous. C) Rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 55. The Earth's inner core is solid ball of metal. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Which IS NOT an organization that advocates environmentalism? A) HARIBON. B) WWF. C) TMC. D) DOH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DOH. 57. How do benthic macroinvertebrates indicate water quality? A) If pollution-intolerant organisms not found, water is poor. B) If pollution-intolerant organisms are found, quality is good. C) If pollution-tolerant organisms are found, quality is good. D) If any of these are found, water is of poor quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If pollution-intolerant organisms are found, quality is good. 58. What is the Greenhouse Affect? A) As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase. B) Condition that is caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere. C) Causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean. D) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condition that is caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere. 59. During natural selection, the organisms with the best adaptations ..... A) Are better adapted to survive. B) Reproduce. C) Pass on their genes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. Which oil spill occurred southern coast of Alaska? A) Exxon Valdez. B) Deepwater Horizon. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exxon Valdez. ← 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