This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the 3rd layer of the atmosphere? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesosphere. 2. What is a constant/control in an experiment? A) Things that do not change in a experiment. It's the variable that stays the same. You can have many variables stay the same. B) It's the variables that the scientist changes in the experiment. C) It's the variables that are being measured in an experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Things that do not change in a experiment. It's the variable that stays the same. You can have many variables stay the same. 3. Which of the below are concerns surrounding GMOs: A) A reduced supply of food. B) They use more water than traditional crops. C) Unknown effects of consuming GMOs on the health of humans. D) More pesticides will be used. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unknown effects of consuming GMOs on the health of humans. 4. Choose the correct answer to fill in the missing content in the concept below? "Solid waste is..... in solid or viscous form (also known as sludge) discharged from production, business, and services. services, activities or other activities" A) Agent. B) Material. C) Element. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waste. 5. ..... rock forms from magma/lava A) Metamorphic. B) Sedimentary. C) Igneous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous. 6. The amount of water on Earth that is drinkable is A) 50 %. B) 97.5 %. C) 100 %. D) 0.5 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.5 %. 7. What is the name of the area of groundwater where the open space is filled with water? A) Zone of Saturation. B) Zone of Aeration. C) Water Table. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zone of Saturation. 8. What is the major cause for noise & air pollution? A) Transportation. B) Deforestation. C) Factories. D) Oil spills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transportation. 9. Which of these is not an observed impact of global warming? A) Droughts are much more common, while flooding is much more rare. B) The range of certain insects, such as pine bark beetles, is increasing. C) Growing seasons in some regions of the world are becoming longer. D) Glaciers in Greenland, West Antarctica, and the Andes and Himalayan mountains are shrinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Droughts are much more common, while flooding is much more rare. 10. Cebu Hawk Owl-Kuwago Ninux rumseyi, ..... Endangered bird species and considered distinct species of hawk owl in 2013. A) Critically. B) Threatened. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threatened. 11. With the concerns about climate change increasing, the production of gases and their effects on the atmosphere are being closely watched. When fossil fuel is burned in a car engine, A) Increases in the atmosphere. B) Oxygen. C) Are planted and take over. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases in the atmosphere. 12. ..... are broad explanations which apply to a wide range of situations and observations. A) Ethics. B) Variables. C) Theories. D) Hypotheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theories. 13. What parts of a classroom aquarium ecosystem are abiotic? A) Water, rocks, algae. B) Fish, plants, coral. C) Plants, rocks, air. D) Water, rocks, air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water, rocks, air. 14. Which of the following is not a possible process that results in ammonification? A) Photosynthesis. B) Fertilizer production. C) Decomposition. D) Nitrogen fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 15. When demand for a product is low, the producer will A) Raise price and drop supply. B) Raise price and supply. C) Drop price and raise supply. D) Drop price and supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drop price and supply. 16. Animals exhale this gas. A) Carbon dioxide. B) Water vapor. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 17. Method that uses pumps to blast huge volumes of a mixture of water, sand, and various chemicals into a well to fracture rock and release natural gas or oil A) Refining. B) Peak production. C) Hydraulic fracturing (fracking). D) Proven oil reserves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydraulic fracturing (fracking). 18. A sustainable world would be the type of world would be described by the indefinite existence of ..... in a healthy and prosperous condition? A) The Earth. B) Human populations. C) All organisms. D) World economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human populations. 19. You should always clean up after a lab. A) True, I agree. B) False, I disagree let the teacher do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True, I agree. 20. Energy can be created. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. The parable '' the Tragedy of the Commons" focuses on A) Limited resources. B) Shared resources. C) An amusing story. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shared resources. 22. When 2 organims live in close contact with each other, at least one is benefited A) Predation. B) Symbiosis. C) Coevolution. D) Tolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbiosis. 23. Have lower incomes, simple and agriculture-based economies, and rapid population growth. A) Developed Countries. B) Developing Countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing Countries. 24. Seasonal movement of animals to find food, lay eggs, give birth, breed, etc. A) Migration. B) Social interaction. C) Warning coloration. D) Learned behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migration. 25. These types of power plants are primarily responsible for acid deposition (including acid rain) A) Natural gas. B) Nuclear. C) Coal. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 26. A good hypothesis is more than a guess because it A) Makes logical sense. B) States what is likely to happen. C) Makes logical sense and follows the background information. D) Is based on intuition rather than observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes logical sense and follows the background information. 27. What is the correct formula for water? A) CH4. B) H20. C) Ill. D) Nah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H20. 28. Which sphere are humans a part of? A) Hydrosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 29. Pattern of change in an area where an ecosystem has previously existed. A) Mining. B) Secondary succession. C) Primary succession. D) Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary succession. 30. What is another word for autotroph? A) Producer. B) Tertiary consumer. C) Secondary consumer. D) Primary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producer. 31. The amount of resources that the land has to offer A) Environmental Justice. B) Biocapacity. C) Sustainability. D) Ecological Footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biocapacity. 32. Which of the following is a water contaminant that can cause acid mine drainage? A) Flux. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Methane. D) Sulfuric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sulfuric acid. 33. Whale bones in the desert is an example of which type of climate data? A) Ice rings. B) Tree rings. C) Rock rings. D) Fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossils. 34. ~ Lan:What do you do to help the environment? ~ Nam: " ..... " A) It is the responsibility of the government. B) I try to recycle more and reduce carbon footprint. C) Everyone can protect the environment. D) Environment helps people live comfortably. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I try to recycle more and reduce carbon footprint. 35. The Clean Air Act-regulates vehicle emissions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. A horse or other large animal that pulls farm equipment A) Horse. B) Draft animal. C) Pasture animal. D) Ox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Draft animal. 37. Which animal was an extremely valuable resource for all Native American tribes? A) Rabbit. B) Dogs. C) Deer. D) Buffalo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buffalo. 38. T8-If you get at least 6 hours of sleep, you will do better on tests than if you get less sleep. What is the independent variable in this experiment? A) Type of Bed. B) Amount of Coffee. C) Test Scores. D) Amount of Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amount of Sleep. 39. ..... is an extremely cold region that lacks trees and has a permanently frozen subsoil. A) Taiga. B) Arctic. C) Tundra. D) Permafrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra. 40. If only 10% of the energy transfers to the next level where does the 90% go? A) Mechanical energy. B) Thermal (heat) energy. C) Kinetic energy. D) Chemical energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermal (heat) energy. 41. Among the organisms listed, which is in the highest trophic level? A) Cheetah. B) Deers. C) Wildebeest. D) Hare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheetah. 42. Star which underwent supernova would naturally progress into * A) Planetary Nebula. B) Neutron star. C) White Dwarf. D) Stellar Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutron star. 43. Humans & ecosystems always interact positively. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 44. Why is the ozone layer important? A) It is not important. B) It protects us from harmful UV rays. C) It keeps us warm by trapping heat. D) It allows satellites to fly so we can use our cell phones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It protects us from harmful UV rays. 45. It is okay to work on a lab when the teacher is not looking. A) Of course!. B) No way!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No way!. 46. Developing nations are experiencing a population crisis, which means ..... A) Populations are not growing fast enough. B) People are using resources faster than they can be produced. C) Populations are growing too quickly for regions to support. D) Populations are growing too slowly for regions to support. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Populations are growing too quickly for regions to support. 47. New crust is created as heated magma from the mantle rises via A) Earthquakes. B) Inner core. C) Convection. D) Seismic waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection. 48. Which of the following items should a person who is trying to be more environmentally aware use less often? A) Metal straws. B) Glass containers. C) Plastic silverware. D) Cloth grocery bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic silverware. 49. Nonliquid waste that comes from homes, institutions, and small business is called A) Hazardous waste. B) Compost waste. C) Municipal waste. D) Industrial waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Municipal waste. 50. Pen is a non living thing A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. What does IPM stand for? A) Integrated Pest Management. B) Insect Pest Management. C) Individual Pest Management. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Integrated Pest Management. 52. Cannot easily be traced to the source of the pollution. A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source pollution. 53. What do you call the part of the investigation that the scientist is measuring? A) Dependent variable. B) Independent variable. C) Constant. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent variable. 54. Nitrogen is an essential component A) Amino acids and proteins. B) Organic molecules. C) Sugars, the product of photosynthesis. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amino acids and proteins. 55. One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that A) The location of underground storage tanks is not always known. B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers. C) Runoff contaminates the water supply. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers. 56. Early observers thought continents may have been joined based on what observations A) Rocks and fossils. B) Earthquakes. C) Magnetism. D) Coastline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coastline. 57. There are two types of data. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring? A) Qualitative. B) Quantitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative. 58. Extinctions are a natural process and have occurred multiple times during Earth's long history, such as the one that ended the Mesozoic Era and the extinction of dinosaurs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Tragedy of the Commons occurred because there was a/an A) Absence of regulation. B) Presence of regulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absence of regulation. 60. Exhaustion of resources due to unsustainable consumption. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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