This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 184 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 184 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why do consumers have to eat? A) For a source of energy. B) For a source of matter. C) For a source of energy and matter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For a source of energy and matter. 2. Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the greenhouse ..... A) Gas. B) Damage. C) Causes. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effect. 3. What is the main difference between gymnosperm and angiosperm plants? A) The size of the plants (angiosperms are larger). B) Angiosperms have seeds in fruit, but gymnosperms do not. C) Gymnosperms have seeds in fruit, but angiosperms do not. D) Their cell walls are different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angiosperms have seeds in fruit, but gymnosperms do not. 4. Which was NOT a major cause of the Dust Bowl? A) Uncovered vegetation. B) Erosion. C) Drought. D) Nutrient depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nutrient depletion. 5. Earth's outer layer of rock. A thin layer of cool rock that covers the Earth both on dry land and underwater. A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 6. Which of the following biomes receives the most precipitation? A) Rain Forest. B) Tundra. C) Savanna. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain Forest. 7. The process by which cells produce energy from carbohydrates. A) Carbon Cycle. B) Cellular Respiration. C) Climax Community. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular Respiration. 8. Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather? A) Rainy weather. B) Fair skies. C) Windy weather. D) Hot, sunny weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainy weather. 9. What is the term for a type of energy that comes from splitting atoms or joining them together? A) Nuclear energy. B) Atomic energy. C) Fusion energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Most incidents of pollution are deliberately caused by ..... A) Humans. B) Machines. C) Animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans. 11. Which of the following does NOT provide clues about Earth's climate in the distant past? A) Ice cores. B) Sediments. C) Volcanoes. D) Tree rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanoes. 12. Peter and Dane are talking about environmental protection.-Peter: "We should limit the use of plastic bags." -Dane: " ..... We can use paper bags instead." A) I don't quite agree. B) It's not true. C) You're wrong. D) I completely agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I completely agree. 13. Environmental science primarily focuses on the natural sciences and excludes social sciences. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. The burning of which fuel is the main source of industrial smog? A) Coal. B) Biomass. C) Oil. D) Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 15. What was the Green Revolution in agriculture? A) It was a period in the 1940s when people tried to return to the area that was devastated in the dust bowl of the 1930s. B) The movement to increase organic farming in the 1990s. C) A period in the 1950s-70s when more of the world's agriculture was mechanized and yields increased. D) A movement to genetically modify more crops so fewer pesticides could be used. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A period in the 1950s-70s when more of the world's agriculture was mechanized and yields increased. 16. A close, long-term relationship in which 2 different organisms live in close association with each other. A) Limiting Factor. B) Coexistence. C) Carrying Capacity. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbiosis. 17. Choose the best definition for sustainability A) Using as many resources as you want, whenever you want. B) Only using renewable resources and not using many nonrenewable resources. C) Only using nonrenewable resources and not using many renewable resources. D) Using only just enough resources for survival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using only just enough resources for survival. 18. Which sense organ we use to see? A) Eyes. B) Ears. C) Tongue. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eyes. 19. Water vapor sometimes condenses into stratus clouds that are in contact with the ground. What forms as a result of this process? A) Fog. B) Ozone. C) Rain. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fog. 20. Where was FFA established? A) Indianapolis, IN. B) Crow, AL. C) Kansas City, MO. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kansas City, MO. 21. This variable is the one thing that changed on purpose ..... A) Dependent Variable. B) Control. C) Independent Variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Variable. 22. Reintroducing the gray wolf in certain areas of the northwestern United States A) Is beneficial for all of those working in that area. B) Creates a mutualist interaction between wolves and elks. C) Is in accordance with the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973. D) Discourages hunters from hunting other animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is in accordance with the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973. 23. ..... describes the average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area. A) Weather. B) Biome. C) Climate. D) Climatograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 24. Lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants A) Romans. B) Scientists. C) Archeologist. D) Hunter-gatherers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hunter-gatherers. 25. Plants and animals together ..... A) Community. B) Organism. C) Population. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 26. Like scientific knowledge, scientific theories can ..... over time. A) Never change. B) Change. C) Evolve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change. 27. The amount of elements heavier than hydrogen is constantly increasing in theuniverse. Which BEST identifies the bodies in which this change is taking place? A) ) Stars. B) ) Planets. C) ) Solar Systems. D) ) Galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ) Stars. 28. Problems associated with the use of trees for biomass include all of the following except A) Potential soil erosion. B) Potential deforestation. C) Burning fossilized carbon and releasing it into the atmosphere. D) The loss of habitat for wildlife and some people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossilized carbon and releasing it into the atmosphere. 29. Which biome most closely matches the one in which we live? A) Taiga. B) Tundra. C) Savanna. D) Temperate deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate deciduous forest. 30. Which agricultural benefit can biotechnology provide? A) Developing plants that are less dependent on the sun for energy. B) Developing plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperatures. C) Developing plants with inheritable traits unrelated to the genetic material they contain. D) Developing plants that will not die. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing plants that are less sensitive to variations in environmental temperatures. 31. Have the most energy A) Liquids. B) Gases. C) Empty Space. D) Solids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gases. 32. Who protects our country? A) Soldier. B) Watchman. C) Policeman. D) Farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soldier. 33. A resource is considered renewable if it- A) Can be created only over millions of years. B) Is made of Earths' materials like rocks and minerals. C) Can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time. D) Is useful to humans in making energy and materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time. 34. Which of these is classified as a renewable resource? A) Crude oil. B) Minerals. C) Plants. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 35. Which aquatic ecosystem is found where the freshwater rivers meet the ocean? A) Lake. B) Estuary. C) Pond. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 36. Accumulation of increasingly large amounts of a toxin within the tissues of organisms at each successive trophic level A) Water pollution. B) Thermal pollution. C) Biological magnification. D) Nonpoint pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological magnification. 37. What are some challenges in managing habitats for waterfowl? A) Using pesticides to control vegetation in waterfowl habitats. B) Understanding the specific needs and behaviors of waterfowl, as well as the potential threats to their habitats. C) Building more housing developments in waterfowl habitats. D) Introducing non-native species to waterfowl habitats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understanding the specific needs and behaviors of waterfowl, as well as the potential threats to their habitats. 38. Out of the animals listed below, which one is considered a tertiary species? A) Frog. B) Bobcat. C) Sunflower. D) Grasshopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bobcat. 39. A model that describes all the processes by which rock is formed. A) Rock cycle. B) Geomorphism. C) Weathering. D) Circle of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rock cycle. 40. How does the size of a wind turbine affect its energy output? A) Smaller turbines are better for capturing strong winds. B) Larger turbines have a greater storage capacity. C) Smaller turbines spin slower. D) Larger turbines generate more electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larger turbines generate more electricity. 41. How do oil spills affect marine ecosystems? A) Marine organisms die because oil stops oxygen from entering the water. B) Marine animals absorb the oil through their skins and store it as fat. C) This has no lasting effect, as the oil evaporates in a few days. D) Oil has nutrients that are useful for marine plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine organisms die because oil stops oxygen from entering the water. 42. The statement below, true or false? "Consider waste as a resource" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 43. Does changing the scent of a brand of dog food affect how much the dog eats? Which variable is the part in red? A) Dependent. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent. 44. The process of wearing away of Earth materials by water, wind or ice called ..... A) Slump. B) Flooding. C) Erosion. D) Deposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 45. Main Environmental Problems: A) Resource Depletion. B) Pollution. C) Loss of biodiversity. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 46. Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat Nyctemine raboriis declared as ..... endemic bat species found only in Cebu, Negros and Sibuyan Islands. Recently recorded in Mt. Kapayas, Tabunan Forest, Nug-as Forest, Mt. Lanaya, Mag-alambak, Dalaguete, Kawasan, Badian and Canbantug and Cansuje, Argao. A) Critically. B) Locally. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Critically. 47. The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of feeding patterns of a series of organisms. A) Phosphorous Cycle. B) Food Web. C) Nitrogen Cycle. D) Food Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food Chain. 48. Who delivers the letters? A) Watchman. B) Postman. C) Doctor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Postman. 49. Which national park is known for the annual wildebeest migration and its rich wildlife? A) Antarctica. B) Svalbard Global Seed Vault. C) Serengeti National Park. D) Sundarbans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Serengeti National Park. 50. Volcanoes are..... A) Just like ant hills. B) Created by magma formed beneath the Earths crust that gets pushed up through cracks in the Earth's surface. C) A figment of our imagination. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Created by magma formed beneath the Earths crust that gets pushed up through cracks in the Earth's surface. 51. What type of species have few young and breed late. A) EDGE species. B) Endemic species. C) R selected species. D) K selected species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) K selected species. 52. The run-of-the-river approach to generating hydroelectric power A) Involves burning fossil fuels. B) Takes advantage of a river's natural flow. C) Requires construction of a dam. D) Causes more extensive habitat destruction than the reservoir storage method does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Takes advantage of a river's natural flow. 53. The enzyme known as 'catalase' is involved in the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide molecules into separate water and oxygen molecules. During this reaction, what happens to the 'catalase'? A) The enzyme would become products:O2 and H20. B) The enzyme would be fully used up and discarded. C) The enzyme would remain unchanged in any way. D) The enzyme would become a new type of enzyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The enzyme would remain unchanged in any way. 54. The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean A) Open ocean. B) Aphotic zone. C) Deep zone. D) Continental shelf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continental shelf. 55. Winds:atmosphere:: A) Ocean:climate. B) Salinity:ocean. C) Currents:hydrosphere. D) Earthquakes:ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Currents:hydrosphere. 56. Which of the following would support that insects are consumers? A) Insects are able to make their own food. B) Insects get their energy from the air. C) Insects get their energy by eating plants or animals. D) Insects are able to live without energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insects get their energy by eating plants or animals. 57. Identify the examples as:a organism, population, community, or ecosystem. Water, Fish, Turtles, Oxygen, Rocks and Moss interacting in a river system. A) Population. B) Organism. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 58. This element speeds up eutrophication and mostly results from the weathering of rocks A) Microbes. B) Phosphates. C) Sulfates. D) Carbonates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phosphates. 59. What is genetic drift caused by? A) Human intervention. B) Chance and random events. C) Artificial selection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chance and random events. 60. How can we mitigate the impact of elevated nitrate levels in an ecosystem? A) Implementing better agricultural practices. B) Enhancing algal growth. C) Increasing nitrate discharge. D) Reducing oxygen levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implementing better agricultural practices. ← 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