This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 175 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 175 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is very ..... in a desert environment. A) Dry. B) Rainy. C) Windy. D) Wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry. 2. The crust, mantle, asthenosphere, and core are all parts of Earth's A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geosphere. 3. These animals are not choosy about what they eat or where they live A) Extinct. B) Specialists. C) Endangered. D) Generalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generalists. 4. Water is a what type of resource? A) Renewable resource. B) Non-renewable resource. C) Continuous resource. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resource. 5. Has a gas engine and electric engine A) Steam. B) Combustion. C) Solar. D) Hybrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hybrid. 6. Which equation is balanced? A) Bba + Ahh. B) Ill + H20 $\rightarrow$ Hsu4. C) I + eh $\rightarrow$ it + right. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I + eh $\rightarrow$ it + right. 7. Choose the option that expresses the definition the best. "Logging, mining, building of roads, and urban development." A) Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation. B) Invasive (nonnative species). C) Population and resource use growth. D) Greenhouse effect. E) Overexplotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation. 8. The garbage in landfills takes anywhere from A) Three weeks to three months to breakdown. B) Three weeks to three years to breakdown. C) Weeks to centuries to breakdown. D) Two weeks to two months to breakdown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weeks to centuries to breakdown. 9. Repeatability means A) Being able to try the same experiment, with the same setup, and produce that exact same result. B) Being able to redo an experiment but finding different results. C) Never being able to reproduce the results of an experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being able to try the same experiment, with the same setup, and produce that exact same result. 10. A subduction zone is when a piece of oceanic crust collides with continental crust. What type of boundary is this? A) Convergent boundary. B) Divergent boundary. C) Transform boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent boundary. 11. The things that are kept the same to ensure the results are due to the experiment is called ..... A) Control. B) Independent Variable. C) Constant. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constant. 12. Short, fine-blades of grasses that grow in clumps. A) Humus. B) Tufts. C) Bunchgrasses. D) Sod-forming grasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bunchgrasses. 13. Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, described the A) Mechanization of agriculture, which meant fewer people had to work in the fields. B) Introduction of human-made fertilizers. C) Use of rodenticides to control rats and mice on farms. D) Biomagnification of the pesticide DDT in birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomagnification of the pesticide DDT in birds. 14. Floating sea ice melts ..... A) And causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean. B) But does not cause sea levels to rise because the ice displaces the same amount of ocean water as the melted ice would displace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But does not cause sea levels to rise because the ice displaces the same amount of ocean water as the melted ice would displace. 15. The gases in the atmosphere that trap and radiate heat A) Thermal nuclear physics. B) Greenhouse gases. C) CFCs. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenhouse gases. 16. 🎣 Imagine you're part of a special club in your town with exclusive rights to a hidden gem-a sparkling lake! This isn't just any lake; it's a serene spot where members can enjoy peaceful fishing sessions, away from the hustle and bustle. 🐟💦Now, here's a question for you:What type of property is this exclusive lake considered to be? A) Private property. B) Common property. C) Open-access property. D) Public property. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Common property. 17. Renewable-resources like the sun and water are unlimited2. Non-renewable-resources like fossil fuel that provide us our gasoline are limited A) 3 types of earths resources. B) 1 type of earth resources. C) 2 types of earth resources. D) 4 types of earth resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 types of earth resources. 18. How forests increase the atmosphere's humidity? A) By photosynthesis. B) By nitrogen fixation. C) By evaporation. D) By Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By Transpiration. 19. Politics is part of environmental science. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. The area where fresh water and salt water mix to form brackish water is called an ..... A) Wetland. B) Estuary. C) Dam. D) Reservoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 21. Which type of plankton uses photosynthesis to make its food? A) Zooplankton. B) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phytoplankton. 22. Personal resource use can include A) Food. B) Hygiene. C) Transportation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 23. Which part of the geosphere do humans live on? A) Core. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mantle. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 24. Select the impact of climate change on forest resources? A) Forest resources are degraded due to droughts, storms and floods. B) Affects the potential of forest products to serve industrial production, consumption, and construction. C) Increased risk of extinction of plant and animal species. D) The above options are all correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The above options are all correct. 25. Most scientific work is observational science or ..... based on information gathering A) Environmental Science. B) Descriptive Science. C) Hypothesis Driven Science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descriptive Science. 26. The ability to meet the current demands for a resource without depleting the future supply is called ..... A) Environmental ethics. B) Global warning. C) Sustainability. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 27. Solving environmental problems often involves politics and economics. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. Precipitation that can carry pollutants into aquatic ecosystems A) Runoff. B) Coral reefs. C) Marsh. D) Estuary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff. 29. IN winter, the ground of coniferous forests is insulated by A) Pine needles. B) Vegetation. C) Snow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snow. 30. An example of a biotic limiting factor would be: A) Predators. B) Soil chemistry. C) Rainfall. D) Space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predators. 31. Science can force a person to live in a certain principle. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 32. As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature ..... A) Stays the same. B) Decreases. C) Increases. D) Gets very hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 33. In 1970 the US government set air quality standards called the ..... A) Clean Air Act. B) Breath Easy Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean Air Act. 34. Uranium-235 is considered ideal for nuclear reactors due to A) Its stable nature as an isotope. B) Is wide distribution as a resource. C) Its high EROEI. D) Its fissionability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its fissionability. 35. What types of trees are found in boreal forests? A) Spruce and fur trees. B) Maple and oak trees. C) Tall broad-leaf evergreen leaves. D) Joshua trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spruce and fur trees. 36. The three final steps in the scientific method are ..... A) Make observations, form hypothesis, communicate results. B) Analyze data, draw conclusions, communicate results. C) Communicate results, analyze data, draw conclusions. D) Analyze data, make observations, form hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze data, draw conclusions, communicate results. 37. Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms. A) Decoposer. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decoposer. 38. Which energy resource is renewable? A) Biomass. B) Atomic nuclei. C) Crude oil. D) Coal. E) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. 39. Positive particle located in the nucleus of an atom A) Proton. B) Electron. C) Neutron. D) Electron cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proton. 40. An ant is successful because all of the following except: A) Can eat a multitude of different things. B) Reproduces rapidly. C) Has a waterproof external skeleton. D) It moves quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can eat a multitude of different things. 41. Complete the following statement by selecting the correct answer:The main ingredient of natural gas is ..... A) Fossil fuels. B) Coal. C) Crude oil. D) Natural gas. E) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Methane. 42. National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2009 A) RA 9512. B) RA 8749. C) RA 6969. D) RA 9275. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RA 9512. 43. ..... are consumers that eat plants and meat. A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivore. 44. Programs that breed animals in captivity then release them to the wild are called ..... A) Kidnapping. B) Breeding Buildings. C) Captive Breeding Programs. D) Catch and Release Programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captive Breeding Programs. 45. Which of the following is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments? A) Environmentalism. B) Ecology. C) Environmental science. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental science. 46. Which part of the water cycle occurs when water vapor rises to an elevation where the air is cooler? A) Evaporation. B) Runoff. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 47. Uppermost layer of Earth's atmosphere A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermosphere. 48. Biodiversity is a fundamental to human welfare and economic development and plays a critical role in meeting human needs by maintaining the ecological processes upon which our survival depends A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 49. What do you call pollutants that result from primary pollutants being exposed to sunlight? A) Post source pollutants. B) After source pollutants. C) Secondary pollutants. D) Tertiary pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary pollutants. 50. A ..... is a natural, nonliving substance that makes up rocks. A) Sediment. B) Igneous Rock. C) Mineral. D) Sedimentary rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mineral. 51. Compared to oceanic crust, continental crust is A) Thinner. B) Less dense. C) More dense. D) More mafic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less dense. 52. Which IPM control relies on predation and parasitism? A) Mechanical Control. B) Genetic Control. C) Cultural Control. D) Biological Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological Control. 53. What is used by our bodies to store heredity or genetic information? A) Proteins. B) Carbohydrates. C) Nucleic Acids. D) Lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleic Acids. 54. Name the part of your hand that bends ..... A) Knee. B) Elbow. C) Arm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elbow. 55. Why is habitat fragmentation hazardous to animals? A) Habitat fragmentation does not pose a threat to animals. B) Habitat fragmentation kills animals. C) Habitat fragmentation destroys an entire habitat. D) Habitat fragmentation causes loss of habitat for many organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat fragmentation causes loss of habitat for many organisms. 56. Which of the following are considered major greenhouse gases? A) Water vapor and ozone. B) Water vapor and carbon monoxide. C) Ozone and carbon dioxide. D) Ozone and methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water vapor and carbon monoxide. 57. Which of the following increases demand that pushes the environment to its limit? A) Pollution. B) Population growth. C) Use of fossil fuels. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population growth. 58. Plates of the lithosphere float on the A) Asthenosphere. B) Crust. C) Atmosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asthenosphere. 59. The layer of hot rock, between the Earth's crust and core. A) Mantle. B) Asthenosphere. C) Subduction. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 60. An Autotroph is another name for a ..... A) Producer. B) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producer. ← 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