This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 188 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 188 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Burning fossil fuels results in there being more greenhouse gases to trap heat around the globe. This causes A) Climate Change. B) Habitat loss. C) Pollution. D) Invasive Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate Change. 2. What is dendrochronology? A) The study of fossils. B) The study of tree rings. C) The study of the otoliths of fish. D) The study of weather patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of tree rings. 3. Which of the following contributes most to acid precipitation? A) Burning of fossil fuels. B) Ethanol. C) Radon and ozone. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning of fossil fuels. 4. Depletion of natural resource is often caused by ..... A) New environmental laws and regulations. B) Human population growth. C) Reforestation. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human population growth. 5. Which would be the impact on producers and consumers if the decomposers in an ecosystem suddenly disappeared? A) There will be a decreased amount of oxygen. B) There will be an increase in atmospheric carbon. C) There will be less nutrients available. D) There will be an excess amount of energy available. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There will be less nutrients available. 6. This sphere contains all life on Earth A) Biosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 7. The process by which plants use CO2 and H2O to make sugars is called A) Photosynthesis. B) Aerobic respiration. C) Evaporation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 8. 🌱💧 Time for a challenge! Select the correct answer. A2.3Imagine you're an eco-hero! What method would you use to rescue environmentally compromised sites swamped with water pollution, making them sparkle and thrive once again? A) Phytoremediation. B) Settling. C) Precipitation. D) Composting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phytoremediation. 9. What role do land resources play in economic development? A) Provides resources underground. B) As raw materials for production activities. C) Construction and production areas. D) All 3 answers above are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All 3 answers above are correct. 10. I am a tool used as a means of verbal communication. I am a ..... A) Letter. B) Telegram. C) Telephone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telephone. 11. Living vegetation and the ocean are known as "carbon sinks" because A) They are made of carbon. B) They create carbon. C) They destroy carbon. D) They store carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They store carbon. 12. The process by which organisms best adapted to their environment will survive and pass on their traits A) Pollution. B) Natural selection. C) Mimicry. D) Convergent evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural selection. 13. How do trees lower the earth's temperature? A) Releasing carbon dioxide. B) Providing shade. C) Releasing oxygen. D) Absorbing oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Providing shade. 14. When you conduct an experiment, which one of these describes the condition that is measured? A) The observation. B) The dependent variable. C) The data. D) The independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dependent variable. 15. A ..... is a reservoir that takes up a chemical element and stores it for a long period of time. A) Bucket. B) Source. C) Sink. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sink. 16. Closest layer to Earth's surface. You can find here all the weather activity A) Exosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 17. What organelle is responsible for breaking things down and recycling them? A) Golgi apparatus. B) Ribosome. C) Vacuoles. D) Lysosome. E) Peroxisome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lysosome. 18. What can low dissolved oxygen levels in marine water lead to? A) Stress, reduced growth, and death in marine organisms. B) Increased marine biodiversity. C) Improved fishery yields. D) Enhanced coral reef health. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stress, reduced growth, and death in marine organisms. 19. What is the most common graphical model? A) Maps. B) Globes. C) Three dimensional DNA model. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maps. 20. From an environmental point of view, what property would an ideal pesticide have? A) It would quickly move from farm fields into streams in order to do minimal damage to the land. B) It would not be persistent in the environment, but would degrade. C) It would be water-soluble. D) It would be extremely lethal so you only need a small amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would not be persistent in the environment, but would degrade. 21. When rainwater mixes with the carbon dioxide found in air and ground, a weakly acidic is formed, called A) Sulfuric acid. B) Carbonate. C) Hydrochloric acid. D) Carbonic acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbonic acid. 22. What are fields that are planted with the same crop year after year called? A) Oniculture fields. B) Monoculture fields. C) Single cultured fields. D) Single plant plots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monoculture fields. 23. NAME THE FAMOUS PERSONALITY BEHIND THE BISHNOI MOVEMENT A) Shamsher Singh Bisht. B) SEETA RANI. C) AMRITA DEVI. D) Devi Lal Bahuguna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AMRITA DEVI. 24. Logistic growth of a population is seen in populations A) That are growing exponentially. B) That have reached carrying capacity. C) With no emigration or immigration. D) With unlimited resources and no predators or disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That have reached carrying capacity. 25. ..... is a force that causes dust particles to stick together in a nebula. A) Iron. B) Hydrogen. C) Nuclear fusion. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 26. The study of air, water, and land surrounding an organism or community, including the impact of humans on the environment. A) Biology. B) Biological Science. C) Chemistry Science. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental Science. 27. Which organ system takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide? A) Chemical system. B) Respiratory system. C) Circulatory system. D) Endocrine system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiratory system. 28. What is the name for the mechanism of enzyme activity? A) Lock and key. B) Jigsaw puzzle. C) Hammer and nail. D) Two hands pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lock and key. 29. What percent of total energy gain is transferred to next trophic level? A) 10%. B) 5%. C) 20%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 30. What is the main environmental impact of F-gasses? A) Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. B) Improvement in air quality. C) Increase in renewable energy. D) Depletion of the ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depletion of the ozone layer. 31. A strategy for pollution control that involves regulations and enforcement mechanisms A) Subsidy. B) Command and control approach. C) Policy. D) Lobbying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command and control approach. 32. Which type of organism creates its own food? A) Heterotrophs. B) Autotrophes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autotrophes. 33. Consumer that gets its food by breaking down dead organisms, causing them to rot. A) Decoposer. B) Detritivore. C) Pioneers. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decoposer. 34. In the biocentric view, we have a moral duty to protect the environment and living things even when they do not affect our welfare or benefit our interests A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Photo chemical smog results from the interaction of ..... in the presence of ..... A) Rain, sunlight. B) Pollutants, sunlight. C) Emissions, rain. D) Volcanic ash, sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollutants, sunlight. 36. Erosion from clear-cutting is an example of what type of water pollution? A) Toxic-chemical. B) Nutrient. C) Sediment. D) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sediment. 37. Which would be a biotic factor in a biome? A) Types of insects. B) Hours of daylight. C) Types of rocks. D) Yearly rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Types of insects. 38. Cracks in rocks widen as water in them freezes and thaws. How does this affect the surface of the Earth? A) A. it reduces the rates of soil formation. B) . It changes the chemical composition of the rocks. C) It exposes the rocks to increased rates of erosion and weathering. D) It limits the exposure of rocks to acid precipitation. tagsSEV1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It exposes the rocks to increased rates of erosion and weathering. 39. Which is not a characteristic of science? A) Conserved to data and facts. B) Open to change. C) Conclusions are first created then support is made. D) Open to criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusions are first created then support is made. 40. If you create a diagram of your family tree, you are making a A) Graphical model. B) Conceptual model. C) Physical model. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceptual model. 41. The establishment of a community in an area of exposed rock that does not have any topsoil is A) Tolerance. B) Competition. C) Secondary succession. D) Primary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary succession. 42. Nuclear energy generates ..... waste instead of ..... A) Radioactive, uranium ore. B) Radioactive, air pollutants. C) CO2, uranium ore. D) Air pollutants, ash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radioactive, air pollutants. 43. What is a harmful microorganism that is infectious and causes disease? A) Microorganism. B) Host. C) Pathogen. D) Zoonotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathogen. 44. The majority of conversion of nitrogen from N2 to NH4 to NO3/NO2 and back to N2 is the result of what group of organisms? A) Animals. B) Bacteria. C) Plants. D) Algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 45. Why should we remove an invasive species? A) They won't be able to survive in a new environment. B) They will eat native species and cause other species to decrease. C) We should not remove them and let nature be. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will eat native species and cause other species to decrease. 46. What 3 things are made during cellular respiration? A) Carbon dioxide, water, useable energy. B) Useable energy, water, glucose. C) Oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose. D) Glucose, water, carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide, water, useable energy. 47. Organic chemicals that vaporize readily A) VOC's. B) Ground-level ozone. C) Soot from smoke. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VOC's. 48. Reform Forestry Code of the Philippines A) Executive Order 318. B) PD 705. C) RA 7586. D) RA 9147. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PD 705. 49. Which type of galaxy that is home to Earth and the rest of our solar system, and about a trillion stars. A) Elliptical galaxy. B) Spiral galaxy. C) Irregular galaxy. D) Andromeda galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiral galaxy. 50. Which are resources in a put in a wrong place? A) Air. B) Garbage. C) Water. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Garbage. 51. Temperature inversion leads to ..... A) Asbestosis. B) Acid shock. C) Smog. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. 52. What are some factors that affect population growth rates? A) Birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration. B) Weather patterns, soil quality, and air pollution. C) Access to healthcare, transportation infrastructure, and technological advancements. D) Education levels, income inequality, and political stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration. 53. The variety of organisms in an area, by species, genes, populations, and communities is called ..... A) Biodiversity. B) Sustainability. C) Fossil fuels. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 54. What is on the outermost part of a plant cell? A) Cell membrane. B) Cell wall. C) Nuclear pores. D) Flagella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell wall. 55. What happens to plants and animals as the human population grows? A) More stress on plants and animals due to fewer resources. B) More stress on plants and animals due to more resources. C) Less stress on plants and animals due to fewer resources. D) Less stress on plants and animals due to more resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More stress on plants and animals due to fewer resources. 56. A jackhammer on a city street is an example of what type of pollution? A) Water. B) Air. C) Noise. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noise. 57. Do these items go in compost bins? Pet manure, fats, oils, meat dairy. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 58. ENSO events take place in which ocean basin? A) Pacific. B) Arctic. C) Atlantic. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific. 59. What type of respiration requires oxygen? A) Aerobic. B) Anaerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aerobic. 60. Global warming could affect: A) Climate. B) Food Production. C) Melting of Glaciers. D) All of the Above tagsModerate. 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