This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 189 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 189 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the source of the majority of phosphorous that enters ecosystems? A) Volcanic eruptions. B) Soil bacteria. C) Rainfall. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rocks. 2. An area's urbanization rate can tell you ..... A) Why people are moving. B) What % of people have shifted from rural areas to urban areas. C) How people's daily lives have changed over time. D) About people's economic status. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What % of people have shifted from rural areas to urban areas. 3. When the sun has more sunspots, solar radiation reaching Earth will A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 4. Most of the world's forests are located in ..... regions. A) Coastal. B) River valley. C) Urban. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mountain. 5. There are twenty one pilots in this photo. Which type of observation is this? A) Quantitative. B) Qualitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative. 6. Environmental ethical view that considers all living things A) Biocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Anthropocentrism. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biocentrism. 7. A feeding level, such as primary consumer or secondary consumer, is also known as a(n) A) Habitat. B) Trophic level. C) Ecological level. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trophic level. 8. Making sure the soil is unpolluted so that farmers can grow crops is an example of: A) Environmental Justice. B) Being Interdisciplinary. C) Ecological Footprint. D) Tragedy of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental Justice. 9. ..... power is electricity produced by flowing water. A) Hydroelectric. B) Wind. C) Solar. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelectric. 10. Which of the following is NOT a type of non-market value? A) Political value. B) Aesthetic value. C) Scientific value. D) Educational value. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political value. 11. Which natural resource is a renewable energy resource? A) Sun. B) Coal. C) Oil (petroleum). D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 12. What is mountaintop removal mining? A) Mining coal from the top of a mountain using a choker. B) Explosives used to destroy a mountain and expose a coal seam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explosives used to destroy a mountain and expose a coal seam. 13. The study of environmental science primarily considers A) Interactions among human systems and those found in Earth. B) The effect of human systems. C) Abiotic factors that influence the state of our environment. D) Factors that affect global climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interactions among human systems and those found in Earth. 14. Tragedy of the Commons refers to what environmental challenge? A) Protecting shared resources. B) Curbing overpopulation. C) Preventing pollution. D) Perserving biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protecting shared resources. 15. If the total ecological footprint is larger than its biocapacity, the area is said to have its: A) Ecological Credit. B) Ecological deficit. C) Ecological deficit and Credit. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological deficit. 16. Biome dominated by conifers and characterized by harsh winters; occurs just below the Arctic Circle; also called the northern coniferous forest. A) Deciduous Forest. B) Savannah. C) Temperate grassland. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taiga. 17. A testable idea or statement that attempts to answer a scientific question in an "if, then" format is called a ..... A) Experiment. B) Hypothesis. C) Theory. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 18. The dirty air can cause many diseases. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Analogous structures are not evidence of evolution because A) They look different. B) They are not found in fossils. C) They are not an advantage to the organisms that have them. D) They are not inherited from a common ancestor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are not inherited from a common ancestor. 20. Which of the following is NOT an impact of consuming too much resources? A) Climate change. B) Declining ecosystem health and biodiversity. C) Increasing ecosystem health and biodiversity. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing ecosystem health and biodiversity. 21. Which of the following wrote "Silent Spring" ? A) Frank Egler. B) Marjory Stoneman Douglas. C) Rachel Carson. D) Robert Shelford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rachel Carson. 22. Effects of the agricultural revolution A) Soil erosion. B) Habitat destruction. C) Plant and animal domestication. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 23. Any factor in an ecosystem that has never had the ability to sustain life is called? A) Biotic Factor. B) Limiting Factor. C) Non-Living Factor. D) Abiotic Factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abiotic Factor. 24. Layers of the crust from innermost to outermost A) Crust, Mantle, inner core, outer core. B) Mantle, inner core, outer core, crust. C) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle. D) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. 25. Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies A) Erosion. B) Igneous Rock. C) Rock Cycle. D) Granite Rock. E) Sedimentary Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Igneous Rock. 26. The energy consumed by organisms A) Can be stored in fat and sugar molecules. B) Remains constant at all trophic levels. C) Undergoes magnification in food chains. D) Is not partially lost during digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be stored in fat and sugar molecules. 27. Which of the following is not a benefit of a wetland? A) They filter and clean water as well, absorbing toxins and other pollutants. B) They provide rich farmland and are a source of fuel when the water is drained from the area. C) They absorb and store vast quantities of storm water, helping reduce floods and recharge aquifers. D) They provide critical habitat for many plant and animal species that could not survive in other habitats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They provide rich farmland and are a source of fuel when the water is drained from the area. 28. The middle layer of the sun's interior that contains very tightly packed gas is called the ..... A) Photosphere. B) Chromosphere. C) Radiation zone. D) Convection zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiation zone. 29. Where does nuclear fusion occur? A) Space. B) Photosphere. C) Radiation Zone. D) The Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Core. 30. Which science is involved in studying the types of rocks? A) Plant biology. B) Ecology. C) Economics. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geology. 31. Which of the following terms means "selective breeding of organisms by humans for desirable characteristics" ? A) Artificial Selection. B) Natural Selection. C) Adaptation. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial Selection. 32. A step in the movement of energy through an ecosystem; an organism's feeding status in an ecosystem A) Trophic level. B) Energy pyramid. C) Photosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trophic level. 33. Projected extinction rates may be underestimated due to ongoing impacts of a growing human population and environmental degradation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Resources that can be renewed, adjusted and manipulated. A) Renewable. B) Non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 35. Where does water go when water evaporates from a puddle on the street? A) It goes into outer space. B) It doesn't go anywhere. C) It sinks into the street. D) It rises into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It rises into the atmosphere. 36. What cause noise pollution? A) The traffic makes too many fumes. B) People take public transport. C) The traffic makes too much noise. D) People turn down TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The traffic makes too much noise. 37. When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing ..... A) Mineral Crystals. B) Igneous Rocks. C) Magma. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lava. 38. The study of the environment and the way plants, animals and humans live together and affect each other A) Ecology. B) Environment. C) Pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 39. Where do most major earthquakes occur? A) Perimeter of the Atlantic Ocean. B) Perimeter of the Pacific Ocean. C) Middle of the US. D) Randomly around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perimeter of the Pacific Ocean. 40. Who scientifically manages forests (specializing in the care of trees) A) Soil Conservationist. B) Forester. C) Soil Scientist. D) Forestry Consultant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forester. 41. What is the sugar that carbs are broken down to? A) Maltose. B) Lactose. C) Sucrose. D) Glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glucose. 42. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of fire? A) Hydrophobic Soil. B) Room for new trees. C) Soil damage. D) Invasive Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Room for new trees. 43. A result of land degradation: A) Salinization. B) Persistent pesticide. C) Pheromone. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desertification. 44. What is water that falls as precipitation and then goes through infiltration? A) Evaporation. B) Runoff. C) Condensation. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 45. Shallow, coastal waters contain: A) More pollution that any other waters. B) Decomposers. C) The majority of marine organisms. D) Benthic organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The majority of marine organisms. 46. The 4 land biomes are A) Deserts, grasslands, forest, and mountains. B) Marine and ocean. C) Plant and woody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deserts, grasslands, forest, and mountains. 47. Which choice describes a global factor that has made solar power more attractive as a source of energy? A) Fewer people care about the environment. B) Other alternative energy sources are failing. C) It's becoming more expensive. D) Fossil fuel reserves are becoming depleted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuel reserves are becoming depleted. 48. Coal, oil and natural gas are A) Fossil fuels. B) Nonrenewable resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Both fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources. 49. A Producer ..... A) Eats to get energy. B) Makes its own energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes its own energy. 50. The ..... requires many industries to use scrubbers or other pollution-control devices to remove some of the more harmful and poisonous substances before they are released into the atmosphere. A) Air Quality Act. B) Clean Air Act. C) California Air Resources Board. D) Canada-U.S. Air Quality Agreement in 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clean Air Act. 51. In the nucleus of an atom, you will find A) Protons and Electrons. B) Electrons and Neutrons. C) Protons and Neutrons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protons and Neutrons. 52. Society includes: A) Biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. B) Human diversity, equity, quality of life, institutional structures, political structures. C) Employment, technological growth, financial investment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human diversity, equity, quality of life, institutional structures, political structures. 53. Turbidity measures the clarity of water A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. What are the types of ways that organism can obtain energy without sunlight? A) Cellular Respiration. B) Consuming. C) Chemosynthesis. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemosynthesis. 55. How do fungi help with the cycling of matter? A) They consume living things and break them down for energy. B) They consume dead things for energy and then the nutrients return to the soil. C) They consume dead things and the nutrients don't return to the soil. D) They use energy from the environment to make their own food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They consume dead things for energy and then the nutrients return to the soil. 56. What helps keep crops healthy and nutritious? A) Pesticides. B) Soil. C) Milk. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fertilizer. 57. Which of these constitutes the greatest use of freshwater by humans? A) Industrial use. B) Bathing and hygiene. C) Cooking and preparing meals. D) Irrigation of agricultural lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrigation of agricultural lands. 58. A species form that supports an entire ecosystem. A) Endangered Species. B) Invasive Species. C) Keystone Species. D) Threatened Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keystone Species. 59. What is the best way to CONSERVE water use in an agricultural setting ..... A) Reuse cooling water. B) Drip irrigation. C) Low flow toilets. D) High power overhead irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drip irrigation. 60. Cutting down trees cause habitat loss. It's also called: ..... A) Deforestation. B) Land pollution. C) Desertification. D) Landfills. 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