This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 214 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 214 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The troposphere of the Earth's atmosphere supports life because it contains A) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases. B) Water, nitrogen, helium, and argon. C) Water, oxygen, carbon monoxide, methane. D) Water, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases. 2. What will happen if a nonrenewable resource is used up faster than it can be replenished or regenerated? A) The resource will be replenished. B) The resource will be replenished. C) The resource will become abundant. D) The resource will become scarce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The resource will become scarce. 3. On the top of the zone of saturation is A) Water table. B) Zone of aeration. C) Lava. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water table. 4. The United States government encouraged the use of cars as transportation in part by A) Building interstate highways. B) Charging high gasoline taxes. C) Tax credits for automobile owners. D) Constructing mass public transportation like subways and trains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building interstate highways. 5. Where the earth slopes downward:water gets deeper, but lots of sun, where dolphins play A) Oceainic. B) Neritic. C) Intertidal. D) Benthic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neritic. 6. How do wetlands help prevent flooding? A) They provide habitat. B) They absorb extra runoff. C) The provide nutrients. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They absorb extra runoff. 7. A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes A) Continental Drift. B) Sedimentary Rock. C) Igneous Rock. D) Metamorphic Rock. E) Granite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphic Rock. 8. Located in tropical zone A) Coniferous. B) Deciduous. C) Rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 9. Examples of producers are a A) Lion and cheetah. B) Zebra and gazelle. C) Acacia tree and stargrass. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acacia tree and stargrass. 10. What is a limiting factor? A) Something that keeps an animal in its habitat. B) Something that can become scarce in an environment. C) Something that prevents an animal from hunting. D) Something that is plentiful in an environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that can become scarce in an environment. 11. Soil regulates the flow of water and nutrients in the ecosystem. Which kind of soil is best for this function? A) High bulk density (soil is too compact). B) Has few organic matter. C) Loose, porous and has stable structure. D) Has higher field capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loose, porous and has stable structure. 12. The National Ambient Air Quality standard for average annual concentration of NOx in residential area is A) 60 µg/m3. B) 80 µg/m3. C) 100 µg/m3. D) 20 µg/m3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60 µg/m3. 13. Observation or inference? The water's temperature is 37 degrees Celsius A) Inference. B) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 14. The fact that ice floats on liquid water is due to the fact that water's solid is ..... than it's liquid formanswer choices A) More polar. B) Less polar. C) More dense. D) Less dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less dense. 15. Plastic made with sugar A) Photodegradable plastic. B) All kinds of plastic. C) Green plastic. D) No kind fo plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green plastic. 16. Give an example of "loss of biodiversity" A) Overfishing. B) Toxic run-off. C) Mining. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overfishing. 17. What are animals that feed on other animals called? A) Tetrabores. B) Herbivores. C) Omnivores. D) Carnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carnivores. 18. Which of the following will lead to a more sustainable world culture? A) Increasing green energy production for everyone. B) Reducing overall consumption and halting population growth. C) Increasing consumer growth for all developing nations. D) Creating industrial systems that are linear in design and operation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reducing overall consumption and halting population growth. 19. ".....is a collection of states of meteorological elements occurring in the atmosphere at a certain time and area such as sunshine or rain, hot or cold, humid or dry." Select answer correct answer and fill in the missing content in the concept below? A) Weather. B) Climate system. C) Climate. D) Weather system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 20. Clear-cutting is a timber harvesting method in which A) Trees that provide shelter to seedlings are left uncut. B) Only some mature trees in an area are cut. C) Only immature tree in an area are cut. D) All of the trees in an area are cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the trees in an area are cut. 21. What Benthic organism does NOT belong A) Yeti Crabs. B) Black Corals. C) Hermit crabs. D) Giant Tube worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hermit crabs. 22. Which of the following is not a provision of the Endangered Species Act? A) A species recovery plan must be created. B) Protected plants may be uprooted. C) No products from endangered or threatened species may be sold. D) Government projects may not further endanger endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protected plants may be uprooted. 23. Which example displays a type of point source pollution? A) Rainwater carrying toxic chemicals and debris to a river. B) Melted snow mixed with debris flowing into a city. C) Untreated water from a factory flowing into a lake. D) Smoke released by trucks. E) Rainwater mixing with garbage on the sidewalks of a street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Untreated water from a factory flowing into a lake. 24. Includes all the living and nonliving things with which organism interact. A) Ecological Footprint. B) Sustainable. C) Fossil Fuel. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environment. 25. Substances, such as smoke and carbon monoxide, released into the air are called A) Air masses. B) Scrubbers. C) Emissions. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emissions. 26. Which sphere has the largest carbon reservoir (storage)? A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 27. A forest reserve is an area A) Is a protected area of forest of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest. B) Is a protected area of forest of importance forest trees only. C) Is a unprotected area of forest of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a protected area of forest of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest. 28. The top of the water surface in a saturated part of an aquifer A) Water table. B) Water cycle. C) Percolation. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water table. 29. If particle size decreases permeability A) Decreases. B) It could increase or decrease. C) Increases. D) Stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 30. Your science teacher believes that food you eat will affect your test average. They believe if you:-eat food from McDonald's your grades will go up by 5 points-eat at Pizza Root your grades will stay the same-eat at Subway your grades will go down 10 points What is the independent variable? A) Food you eat. B) Grades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food you eat. 31. The variable that changes the response to the conditions set in an experiment A) Experimental Variable. B) Controlled Variable. C) Dependent Variable. D) Independent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controlled Variable. 32. Which is an abiotic factor that would affect the growth of a population within an ecosystem? A) The availability of water. B) The number of carnivores present. C) The availability of producers. D) The type of herbivores present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The availability of water. 33. A 500-gram block of solid cheese is melted in a pot. Which is most likely the mass of the cheese after it is melted? A) 500 grams, because the cheese does not gain or lose mass just because it was melted. B) 499 grams, because some of the cheese evaporates as it melts. C) 502 grams, because the cheese absorbs heat as it melts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 500 grams, because the cheese does not gain or lose mass just because it was melted. 34. True or FalseAn estuary is a place with very salty water A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally? A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform. 36. The designation of wilderness areas A) Allows only limited development. B) Provides for protected habitats. C) Historically forbade mining. D) Guarantees unrestricted public access. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provides for protected habitats. 37. Primary productivity A) The synthesis of organic compounds. B) The rate at which energy is stored. C) The amount of carbon fixed durning photosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The synthesis of organic compounds. 38. Which end of the water molecule has a slightly positive charge? A) The oxygen end. B) The hydrogen end. C) Both ends are slightly positive. D) Neither end is positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hydrogen end. 39. A hypothesis is an idea that can be ..... A) Tested. B) Supported. C) Rejected. D) All of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the options. 40. What do producers need, other than sun, for photosynthesis? A) Water and CO2. B) Glucose and O2. C) Love and happiness. D) Carbohydrates and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water and CO2. 41. How many gallons of fresh water does the world drink every day? A) 4 billion. B) 12, 000. C) 50 million. D) 250 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 billion. 42. Most aquifers are rapidly recharged through precipitation that percolates downward through soil and rock. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. Atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface ~ where weather occurs A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 44. Paint is an example of which type of waste? A) Hazardous waste. B) Wastewater. C) Industrial waste. D) Municipal solid waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hazardous waste. 45. What was the function of the Tigris River in Mesopotamian irrigation? A) It was the determining factor in the water table level. B) It was the source of the irrigation water. C) It supplied silt to the nearby farmland. D) It was the drain for irrigation water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the drain for irrigation water. 46. Which of the following is when water vapour rises and the air becomes cooler, causing water droplets to form. A) Percolation. B) Precipitation. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 47. The closer a biome is to the equator, the more we would expect it to be A) Warmer & weather. B) Warmer and drier. C) Cooler & wetter. D) Cooler and drier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warmer & weather. 48. Urban areas rely on ..... areas to supply resources such as food, water, building materials, and fuels. A) Rural. B) Suburban. C) Forest. D) Heat island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rural. 49. What do trees release into the environment? A) Carbon monoxide. B) Helium. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 50. The following are disadvantages of which type of energy? Unpopular, generates protests Plants are $ $ $ to build because of legal challenges Potential for catastrophic meltdowns and accidents Possible terrorist targets A) Natural Gas. B) Petroleum. C) Coal. D) Nuclear Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear Energy. 51. It is a market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. A) Cap and trade. B) Supermarket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cap and trade. 52. Most of Earth's ..... are located around the Pacific Rim. A) Active volcanoes on land. B) Active volcanoes in the ocean. C) Deep ocean currents. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active volcanoes on land. 53. According to ....., the origin of blue bull is not traced to the species of cow. A) Theology. B) Zoology. C) Psychology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zoology. 54. Which abiotic factor causes organic matter to decay more rapidly in deciduous forests than in coniferous forest? A) Colder and dryer winters. B) Warmer and wetter summers. C) More topsoil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warmer and wetter summers. 55. Salvinia molesta, a floating aquatic plant, first entered Lake Naivasha in Kenya when a person's fish ponds flooded. The plant quickly grew, changing the habitat of parts of the lake. This is an example of a problem due to ..... A) Exotic species. B) Habitat fragmentation. C) Edge effect. D) Reintroduction programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exotic species. 56. All of the following describe habitat fragmentation, EXCEPT: A) Gaps form within a habitat. B) Increases the number of species. C) Often a result of habitat loss. D) Patches of suitable habitat are surrounded by unsuitable habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases the number of species. 57. The environmental protection act was enacted in the year A) 1997. B) 1980. C) 1992. D) 1986. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1986. 58. What is one reason that trash and litter can be potentially harmful to wildlife? A) They may look at it is as a food source. B) It obscures the scent of other food sources. C) They can use it to build nuclear weapons. D) The creation of litter and trash reduces the habitats of predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They may look at it is as a food source. 59. The movement of the lithospheric plates changes the number of continents on Earth. This change would be seen over A) Millions of years. B) Decades. C) Thousands of years. D) Centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Millions of years. 60. Which is a synonym for an autotroph? A) Heterotroph. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. ← 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