This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 28 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following can be added to a compost bin? A) Plastic bottles. B) Banana peels. C) Glass jars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banana peels. 2. Diatoms, Amoebas, and Paramecia are members of which Kingdom? A) Fungi. B) Protista. C) The animal. D) Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protista. 3. What could possibly be a result of decreasing a population of vultures in a desert ecosystem? A) The vultures prey population will increase. B) The vulture prey population will decrease. C) The vulture prey population will stay the same. D) The amount of rainfall in increase in the desert with no vultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The vultures prey population will increase. 4. The boundary where most large earthquakes occur A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Convergent plate boundary. C) Transform plate boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent plate boundary. 5. Name of the gas the plants take in A) Gas. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Sniff Gate. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 6. What is the name of this supply? A) Tissues. B) Cream. C) Disposable gloves. D) Flashlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashlight. 7. The melted rock that erupts from a volcano is called ..... A) Plates. B) Mantle. C) Magma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magma. 8. Nutrients found in plants NOT in the soil A) Tundra. B) Rain forest. C) Desert. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain forest. 9. What is the goal of environmental science? A) To study living things. B) To understand and solve environmental problems. C) To study the physical properties around us. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To understand and solve environmental problems. 10. This type of consumer obtains all of its energy by eating only producers. A) Carnivore. B) Omnivore. C) Herbivore. D) Scavenger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivore. 11. As the demand for a good or service increases, the value of the good or service also increases. A) Cost-Benefit Analysis. B) Law of Supply and Demand. C) Risk Assessment. D) Tragedy of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law of Supply and Demand. 12. When you cut down a tree the stored CO2 is released back into the atmosphere A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The first level of all food pyramids A) Is photosynthesis. B) Consist of primary consumers. C) Consists of producers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consists of producers. 14. This type of pollution comes from one source. A) Environmental Science. B) Nonpoint-source Pollution. C) Point-source Pollution. D) Environmental ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point-source Pollution. 15. Which Kingdom of life does not contain any heterotrophs A) Eubacteria. B) Fungi. C) Animal. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plant. 16. Which of the following is an example of how biogeochemical cycles are important in sustaining life? A) The atoms of water molecules are destroyed during a drought. B) New carbon atoms are created during the carbon cycle. C) Nitrogen in wastes are converted into useable nutrients for other organisms. D) Oxygen atoms are converted into carbon during cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen in wastes are converted into useable nutrients for other organisms. 17. Which statement is an example of mutualism? A) Bees sting other organisms when they sense danger. B) Bees pollinate flowers while obtaining nectar. C) Bees have black and yellow stripes that warn other organisms of danger. D) Bees help maintain an ecosystem's native cacti species through pollination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bees pollinate flowers while obtaining nectar. 18. A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another. A) Geological Time. B) Erosion. C) Subduction. D) Continental Drift. E) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subduction. 19. Which of the following appears last? A) Grass. B) Hardwoods (Maple, Oak, etc). C) Bushes. D) Softwoods (conifers). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardwoods (Maple, Oak, etc). 20. WHAT IS THE IDEAL PERCENTAGE OF FOREST COVER REQUIRED ON THE EARTH SURFACE? A) 93. B) 28. C) 76. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 33. 21. The agricultural revolution improved farming practices but led to other problems like A) Pestilence. B) Deforestation. C) Air pollution. D) Obesity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 22. Which kind of organisms are decomposers? A) Worms. B) Bacteria & Fungi. C) Insects & Bacteria. D) Fungi & Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria & Fungi. 23. Non-biodegradable is: A) Can be broken down. B) Cant be broken down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cant be broken down. 24. What adaptation prevents phytoplankton from sinking into deep waters? A) Streamlined body shape. B) Whiskers. C) Flagella. D) Tentacles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flagella. 25. What does a paleoclimatologist study? A) Life. B) Atoms. C) Climates. D) Kinetic and Potential Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climates. 26. Certain gases in the atmosphere-water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide-help maintain the Earth's temperatures and climate. These are called: ..... A) Stomach gases. B) Solar gases. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Ozone gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenhouse gases. 27. Listing both the merits and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of a(n) A) Cost-benefit analysis. B) Risk assessment. C) Ecological footprint. D) Market equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost-benefit analysis. 28. Which of these are sense organs? A) Rib, Bone, Torso, Taste bud & head. B) Arms, Legs, Curved bones, Abdomen and Lungs. C) Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Skin. D) Brain, Upper Limbs, Lower Limbs, Shoulder and nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Skin. 29. An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Estuary. C) Marshes. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 30. The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur, is called the ..... zone. A) Benthic. B) Photic. C) Limnetic. D) Aphotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photic. 31. We're talking ..... pollution. A) About. B) With. C) To. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 32. The price at which a good is bought and sold in a market equilibrium is called A) Retail price. B) Base price. C) Equilibrium price. D) Discount price. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equilibrium price. 33. Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere A) Can not be measured. B) Are increasing. C) Are in steady state. D) Are decreasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are increasing. 34. What is a major effect to the environment of combusting (burning) plastic? A) It releases toxic chemicals and fumes. B) It is smelly. C) It is an eyesore. D) Animals step on and it is hot so it will damage their paws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It releases toxic chemicals and fumes. 35. What layer is the deepest layer beneath the Earth's surface at 1, 500 miles and is considered to be a solid iron ball because of the pressure it is placed under? A) Inner Core. B) Mantle. C) Crust. D) Outer Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner Core. 36. Taking personal responsibility for sustainable resource usage. A) Honesty. B) ?. C) Individual responsibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual responsibility. 37. Respiration is the process by which (a) is consumed and (b) is produced. A) Carbon, H2O. B) B Oxygen, Carbon dioxide. C) H20, oxygen. D) Carbon, Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B Oxygen, Carbon dioxide. 38. You are a snail living in the deep dark forest. What could be a "biotic" factor in your environment? A) Soil. B) Rock. C) Bird. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bird. 39. A group of only one type of organism is a A) Niche. B) Ecosystem. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 40. Earth's atmosphere is important to living things because it A) Contains dust and other particles. B) Is very thin compared to the size of Earth. C) Provides all the gases that living things need to survive. D) Maintains a constant amount of hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provides all the gases that living things need to survive. 41. This biome has trees with leaves that change color and fall off each year A) Taiga. B) Temperate rain forest. C) Deciduous forest. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deciduous forest. 42. Agricultural Society A) Was the beginning of pollution. B) Used advanced techology. C) Lived in nomatic tribes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was the beginning of pollution. 43. The plant is 7 cm tall. A) Qualitative data. B) Quantitative data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative data. 44. Which practice is most likely to lead to water pollution? A) Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. B) Riparian buffer zones. C) Industrial discharge into rivers. D) Rainwater harvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial discharge into rivers. 45. Fracking technology has resulted in ..... A) Better methods for refining crude oil. B) Increased production of oil and gas. C) Reduced air pollution from coal. D) Less harm to the environment. E) Reduced use of fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased production of oil and gas. 46. According the passage, which of the following is TRUE about Amazon rainforest? A) It has become smaller by 40%. B) The deforestation is decreasing. C) 25% of animal species are extinct now. D) The deforestation is under control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The deforestation is decreasing. 47. What is the purpose of adding alum to water during the water treatment process? A) To filter and remove large organisms and trash. B) To form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling to. C) To prevent bacterial growth. D) To remove unwanted gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling to. 48. What are plants and animals that get their energy from eating other things? A) Herbivores. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumers. 49. This occurs when pollutants in the atmosphere combine with water droplets A) Ozone. B) Cancer. C) Acid rain. D) Air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid rain. 50. The wolves in this image are an example of a ..... A) Organism. B) Ecosystem. C) Habitat. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 51. The impact a person in a certain country makes on the environment A) Malnutrition. B) Ecosystem Services. C) Ecological Footprint. D) Energy Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological Footprint. 52. Which of the following is NOT an example of a consequence of global warming? A) Global sea levels rising. B) Adverse human health. C) Increase in hurricanes and typhoons. D) Fewer droughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fewer droughts. 53. A fixes the leaking taps and pipes. A) Mechanic. B) Doctor. C) Tailor. D) Plumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plumber. 54. Which of the following is true regarding water resources? A) Water is a renewable resource and there is plenty of all people on the planet to use as they wish. B) Water is a nonrenewable resource and once it is all used up we will not have any more. C) Although water is a renewable resource, it is currently being used faster than it can be replenished. D) There is no need to be concerned about the amount or quality of water on the planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although water is a renewable resource, it is currently being used faster than it can be replenished. 55. Fossil fuels are things like ....., gas, and oil. A) Sun. B) Coal. C) Water. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 56. How does the control group differ from an experimental group in a scientific experiment? A) The control group is not tested or measured. B) The control group does not contain the experimental variable, whereas the experimental group does not. C) The control group does not contain the experimental data, whereas the experimental group does. D) The control group contains more than one experimental variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The control group does not contain the experimental data, whereas the experimental group does. 57. Which best describes the relationship between temperature and dissolved oxygen in a lake? A) As temperature decreases, dissolved oxygen decreases. B) As temperature increases, dissolved oxygen decreases. C) A change in temperature has no effect on dissolved oxygen. D) As temperature increases, dissolved oxygen increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As temperature increases, dissolved oxygen decreases. 58. Environmental science involves the following disciplines. A) Math, English and psycology. B) Earth science, physics and Politics. C) Sports, fitness and weight training. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth science, physics and Politics. 59. Where is the majority of our freshwater stored? A) Underground. B) In lakes. C) In oceans. D) In glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In glaciers. 60. Shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. A) Pollution. B) Ecology. C) Ecological footprint. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological footprint. ← 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