This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 162 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 162 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the theory of Continental Drift explain? A) Ocean currents move continents around the planet. B) Convection works deep within the asthenosphere. C) Mid-ocean ridges force tectonic plates to move. D) Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today. 2. Recreational activities can have adverse effects on the water quality and aquatic habitats. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. Which factor is a density-dependent limiting factor on the Florida manatee population? A) Hot ocean waters. B) Bacteria. C) Cold stress. D) Water salinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 4. These types of models are 3 dimensional. A) Physical. B) Conceptual. C) Graphical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical. 5. What is injected into disposal wells during the fracking process? A) Used fracking fluids. B) Old drill pipe. C) Mixed oil and water. D) SOx, NOx and CO2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used fracking fluids. 6. ..... is the spread of low-density urban or suburban development outward from an urban center. A) Megalopolis. B) Rural. C) UGB. D) Sprawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprawl. 7. Why is peer review used? A) To check spelling and grammar. B) To check relevancy. C) To check quality and validity. D) To check for uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To check quality and validity. 8. ..... is a symbiotic relationship and is beneficial to both species. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Simualism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 9. True/False:Humans have successfully dug completely through the crust into the mantle. A) False tagsLayers of Earth. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False tagsLayers of Earth. 10. Form the 1780's to the late 1800's, people thought the amount of land and resources in the West was unlimited. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. A natural process that holds heat in is called ..... A) Ultraviolet radiation. B) Visible light. C) Infrared radiation. D) Greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greenhouse effect. 12. An interaction between predators and their preys where the prey produces a large volume of offspring for greater chance their of survival thus satisfying the demand for food of their predators. A) Predator adaptation. B) Predator satiation. C) Prey satiation. D) Cryptic satiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predator satiation. 13. Imagine you're an explorer! You've just discovered a farmland where a drought has wiped out all the plants. But, as time passes, you notice new plants beginning to sprout, thanks to the wind and some adventurous birds from nearby areas. What stage of succession is unfolding before your eyes in this farmland? A) Competition. B) Migration. C) Reaction. D) Ecesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecesis. 14. Which one uses paint dots on organisms? A) Sampling. B) Direct observation. C) Mark and recapture. D) Indirect observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mark and recapture. 15. 3rd layer-The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core A) Thunderstorm. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mesosphere. 16. In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other? A) Normal. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) Divergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divergent. 17. Which statement best describes why an algae bloom forms? A) Decreased amounts of fish eating on the algae. B) Decreas of pollution allow algae absorb gases and grow fast. C) High amount of light stimulate photosynthesis to occur. D) High amounts of fertilizer from farms/ fast growth of algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High amounts of fertilizer from farms/ fast growth of algae. 18. What is an effect of land pollution? A) No clean drinking water. B) Loss of habitat for animals. C) Diseases from breathing in poor quality air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loss of habitat for animals. 19. Involves mainly the lithosphere and oceans; eutrophication can be a negative process A) Water cycle . B) Phosphorus cycle. C) Nitrogen cycle. D) Carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phosphorus cycle. 20. During which period(s) did most of today's environmental problems begin? A) During the hunter-gatherer period. B) During the Industrial Revolution. C) During the agricultural Revolution. D) During the Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the Industrial Revolution. 21. Which of the following is a point-source pollution? A) Fertilizer runoff from agricultural fields. B) Solid waste from consumers in a city. C) Pollutants emitted by power plants in a region. D) A sewer pipe dumping raw sewage into a stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollutants emitted by power plants in a region. 22. Which energy source has no greenhouse gas emissions but has waste products that present a health hazard for humans? A) Coal. B) Natural gas. C) Petroleum. D) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear. 23. Elevation is a factor in climate because under most conditions, A) Temperature falls as elevation increases. B) Temperature rises as elevation increases. C) Temperature is not affected by elevation. D) Snowfall is unlikely at high elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature falls as elevation increases. 24. An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely (badly) affects the health, survival, or activities of any organism. A) Loss of biodoversity. B) Pollution. C) Resource depletion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution. 25. It is believed that the ancestors of tetrapods developed as a result of living in low oxygen and/or shallow waters. A) Lungs. B) Gills. C) Hair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 26. What statement about cap-and-trade systems is true? A) It prohibits companies from emitting any pollution. B) It consistently reduces pollution in all areas. C) It issues permits that allow companies to emit a percentage of the overall amount of a given pollutant. D) It always leads to positive environmental results. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It issues permits that allow companies to emit a percentage of the overall amount of a given pollutant. 27. What is the significance of secondary consumers in an ecosystem? A) They have no significance in an ecosystem. B) They help regulate the population of primary consumers and contribute to the overall stability of the ecosystem. C) They primarily feed on producers. D) They only contribute to the instability of the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They help regulate the population of primary consumers and contribute to the overall stability of the ecosystem. 28. Time for a brain teaser! 🧠 B1.2Imagine a country where the number of babies being born dips below what's needed to keep the population steady. 🍼👶 Which stage of demographic transition is this country experiencing? A) Urbanization/industrialization. B) Post-industrial. C) Mature industrial. D) Pre-industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Post-industrial. 29. In a food chain / food web, what do secondlevel consumers eat? A) First level consumers. B) Producers. C) Other second level consumers. D) Carnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First level consumers. 30. Which is not a factor that affects climate? A) Altitude. B) Latitude. C) Lakes and oceans. D) Living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living organisms. 31. What characteristic do all renewable resources share? A) Produced by waste products. B) Form underground from dead organisms. C) Replaced in a short period of time. D) Allow energy to pass through them easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replaced in a short period of time. 32. Most pollutants that enter estuaries break down over time, yet they are still considered a problem A) The pollutants eventually concentrate in ocean. B) It is the volume of the pollutants, more than the time factor, that harms estuaries. C) The pollutants break down into still more dangerous toxins. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the volume of the pollutants, more than the time factor, that harms estuaries. 33. Higher energy level and shorter wavelengths are features of: A) Alpha radiation. B) Ultraviolet radiation. C) Beta radiation. D) Infrared radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultraviolet radiation. 34. The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a ..... A) Transform Boundary. B) Plate Boundary. C) Divergent Boundary. D) Convergent Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convergent Boundary. 35. Artificial eutrophication is when a body of water or water system becomes excessively rich with nutrients. What is NOT an example of an effect of eutrophication? A) Increase algae growth. B) Fish dying. C) Improvement of water quality. D) Decrease in oxygen levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improvement of water quality. 36. What role does the lithosphere play in the formation of landforms? A) Weathering and soil formation. B) Tectonic activity, erosion, and deposition. C) Atmospheric pressure and temperature. D) Volcanic eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic activity, erosion, and deposition. 37. The strong force that holds water molecules tightly together at the surface of a liquid is- A) Cohesion. B) Surface tension. C) Adhesion. D) Capillary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface tension. 38. People who graduate from high school make $ 20, 000 more per year, on average, than someone who doesn't graduate. What is the independent variable? A) The jobs graduates get. B) $ 20, 000. C) Going to college. D) Graduating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graduating. 39. Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy (stored in glucose). A) Cellular Respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 40. What percentage of earth's water can be used by humans for drinking water? A) 10%. B) 75%. C) 100%. D) Less than 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less than 1%. 41. What is the name of the process where less dense, hot magma rises to the surface to displace more dense, cooler magma? A) Radiation. B) Convection currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection currents. 42. In order to be considered freshwater, the salt content must be less than ..... A) 3.5%. B) 25%. C) 0.5%. D) 2.5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.5%. 43. The process that involves bacteria and fungi breaking down large compounds to return smaller molecules to the environment is called A) Photosynthesis. B) Decomposition. C) Nitrification. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposition. 44. The side of a mountain range that faces away from the wind and receives little to no precipitation: A) Leeward. B) Climate. C) Windward. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leeward. 45. Reduce, reuse, and recycle. By monitoring your consumption and waste habits, you'll find lots of opportunities to conserve on a personal level and reduce your ecological footprint which is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. What is NOT a way to reduce your ecological footprint? A) Recycle electronics. B) Eat less meat. C) Stop junk mail. D) Drink bottled water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drink bottled water. 46. Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime A) The Endangered Species Act. B) Environment. C) Ecosystem. D) John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt. E) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment. 47. A family of bears would make up a A) Biosphere. B) Population. C) Species. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 48. In which area is most of the Earth's phosphorous stored? A) In the atmosphere. B) In the ocean. C) Underground. D) On land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the ocean. 49. Which characteristics are common in the taiga biome? A) Spruces. elk, snowshoe hares, sever winters. B) Lichens, reindeer, and permafrost. C) Grasses, bison, prairie dogs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spruces. elk, snowshoe hares, sever winters. 50. How are mid-ocean ridges formed? A) Tectonic plate collision. B) Volcanic eruption. C) Sediment deposition. D) Seafloor spreading and magma rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seafloor spreading and magma rising. 51. Component of Earth that encompasses all other spheres A) Hydrosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 52. Used to describe an areas general weather pattern of a particular area A) Greenhouse gases. B) Climate. C) Thermal expansion. D) Sunspots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 53. Do latitude lines ever touch? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 54. What is the nitrogen cycle A) The movement of nitrogen through the different environmental spheres. B) A vehicle powered by nitrogen gas. C) The cycle of events that puts Nitrous Oxide into the atmosphere. D) An event in which nitrogen moves from the soil to the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movement of nitrogen through the different environmental spheres. 55. If the Great Ocean Conveyor were to be disrupted by the flow of freshwater from Greenland, which of these continental areas would experience the greatest impact? A) Australia. B) North America. C) Southern Africa. D) Western Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Western Europe. 56. It is otherwise known as producers. A) Heterotrophs. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) Autotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autotrophs. 57. What is an Ultraviolet radiation? A) An invisible form of energy with wavelengths that are shorter than violet light. B) Energy from the sun travels to Earth across a full spectrum of wavelengths. C) It radiates most of the energy back into the atmosphere. D) Wavelengths that are longer than red light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An invisible form of energy with wavelengths that are shorter than violet light. 58. Habitat fragmentation causes A) Less pollution. B) Increased biodiversity. C) Decreased biodiversity. D) More public transit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decreased biodiversity. 59. Which number is closest to the estimated number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy? A) 200 thousand. B) 200 million. C) 200 billion. D) 200 trillion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 200 billion. 60. It is possible for ALL countries to use solar powered electricity A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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