This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 46 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... species are more susceptible to being wiped out by the introduction of invasive species. A) Amphibious. B) Specialist. C) Indicator. D) Generalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specialist. 2. How can the planting of new trees help reduce climate change? A) Trees block the release of greenhouse gases from soil. B) Trees take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. C) Trees help create breezes. D) Trees release moisture that cools the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trees take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. 3. A factor the experimenter changes on the x-axis of a graph A) Control group. B) Hypothesis. C) Dependent Variable. D) Independent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent Variable. 4. Coral reefs are endangered by: A) Climate change. B) Overfishing. C) Pollution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Lizzy wants to test the effects of fertilizer on plant growth. Which of the following is the dependent variable? A) Fertilizer. B) Amount of water. C) Plant height. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plant height. 6. The outermost solid layer of the Earth is called the A) Outer core. B) Inner core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. 7. Good and bad, right and wrong; moral principles or values A) Ethics. B) Data. C) Hypothesis. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 8. FILL IN THE BLANKS:LAND IS AN ..... OF ..... MAGNITUDE A) LIABILITY, ABUNDANT. B) ASSET, LIMITED. C) LIABILITY, EQUAL. D) ASSET, RESPONSIBLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ASSET, LIMITED. 9. A ..... is a set of interacting components considered to be a distinct entity for the purpose of study or understanding. A) System. B) Component. C) Feedback. D) Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) System. 10. What do you call the living things that shape an environment? A) Estuarine. B) Biome. C) Biotic. D) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic. 11. ..... water is a mixture of fresh water and salt water. A) Brackish. B) Muddy. C) Fresh. D) Salinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brackish. 12. What is NOT an example of a renewable resource? A) Hydroelectric. B) Wind. C) Solar. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 13. What is the shape of an age structure diagram for the following:Stable population? A) . B) . C) . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 14. Environmental Ethics A) No relationship. B) Bad relationship. C) Moral relationship. D) Good relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral relationship. 15. Quantitative is a research that based on ..... A) Opinions. B) Words. C) Measurements. D) Expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measurements. 16. Scientists make ....., which are specific statements about what might be observed. A) Hypotheses. B) Variables. C) Models. D) Predictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predictions. 17. Fossil fuel, copper, aluminum, coal, oil, salt, and sand are examples of: A) Nutrient cycling. B) Nonrenewable resource. C) Inexhaustible resources. D) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable resource. 18. A resource that is used faster than it can be made. A) Internet. B) Renewable. C) Money. D) Non-Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-Renewable. 19. What is the difference between reusing and recycling? A) Recycling does not require changes in the item available. B) Reusing requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. C) Reusing is a type of recycling. D) Recycling requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recycling requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource. 20. Nitrogen and Oxygen are part of the: A) Lithosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 21. What growth model has an S-shaped curve? A) Logistic. B) Exponential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logistic. 22. Which of the resources below is considered renewable? A) Clay. B) Copper. C) Petroleum. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wood. 23. Which human activity most directly causes a significant increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Planting large numbers of trees. B) Not using products containing plastics. C) Driving cars long distances. D) Growing corn for food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving cars long distances. 24. The Earth's atmosphere is made up of mostly which 2 gases? A) Carbon Dioxide & Oxygen. B) Nitrogen & Carbon Dioxide. C) Water & Oxygen. D) Nitrogen & Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen & Oxygen. 25. ..... is the concept that communities will proceed through a series of recognizable, predictable changes in structure over time. A) Procession. B) Succession. C) Equation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procession. 26. Which axis would you graph the independent variable? A) Y. B) Control. C) X. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X. 27. High biodiversity is A) Having a few of the same organism. B) Only having one of each organism. C) Having a lot of the same organism. D) Having a lot of variety of different organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having a lot of variety of different organisms. 28. There is only ..... percent of freshwater on earth. A) 5. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 29. The temperate zones of the United States experience changing of seasons from winter to summer. Which is the reason for this annual change of seasons? A) The rotation of Earth on its axis. B) The tilt of Earth's axis of rotation. C) The distance of Earth from the Sun. D) The size and orbit of the Moon around Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of Earth's axis of rotation. 30. Organizing information in a meaningful way A) Classification. B) Division. C) Inference. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classification. 31. ..... Services-Beneficial effects of functioning ecosystems for people and society. A) Economical. B) Ecosystem. C) Value. D) Supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem. 32. A consumer that eats both plants and animals A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivore. 33. Why does a vegetarian leave a smaller ecological footprint than a person who eats meat? A) There is an excess of plant biomass in all terrestrial ecosystems. B) Vegetarians need to ingest less chemical energy than omnivores. C) Fewer animals are slaughtered for human consumption. D) Vegetarians require less protein than do omnivores. E) Eating meat is an inefficient way of acquiring photosynthetic productivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Eating meat is an inefficient way of acquiring photosynthetic productivity. 34. Break in Earth's crust A) Fault. B) Ozone. C) Mantle. D) Tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fault. 35. What does "Sea level rise" mean A) Lots of seas. B) The size of fishes becomes bigger. C) An increase in the level of the world's oceans due to the effects of global warming. D) Seawater is salty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An increase in the level of the world's oceans due to the effects of global warming. 36. Which one is a completely renewable resource? A) Oil. B) Sunlight. C) Fresh water. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 37. Atoms of the same element that differ from one another in the number of neutrons they contain A) Compound. B) Element. C) Isotopes. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isotopes. 38. The place that contains everything an organism needs is its A) Habitat. B) Community. C) Species. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 39. A change in state in which water returns to Earth's surface and changes from a vapor to a liquid is called A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Transpiration. D) Recharge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 40. A group of environmental scientists wants to study the impact of population growth on the environment. Which discipline will contribute to the study? A) Mathematics. B) Social sciences. C) Physics. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social sciences. 41. Which of the following would be the best description secondary pollutants? A) They only harm a small vulnerable percentage of a population. B) They become harmful after reacting in the atmosphere. C) They are produced in lesser quantities than primary pollutants. D) They are less environmentally damaging than other pollutants. E) They are classified by the EPA as the second most dangerous and abundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They become harmful after reacting in the atmosphere. 42. Cebu warty pig (Sus cebifrons cebifrons) "baboy ihalas" is considered as: A) Extinct species. B) Endangered species. C) Rare species. D) Vulnerable species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinct species. 43. Human being can hear range of sound frequency between; A) 1-7 Hertz. B) 20-20, 000 Hertz. C) 1-100 Hertz. D) 10-1, 000 Hertz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20-20, 000 Hertz. 44. Which of the following is NOT one of the provisions of the Clean Air act? A) Limits emissions by motor vehicles and industries. B) Lets people sue industries that break the rules. C) Limits the amount of acceptable CO2 in the water supply. D) Limits concentration of specific air pollutants in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limits the amount of acceptable CO2 in the water supply. 45. Which is a community? A) A spider spinning a web between two trees to catch flies. B) A herd of buffalo. C) One mosquito. D) A school of tuna fish swimming in cold water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A spider spinning a web between two trees to catch flies. 46. Where is most of Earth's freshwater located? A) Underground. B) Rivers and lakes. C) Oceans. D) Polar ice caps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polar ice caps. 47. Ryan, Casey, and Titus dive into the ocean looking for a sea creature that is classified as a nekton. Which of these creatures best fits the description? A) Seagull. B) Stingray. C) Lobster. D) Coral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stingray. 48. Solutions to environmental problems require A) Individual action. B) The cooperation of many people. C) A basis in scientific methods and knowledge. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 49. If you and your partner do not understand the directions you can do what you want, it is not necessary to ask for help from your teacher. A) Yes, I agree there is no need to ask the teacher for help. B) No way, always ask your teacher for help!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No way, always ask your teacher for help!. 50. Which of the following is a non-living component of an ecosystem? A) Deer. B) Sunlight. C) Grass. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 51. ..... is the term to describe all the members of one species living in a particular area. A) Pod. B) Community. C) Gaggle. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 52. It's products are glucose and oxygen. A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 53. When a plant or animal becomes extinct, it is gone ..... A) To sleep. B) For 5 years. C) Forever. D) Until next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forever. 54. All of the following issues involve environmental science except A) Measuring smog levels in cities. B) Asking people questions about how the feel about the environment. C) Studying the loss of plant and animal species. D) Publishing the results of a study on fossil fuel depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asking people questions about how the feel about the environment. 55. Why does ice float in liquid water? A) It is less dense. B) It does not float, it sinks. C) The density is the same. D) It is more dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is less dense. 56. Which natural resources are essential for living? A) Soda and chips. B) Football and t.v. C) Cars and trains. D) Air and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air and water. 57. What does "clean" mean for energy resources? A) Smells good. B) Creates pollution. C) Does not create pollution. D) Dirty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does not create pollution. 58. This is an ecological unit that include all the different organisms living in a certain area, along with their physical environment. A) Niche. B) Habitat. C) Ecosystem. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 59. How did zebra muscles find their way to America? A) By bird. B) From floating logs. C) They swam. D) In the ballasts of ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the ballasts of ships. 60. An electrically charged atom or group of atoms is a(n): ..... A) Compound. B) Molecule. C) Ion. D) Element. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ion. ← 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