This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 27 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Biomass (including biodiesel) A) Renewable. B) Non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 2. A dense positively charged sub atomic particle is called a A) Neutron. B) Electron. C) Proton. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proton. 3. "Energy Star, " "USDA Organic, " and "Fair Trade Certified" are all examples of A) Ecosystems. B) Ecolabelling. C) Non-market values. D) Market failure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecolabelling. 4. Summarize a major cause of permanent habitat destruction due to human impact. A) Forest fires caused by lightning strikes and accidents. B) Polluting the environment by burning fossil fuels. C) Overhunting a species to extinction. D) Clearing land to grow food and build businesses and homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clearing land to grow food and build businesses and homes. 5. Emma is studying the water quality in the Puget sound, her study includes many variables. Which example is a quantitative data example? A) The water is acidic. B) The water has a high quantity of plastic debris. C) The water has an average temperature of 51.9 degrees F. D) The water has low sediment content. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The water has an average temperature of 51.9 degrees F. 6. Based on the Topographic Map, what is the contour interval? A) 100 m. B) 50 m. C) 10 m. D) 500 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 m. 7. Arrangement in which a government or private conservation organization pays a government or private landowner in another nation for agreeing to preserve natural resources A) Pasture. B) Fishery. C) Conservation Concession. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation Concession. 8. A dry grassland found in coastal areas. A) Desert. B) Savanna. C) Zone. D) Chaparral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaparral. 9. Ecological Footprint is measured in: A) Carbon Units. B) Kilowatts. C) Square Miles. D) Global Hectares. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global Hectares. 10. Maps and charts are examples of A) Conceptual models. B) Mathematical models. C) Graphical models. D) Physical models. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphical models. 11. If a country has an Ecological Deficit that mean it A) Has lots of forests. B) Has a higher Ecological Footprint than Biodiversity. C) Has a higher Biocapacity than Ecological Footprint. D) Is living sustainably. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has a higher Ecological Footprint than Biodiversity. 12. The united states uses which percentage of the world's fossil fuels? A) 25. B) 18. C) 75. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25. 13. Multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotroph, no cell wall A) Animal. B) Protist. C) Fungi. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animal. 14. Author of the book Silent Spring and considered the mother of the environmental movement. A) Aldo Leopold. B) Theodore Roosevelt. C) Chico Mendes. D) Rachel Carson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rachel Carson. 15. Who is most at risk of negative health effects from air pollution? A) People with a broken bone or injury. B) People with asthma or lung problems. C) People with asthma or a broken bone/injury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People with asthma or lung problems. 16. What causes the low and high tides in the ocean? A) Water. B) Air. C) Moon. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moon. 17. Requires a vacuum A) Electron microscope. B) Light microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electron microscope. 18. If, brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys are the Internal organs, then; eyes, nose, ear's, skin, and tongue, are? A) Sense Organs. B) Outside. C) Inside. D) External Organs. E) Internal Organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense Organs. 19. What do you call the measure of the materials used and needed to dispose of waste for an individual or community? A) Ecology. B) Ecological footprint. C) Environmental services. D) Cap-and-trade policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 20. A hypothesis is a what A) A statement made my scientist. B) If/then statement. C) Its always wrong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If/then statement. 21. It is the policy governing the water quality management in the Philippines. A) Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990. B) Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. C) The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004. D) Philippine Clean Air Act tagsDifficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004. 22. Which of the following is mutualism? A) Both organisms benefit, while neither is harmed. B) One organism benefits, while the other is harmed. C) One organism benefits, while neither is harmed. D) Both organisms are harmed and neither benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both organisms benefit, while neither is harmed. 23. An example of a nonrenewable resource is A) Air. B) Water. C) Oil. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil. 24. The lower thermosphere: A) Deep zone. B) Conduction. C) Ionosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ionosphere. 25. The surface of the land where water enters an aquifer is called A) Groundwater. B) Surface currents. C) A recharge zone. D) Deep currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A recharge zone. 26. In an experiment, the factor that is measured (the result) is the . A) Dependent Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Controlled Variable. D) Compared Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Variable. 27. What do we call the movement around the sun, which takes 365 days. A) Circular. B) Rotation. C) Revolution. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolution. 28. A carnivore is an ..... A) Organism that eats only meat. B) Organism that eats only plants. C) Organism that eats all things-meat and plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism that eats only meat. 29. What two biomes get less than 10 inches of rainfall per year? A) Temperate Deciduous Forest and the Taiga. B) Chapparal and Desert. C) Tropical and Temperate grasslands. D) The desert and the tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The desert and the tundra. 30. There is more fresh water on Earth than salt water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. Which process involves conversion of light energy to chemical energy A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 32. A consumer that eats only producers is called a(n) A) Autothroph. B) Carnivore. C) Herbivore. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivore. 33. Industrialized agriculture is often referred to as "high input" because it requires a great deal of: A) Pesticides. B) Fertilizers. C) Fossil fuels. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 34. C6H12O6 + 6O2 $\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 6H2O is known as: A) Molecules of carbohydrates. B) Cellular respiration. C) Cellular photosynthesis. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration. 35. Environmental Science is the study of how the natural world ..... and how humans interact with it. A) Is created. B) Is made. C) Is destroyed. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Works. 36. What is the best pro about renewable resources? A) They are always available. B) They are inexpensive. C) They create pollution. D) They are expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are always available. 37. Controlling animals and plants for humans to use is known as ..... A) Domestication. B) Nomadic. C) Agriculture. D) Cultivate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domestication. 38. Estuaries are very productive ecosystems because they receive fresh nutrients from A) Lakes and ponds. B) Rivers and oceans. C) Marshes and swamps. D) Streams and springs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers and oceans. 39. After measuring the height in an experiment, what would be the next step the scientists would do? A) Scientist will identify materials needed. B) Scientists will analyze their data. C) Scientists will formulate a hypothesis. D) Scientists will design their experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientists will analyze their data. 40. Another term for acid rain is A) High pH liquid. B) Aquatic erosion. C) Condensation. D) Acid deposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acid deposition. 41. .... to hurt his feelings, I avoided the question. A) Want not. B) Not wanting. C) Not wanted. D) Not want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not wanting. 42. Animals that live in the desert A) Are usually nocturnal. B) Hibernate in winter. C) Usually have thin skin to absorb water. D) Include camels, moose, and various reptiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are usually nocturnal. 43. A non-renewable resource CANNOT be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Areas that have soil layers are in ..... succession A) Secondary. B) Primary. C) Contemporary. D) Exceptional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary. 45. Golden crowned-flying fox Acedoron jubatosis one of the heaviest bat in the world, declared as CRITICALLY endangered bat species. Recently recorded in Malones, Dalaguete roosting in a tree together with 3 other species of fruit bat. It is locally called? A) Bang. B) Bat Species. C) Black starling. D) Tagamaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bang. 46. Normal precipitation has a pH of about 5.6. What pH might acid precipitation have? A) 7. B) 12.6. C) 9.6. D) 4.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4.6. 47. What is responsible for holding heat on Earth? A) Sun. B) Atmosphere. C) Rock. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 48. How does the Philippines benefit from the Pacific Ring of Fire? A) The land is rich in mineral deposits. B) The volcanic activities make way for more islands to form. C) The plates record daily but relatively weak earthquakes. D) More unique and beautiful beaches attract tourists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The land is rich in mineral deposits. 49. Which is NOT a factor of demand? A) Changes in income. B) Changes in tastes & preferences. C) Changes in productivity. D) Prices or availability of substitutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes in productivity. 50. The primary cause of invasive species introduction is A) Too much food. B) Human actions. C) Asteroids. D) Weather events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human actions. 51. Formed from dead trees and plants A) Coal. B) Oil and Natural Gas. C) Fossil Fuels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 52. In a given ecosystem, producers convert solar energy into 15, 000kcal of chemical energy stored in organic compounds. Which of the following is the most likely amount of energy available to secondary consumers? A) 13, 500 kcal. B) 1, 500 kcal. C) 1.5 kcal. D) 150 kcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 150 kcal. 53. Which layer of the Earth is the hottest? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner Core. D) Outer Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner Core. 54. One of my fish has a white fuzzy patch growing on his side. I looked in my fish books, and I think it is a fungus. I put some medicine in the water, and one week later he was fine and the fungus was gone. What was the dependent variable? A) The fish is sick with a fungus. B) The fish survived. C) Fish sometimes get white fuzzy fungus growing on them. D) The medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fish survived. 55. What is the ultimate source of energy for the water cycle? A) Tectonic plates. B) Prevailing winds. C) The tides. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 56. The idea that resources that are not regulated well will eventually be used up is called A) The agricultural revolution. B) The tragedy of hte commons. C) The industrial revolution. D) The ecological footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tragedy of hte commons. 57. Landslides can happen both by nature and human activities. The natural cause of landslide is ..... A) Water. B) Moon. C) Sunlight. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 58. Chlorofluorocarbon molecules are environmentally significant because A) Their chlorine atoms can destroy many stratospheric ozone molecules. B) They are poisonous, flammable, and corrosive to metals. C) Their absorption of lethal solar energy protects Earth. D) They readily break down ozone molecules produced as pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their chlorine atoms can destroy many stratospheric ozone molecules. 59. If we don't look after resources, we will have ..... A) No problems. B) More problems. C) Less problems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More problems. 60. Fixation is associated with A) Nitrogen. B) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen. ← 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