This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 202 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 202 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fins help fish to swim in water A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. What is the transfer of energy across space in the atmosphere? When you stand in front of a fire place, the heat you feel reaches you by this property? A) Radiation. B) Conduction. C) Convection. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radiation. 3. The study of chemicals and their reactions. A) Ecology. B) Biology. C) Climatology. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemistry. 4. A plastic bottle can be in the sea for over ..... years before it disappears. A) 14. B) 400. C) 4. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 400. 5. ..... are organisms that feed on or live on another organism usually harming the host. A) Predator. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasite. 6. Which of the following zones is dominated by plankton? A) Limnetic. B) Littoral. C) Profundal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limnetic. 7. Earth Day is in: A) February. B) December. C) April. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April. 8. Ice reflecting sunlight and a cooling effect. Warm atmosphere from heat trapping gasses. Melting ice exposes dark surfaces and absorbs more light. This is a ..... feedback A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive. 9. All of the following are ways to help the environment, EXCEPT A) Recycle. B) Reuse. C) Reduce. D) Overexploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overexploitation. 10. Volcanoes most commonly form ..... A) Along Earth's equator. B) In the middle of tectonic plates. C) Near tectonic plate boundaries. D) In Earth's polar regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near tectonic plate boundaries. 11. The central core of every atom, containing particles called protons and neutrons, is called a ..... A) Electron. B) Bond. C) Compound. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleus. 12. The pattern or spread of people in a given area A) Population distribution. B) Death rate. C) Demographics. D) Census. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population distribution. 13. Occur where two plates slide towards each other; where one A) After Shock. B) Transform Fault Line. C) Convergent Fault Line. D) Divergent Fault Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent Fault Line. 14. Also know as a j-curve, this type of growth does not level off, but instead grows with no carrying capacity in sight A) Carrying capacity. B) Logistic growth. C) Exponential growth. D) Population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exponential growth. 15. Some factories have a negative impact on Earth'secosystems because they A) Have high energy demands that require the use of fossil fuels and nuclear fuels. B) Utilize agricultural technology that decreasessoil erosion. C) Decrease the need for finite resources. D) Limit the amount of emissions produced eachyear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have high energy demands that require the use of fossil fuels and nuclear fuels. 16. Habitat loss is ..... while habitat fragmentation is ..... A) Breaking apart-destruction. B) Degradation-subdivision. C) Destruction-breaking apart. D) Degradation-breaking apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destruction-breaking apart. 17. Which organism in the picture would increase in population size if there was a significant decrease in the rabbit population? A) Cougar. B) Wolf spider. C) Red fox. D) Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grass. 18. ..... use small, efficient gasoline engines most of the time, but they also use electric motors when extra power is needed A) Hybrid cars. B) Wind farms. C) Ocean thermal energy conversion plants. D) Electric cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hybrid cars. 19. A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen. Can cause faintness, death. A) Carbon monoxide. B) Ground-level ozone. C) Sulfur dioxide. D) Nitrogen oxides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon monoxide. 20. What animal can be found in a tropical rain forest? A) Bumblebee Dart Frog. B) Wild dogs. C) Bison. D) Indian Pita. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bumblebee Dart Frog. 21. Which two primary pollutants most often result in acid rain? A) Sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxide. B) Carbon monoxide and VOCs. C) ZEVs and VOCs. D) Carbonic acid and citric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxide. 22. Which of the following is NOT one of the limitations of trophic levels? A) Trophic levels do not show non-trophic interactions. B) They focus too much on competition. C) Some species occupy more than one trophic level. D) Do not include decomposers or detritivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They focus too much on competition. 23. Some scientists interpret data on weather maps by A) Interpreting weather map symbols. B) Shifting the equatorial and temperate zones. C) Altering the makeup of the troposphere. D) Redistributing Earth's vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpreting weather map symbols. 24. A niche restricted by competition is a A) Displaced niche. B) Resource partitioned niche. C) Fundamental niche. D) Realized niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realized niche. 25. Where is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the starting point of an earthquake? A) Epicenter. B) Fault. C) Magma chamber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicenter. 26. Factors in the environment that are NOT living are called A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Ambient. D) Bionic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 27. The following are disadvantages of which type of energy? Mining alters landscapes and endangers humans Plants are slow to reach full operating capacity Large contributor to acid rain A) Coal. B) Natural Gas. C) Nuclear Energy. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 28. Fertilizer runoff into water systems can cause deadly algal blooms for the local fauna and wildlife A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. To help our environment, you should A) Recycle, remember, and reduce. B) Reduce, reuse, and recycle. C) Reduce, repair, and recycle. D) Reuse, replace, and recycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduce, reuse, and recycle. 30. The higher the temperature in an oven, the faster a cake will bake. What is the independent variable? A) Time. B) Cake flavor. C) Type of oven. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 31. The cattle egret follows herds of cattle and eat the insects that the cattle stir up as they move through the grassland. The cattle appear to be unaffected by the egrets. This is a ..... type of relationship. A) Symbiotic. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 32. Some resources, such as fossil fuels, are ..... and cannot be replaced. A) Nonrenewable. B) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable. 33. Two methods of soil conservation in farming are A) Reclamation and subsurface mining. B) Landscaping and nylon fencing. C) Selective harvesting and replanting. D) Contour plowing and windbreaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contour plowing and windbreaks. 34. How does a dish-type concentrated solar power system collect solar energy? A) A half-pipe-shaped mirror concentrates light onto oil to heat it up. B) Mirrors collect light onto a single point on a tower. C) Panels absorb sunlight and create electric currents between them. D) A large, curved plate directs sunlight onto fluid to heat it and push a piston. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A large, curved plate directs sunlight onto fluid to heat it and push a piston. 35. Why is composting important? A) It makes the yard look pretty. B) It helps reduce waste and creates healthy soil. C) It's a fun activity to do with friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It helps reduce waste and creates healthy soil. 36. Why are there seasons on Earth? A) The Earth's axis flips. B) The Earth's axis is at a 23.5 degree tilt. C) Increased solar activity. D) The Earth moves closer to the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Earth's axis is at a 23.5 degree tilt. 37. The ideal level for nitrites in an aquaponics system is ..... ? A) 1.0-2.0 ppm. B) 0-0.25 ppm. C) 0.25-0.50 ppm. D) 0.50-1.0 ppm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0-0.25 ppm. 38. When atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds A) Nitrogen cycle. B) Nitrogen fixation. C) Estuary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen fixation. 39. Can lead to stress and high blood pressure A) Noise pollution. B) Light pollution. C) Air pollution. D) Asbestos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noise pollution. 40. Which answer best defines condensation? A) The process of changing from a liquid to a gas, usually caused by energy from the sun. B) The process in which animals release water vapor. C) The process of changing from a gas to a liquid, such as water vapor changing into water. D) Water falling to the surface of the Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of changing from a gas to a liquid, such as water vapor changing into water. 41. An input of photosynthesis is A) Glucose. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Oxygen 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 42. A common type of succession that occurs where an event such as a forest fire has occurred, or a farmer's field has been abandoned is called A) Common succession. B) Quaternary succession. C) Secondary succession. D) Primary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary succession. 43. A linear series of feeding relationships of organisms. A) Nitrogen Cycle. B) Food Web. C) Food Chain. D) Phosphorous Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food Chain. 44. We can get this from leather? A) Milk. B) Eggs. C) Belt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belt. 45. Which of the following organisms has an adaptation that will allow it to survive in the tundra? A) Mammals with thin fur that allows them to get rid of heat efficiently. B) Plants that have broad leaves to capture sunlight and long roots to capture water. C) Reptiles with long tongues with sticky pads for catching flying insects. D) Grasses with shallow roots and the ability to grow quickly when moisture is rarely present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grasses with shallow roots and the ability to grow quickly when moisture is rarely present. 46. The organisms which gain energy indirectly, by eating other organisms are known as ..... A) Consumers. B) Producers. C) Pioneers. D) Trophic levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumers. 47. Which of these issues prompted the first environmentally related legislation in the United States? A) Deforestation. B) Water pollution. C) Air pollution. D) Poaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water pollution. 48. Earthworms and bacteria are called A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposers. 49. This second layer of the atmosphere, contains the molecule ozone (O3) which absorbs harmful UV rays. A) Mesosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 50. What is formed when extreme sudden subsidence occurs within a depleted aquifer? A) Sinkholes. B) Lowered water table. C) An impermeable layer that prevents recharge. D) Virtual water. E) Freshwater scarcity stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinkholes. 51. Which one is the non-renewable source of energy? A) Hydroelectric power. B) Wind power. C) Solar energy. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear energy. 52. The population size that an environment can sustain is known as its A) Exponential growth. B) Dispersion. C) Density. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying capacity. 53. What do you call all of the members of ONE species that live in a specific area? A) Population. B) Community. C) Habitat. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 54. Using a resource in such a way that it is never depleted A) Natural. B) Sustainable. C) Nonrenewable. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable. 55. Which could most likely have a lasting negative impact on the biodiversity of an area? A) Clear-cutting. B) A reduction in the use of fertilizers. C) Selective cutting. D) An increase in plant populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear-cutting. 56. Often water must be treated to become ....., safe to drink A) Pathogen. B) Clarified. C) Bonifide. D) Potable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potable. 57. Has the higher magnification A) Electron microscope. B) Light microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electron microscope. 58. What is the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere? A) 0.1001%. B) 0.0391%. C) 0.01001%. D) 1.0001%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0.0391%. 59. Which of the following is an example of COHESION? A) Oil sticking to plastic. B) Water sticking to glass. C) Water sticking to water. D) Hydrogen sticking to oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water sticking to water. 60. Water can dissolve many substances, therefore it is called ..... A) Cohesive. 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