This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 194 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 194 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Interacting populations or many species together in one place are called ..... A) A community. B) A population. C) Mutualism. D) To niches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A community. 2. The surface zone of the ocean is the ..... zone of the ocean. A) Bluest. B) Least polluted. C) Warmest. D) Wettest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warmest. 3. Wetland dominated by nonwoody plants A) Coral reefs. B) Estuary. C) Marsh. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marsh. 4. Which energy source is cheaper? A) Solar. B) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear. 5. A(n) ..... can be described as a group of individuals of the same species in a particular area. A) Survival. B) Interaction. C) Population. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 6. What gives the water cycle its energy A) Fire. B) Moon. C) Sun. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 7. Discuss the role of biodiversity in maintaining ecological balance. A) Biodiversity only benefits a few select species. B) Biodiversity has no impact on ecological balance. C) Biodiversity ensures that all species have a role to play in the ecosystem, which helps in stabilizing the environment and supporting the food chain. D) Biodiversity leads to environmental instability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity ensures that all species have a role to play in the ecosystem, which helps in stabilizing the environment and supporting the food chain. 8. True or False:Cold, dry biomes have less net primary production than warm, went biomes. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. When dos The Industrial Revolution Start? A) 1626. B) 1681. C) 1760. D) 1540. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1760. 10. In the ....., there was a backlash against environmental laws and regulations, led by some who argued that environmental laws were hindering economic growth. A) Early 20th century. B) 1980s. C) 1600s. D) 1970s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1980s. 11. The MAIN difference between a rain forest and a desert is the A) Number of seasons. B) Number of decomposers. C) Amount of land occupied. D) Amount of precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amount of precipitation. 12. What is an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)? A) A document that clears government red tape so projects important to the national economy can begin. B) A document focused on the economic growth potential of a proposed construction project. C) A document required for any actions that may significantly impact the environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A document required for any actions that may significantly impact the environment. 13. The kidneys are organs that filter wastes out of the blood stream. Which of the following objects could best be used to make a simple model of a kidney? A) Block of wood. B) Water pump. C) Coffee filter. D) Plastic bag. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coffee filter. 14. Which layer is the HOTTEST? A) Outer Core. B) Mantle. C) Crust. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner Core. 15. What type of succession typically occurs after a volcanic eruption or flood? A) Secondary. B) Decahedral. C) Primary. D) Tertiary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary. 16. Winds push warm water eastward in the Pacific Ocean A) Atmospheric co2. B) Montreal Protocol. C) Because Nina. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montreal Protocol. 17. Works by giving dust particles an electrical charge A) Scrubber. B) Electrostatic precipitator. C) Air handler. D) Electroionizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrostatic precipitator. 18. In a hurricane, the center low pressure ..... has very little wind and rain. A) Upwelling. B) Eye. C) Rain bands. D) Eyewall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eye. 19. Requires federal agencies to assess the environmental impact of their actions. A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). B) Clean Water Act. C) Endangered Species Act. D) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 20. What will you always find at the beginning of a food chain or at the bottom of an energy pyramid? A) Dirt. B) Plants. C) Predators. D) Decomposers. E) Herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants. 21. ..... is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere. It is essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves. A) Percolation. B) Transpiration. C) Plant Uptake. D) Infiltration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 22. WHERE WAS AGENDA 21 HELD? A) RIO DE JANEIRO. B) NEW YORK. C) SAN FRANCISCO. D) SÃO PAULO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIO DE JANEIRO. 23. This process stores energy. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 24. What role do forest resources play in the ecological environment? A) Climate conditioning. B) Protect the country. C) Clean the air. D) All 3 answers above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All 3 answers above. 25. What part of an atom is positively charged? A) Proton. B) Electron. C) Neutron. D) Magnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proton. 26. Consider what can be done to reduce globalwarming and to cope with whatever temperatureincreases are inevitable A) United Nations Forestry Convention on Climate Change. B) United Nations Festival Convention on Climate Change. C) United Nations For Convention on Climate Change. D) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 27. Farm land is usually found in rural areas. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. What are the states of matter? A) Solid, liquid, and juice. B) Solid and liquid. C) Solid and gas. D) Solid, liquid, and gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solid, liquid, and gas. 29. A part of the stratosphere that absorbs most of the ultraviolet light from the sun A) Cfc's. B) Polar vortex. C) Ozone layer. D) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone layer. 30. Coal, oil, and natural gas are made from the remains of creatures that lived a long time ago. This makes them ..... A) Ores. B) Fossil Fuels. C) Renewable Energy Sources. D) Sustainable Energy Sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil Fuels. 31. Which of the following animal is not kept in the zoo? A) Jackal. B) Hyena. C) Dog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog. 32. Renewable energy resources produce less ..... than fossil fuels in the atmosphere. A) Energy. B) Carbon pollution. C) Light. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon pollution. 33. A ..... shows ideal number of servings to be eaten each day from each of the basic food groups. A) Balanced diet. B) Food pyramid. C) Healthy diet. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food pyramid. 34. All energy comes from A) Producers. B) Moon. C) Sun. D) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 35. What is a community in an ecosystem? A) One particular species. B) The producers and consumers. C) All the groups of species. D) Two species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the groups of species. 36. Residents of what country is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint? A) Europe. B) Australia. C) United States. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United States. 37. Name a positive change that happened during the Industrial Revolution A) Sanitation. B) Light bulbs. C) Farming machinery. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. Scientists call the organized ways they answer questions the ..... A) Scientific explanation. B) Scientific method. C) Scientific notation. D) Scientific guesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific method. 39. What is the 5th step in the treatment of drinking water? A) Water is filtered. B) Chlorine is added. C) Chemical added to cause small solids to coagulate. D) Air is forced through the water and bacteria is added. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorine is added. 40. Which of the following is a way for an auditory learner to learn A) Draw a picture. B) Walk around. C) Read their notes out loud. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read their notes out loud. 41. In the town of Podunk, Alabama, the population at the beginning of the year was 4882. If 19 people died during the year, what would be the death rate? A) 1.15. B) 3.89. C) 7.72. D) 5.53. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.89. 42. Which major changes in human society and the environment occurredduring the Industrial Revolution? A) People lived in small tribes; many mammals went extinct. B) Domesticated plants were altered; forest was replaced with farmland. C) Fossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increased. D) Common grazing areas were replaced with closed fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increased. 43. The two largest fuel sources are? A) Wood and coal. B) Wood and natural gas. C) Oil and nuclear power. D) Coal and oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal and oil. 44. The nonliving parts of an organism's environment (physical and chemical) A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Community. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 45. Which of the following is the variable that is manipulated by the scientist during the experiment? A) Controlled variable. B) Independent variable. C) Dependent variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 46. A species is most likely to go extinct in a changing environment if it has A) Recent evolutionary adaptations. B) A narrow niche. C) High genetic diversity. D) A large niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A narrow niche. 47. Which of the following is NOT a method of energy conservation? A) Riding your bike to work. B) Taking public transportation to work (bus, subway). C) Driving alone in your car to work. D) Walking to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving alone in your car to work. 48. Who promoted the preservation ethic? A) John Muir. B) Gifford Pinchot. C) Aldo Leopold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Muir. 49. What was the name of the book written by Rachel Carson that helped start The Third Period of US Environmental Policy? A) The Population Bomb. B) Life on the Cuyahoga River. C) Silent Spring. D) Death by DDT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silent Spring. 50. A ..... stitches clothes for us. A) Weaver. B) Washerman. C) Tailor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tailor. 51. Bottom layer of the ocean from the base of the thermocline to the bottom of the ocean: A) Shallow zone. B) Low zone. C) Deep Zone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deep Zone. 52. The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is characterized by extremely low levels of ..... in the water. A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Dissolved salts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 53. What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles? A) The length of the seasons. B) The amount of direct sunlight each area receives. C) The duration of the solar year. D) The shape of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of direct sunlight each area receives. 54. Which biomolecule includes sugars, cellulose and starch? A) Lipids. B) Nucleic Acid. C) Carbohydrates. D) Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbohydrates. 55. Which of the following zones is the coldest and has the lowest amount of oxygen? A) Limnetic. B) Littoral. C) Profundal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profundal. 56. Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to earth's surface A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation. 57. How does the energy change within the steps of a food chain? A) Most of the energy is at the base of the food chain and there is less energy as you move up the food chain. B) The secondary consumers have more energy for hunting than the primary consumers. C) The energy is concentrated at the top of the food chain, in the secondary consumers, like humans. D) All over the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most of the energy is at the base of the food chain and there is less energy as you move up the food chain. 58. Use the diagram below to answer the question. In this energy pyramid, which organism would most likely be in level 2? A) Tree. B) Bird. C) Fox. D) Caterpillar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caterpillar. 59. In Rwanda, there are more young children than teenagers, and more teenagers than adults. This age structure indicates a population that A) Has a steady growth rate. B) Will decrease in 30 years. C) Will double in 30 years. D) Has stopped growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will double in 30 years. 60. Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas? A) Oxygen. B) Neon. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Nitrogen. 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