This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 167 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 167 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of growth is the human population experiencing today? A) Exponential growth. B) Zero population growth. C) Slight decreases in growth. D) Slight increases in growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exponential growth. 2. When people began to grow crops, raise domestic animals, and live in villages A) Hunter-gatherer. B) Industrial revolution. C) Agricultural revolution. D) Farming revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural revolution. 3. In 2000, the level of ammonia in a river was 63ppm. In 2004, the level was 112ppm. what is the percent increase since 2000? A) -0.77%. B) 77%. C) -77%. D) 0.77%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 77%. 4. In December 1970, EPA Agency officially opened in D.C. A) True. B) False. C) I do not know. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. In a negative feedback loop, each action creates a consequence that ..... the other action. A) Decreases. B) Has no effect on. C) Amplifies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 6. Pest populations that damage plants A) Breed more slowly in hot climates. B) Include only insects and small rodents. C) Attack wild plants with greater success than crops. D) Become resistant to pesticides via natural selection tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Become resistant to pesticides via natural selection tagsSEV4. 7. Which aquatic ecosystem is adversely affected by runoff? A) Rivers. B) Oceans. C) Estuaries. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Number of organisms per unit area/volume A) Total population. B) Population density. C) Carrying capacity. D) Limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population density. 9. Fill in the missing phrase in the concept below: "..... is material emitted from production, business, services, living or other activities" A) Hazardous waste. B) Pollution factor. C) Waste. D) Pollutant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waste. 10. A glacier is ..... A) A large river that slowly flows towards the ocean. B) A cave inside a mountain that contains stalactites and stalagmites. C) A large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface. D) A large body of ice and snow that slowly moves towards the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A large body of ice and snow that slowly moves towards the ocean. 11. It is a vast desert ecosystem, important for its unique plant and animal species. A) Atacama Desert. B) Arabian Desert. C) Gobi Desert. D) Sahara Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gobi Desert. 12. Sea otters eat sea urchins and prevent them from eating all of the kelp. This kelp provides food and shelter for many other organisms in the ecosystem. The sea otter can be referred to as what? A) An endemic species. B) An indicator species. C) An invasive species. D) A keystone species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A keystone species. 13. The Biotic factors of an ecosystem include ..... A) Plants and animals that are reproducing. B) Things that are living, moving and growing. C) Microorganisms. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. What kind of energy is coal? A) Non renewable. B) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non renewable. 15. Wetland that is dominated by woody plants, flood-tolerant trees and shrubs A) Estuary. B) Salt Marshes. C) Swamps. D) Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamps. 16. Species has central role to ecosystem survival A) Keystone species. B) Native species. C) Endangered species. D) King of the jungle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keystone species. 17. Rachel's book Silent Spring is about ..... A) A quiet spring. B) How harmful DDT is. C) Birds dying due to pesticides and the spring being silent without their song. D) Birds losing their voices because of the pesticides being sprayed by farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birds dying due to pesticides and the spring being silent without their song. 18. Consumers that only eat other animals (meat). A) Carnivores. B) Producers. C) Omnivores. D) Herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnivores. 19. Naturally replenished over a short time like fruits and grains. A) Nonrenewable natural resources. B) Sustainable. C) Renewable natural resources. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable natural resources. 20. This young icon spent three hours every day fetching water as a young girl in Burkina Faso, where almost half the country lives without clean water. She launched a foundation in 2015, which has made water accessible to over 100, 000 people by building wells in local communities in Burkina Faso. A) Stella Voolis. B) Georgie Badiel. C) Varshini Prakash. D) Ramona Kaswan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Georgie Badiel. 21. Which of the following is evaporation of water from plants? A) Uplift. B) Nitrification. C) Transpiration. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 22. How much percentage of nitrogen consist in Earth's Atmosphere? A) 92%. B) 78%. C) 12%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 78%. 23. Which profession would you go to if you needed legal advice related to your property plot (including trees, roads, boundary lines, deeds and surveys)? A) Economist. B) Lawyer. C) Computer Software Engineer. D) Marine Biologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lawyer. 24. When the sun warms plants, it causes water to evaporate out of the leaves through the small openings. This process is called A) Transpiration. B) Run off. C) Collection. D) Absorption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 25. Environmental studies are multidisciplinary in nature. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 26. Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts ecological tolerance? A) PH. B) Level of biodiversity. C) Humidity. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Level of biodiversity. 27. If there is excess hydrogen ions, the solution will be ..... A) Acidic. B) Basic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acidic. 28. Organism that eats other things for food A) Prey. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 29. The relationship between organisms in which both species benefit. A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 30. Splitting a uranium atom is called- A) Fission. B) Fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fission. 31. Some snakes produce a powerful poison that paralyzes their prey. This poison is an example of A) An abiotic factor. B) An adaptation. C) Resistance. D) A reptile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An adaptation. 32. It is the study of animals A) Zoology. B) Trigonometry. C) Botany. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zoology. 33. What are the types of water pollutants? A) Chemical, physical, and biological. B) Physical, thermal, and biological. C) Chemical, thermal, and physical. D) Physical and chemical only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical, physical, and biological. 34. An organism that feeds on broken down materials from dead organisms A) Detrivorous. B) Fungus. C) Zooplankton. D) Receptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detrivorous. 35. Scientists use statistics to A) Graph data. B) Analyze data. C) Communicate ideas to each other. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze data. 36. A linear sequence of populations or organisms linked through their food and its contained energy is called: A) Biotic succession. B) Food web. C) Trophic sequence. D) Food Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food Chain. 37. What is the part of the experiment that is left alone or "natural", and is used to compare back to? A) Independent Variable. B) Experimental Group. C) Dependent Variable. D) Control Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control Group. 38. The rapid growth of the human population is the core cause of the current environmental crisis. A) False tagsEN.ESS3.1.1. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. Which division of plants is the most advanced:has a vascular system, reproduces with pollen, produces seeds, has flowers? A) Angiosperms. B) Gymnosperms. C) Mosses. D) Ferns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angiosperms. 40. In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up? A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesosphere. 41. What two factors contribute to past climate life in accordance with Astronomy? A) The moon and Solar angles. B) Clouds and Rain. C) Bruno Mars. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The moon and Solar angles. 42. An ..... is defined as all of the interacting organisms that live in an environment and the abiotic parts f the environment that affect those organisms A) Community. B) Population. C) Biome. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 43. Which place are kangaroos considered to be endemic? A) Island of Madagascar. B) Polar Regions. C) Australia. D) Tennessee, USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Australia. 44. To reduce your carbon footprint, you should eat food that is ..... A) Grown in other countries. B) Yummy. C) Grown locally. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grown locally. 45. ..... is the percentage of the total volume of rock that has spaces (pores). A) Recharge zone. B) Pathogens. C) Aquifer. D) Porosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Porosity. 46. An area experiences a drought, which causes the production of wheat to be less than expected. What will likely happen to the price of wheat? A) It will decrease even through there is less of it. B) It will remain the same. C) If the demand for wheat is still high, then the price will increase since the supply is low. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If the demand for wheat is still high, then the price will increase since the supply is low. 47. ..... Is the use of facts and assumptions to estimate the probability of harm to people or the environment from particular environmental factors or conditions. A) Environmental cost. B) Risk Assessment. C) Probability Risk. D) Natural risk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk Assessment. 48. What part of the carbon cycle results in the production of coal and oil? A) Exchange. B) Respiration. C) Combustion. D) Burial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burial. 49. What is the third step of the scientific method? A) Make a hypothesis. B) Research. C) Make an observation. D) Perform an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make a hypothesis. 50. Summer and winter are caused by ..... A) The Earth's rotation and revolution. B) The Earth's distance from the Sun during revolution. C) The Earth's axial tilt and revolution. D) The Earth's axial tilt and rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth's axial tilt and revolution. 51. Parasites ..... the organism they live on. A) Harm. B) Help. C) Shares. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harm. 52. A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock? A) Magma. B) Sedimentary. C) Igneous. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphic. 53. One of my fish has a white fuzzy patch growing on his side. I looked in my fish books, and I think it is a fungus. I put some medicine in the water, and one week later he was fine and the fungus was gone. What was my hypothesis? A) The fish is sick with a fungus. B) My hypothesis was supported. C) Fish sometimes get white fuzzy fungus growing on them. D) If I give my fish the medicine then the fungus will go away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If I give my fish the medicine then the fungus will go away. 54. Considering(A) the best application for learning English(B), my English learning application(C) crossed(D) 1 billion downloads. A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 55. Which of the following is NOT an renewable energy resource? A) Hydropower. B) Solar Energy. C) Geothermal Energy. D) Fossil Fuels. E) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil Fuels. 56. The layer of atmosphere closest to the Earth is called the A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Proctosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 57. Winds in our atmosphere are created as a result of which of the following processes? A) Density of the air particles in the atmosphere. B) Uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere. C) Gravitational attraction from the Moon. D) Energy that is absorbed in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere. 58. The mathematical discipline frequently used by scientists to analyze data is called A) Algebra. B) Geometry. C) Trigonometry. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statistics. 59. Which of the following can be caused by El Nino~? A) Flash floods. B) Mudslides. C) Droughts. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. What line is known to represent 23.5 degrees north latitude? A) The equator. B) The tropic of cancer. C) The tropic of capricorn. D) The prime meridian. 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