This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 51 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the process of nitrogen fixation, nitrogen gas is converted to A) Carbon dioxide. B) Phosphorus. C) Water. D) Ammonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ammonia. 2. The branch of philosophy that deals with whether behavior is good or bad, right or wrong, is called A) Metaphysics. B) Ethics. C) Epistemology. D) Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethics. 3. How much of healthy air is oxygen? A) 21%. B) 51%. C) 81%. D) 11%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21%. 4. Which two metals are thought to be found in the core? A) Iron and steel. B) Iron and nickel. C) Gold and silver. D) Iron and copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron and nickel. 5. ..... is an easy means to communicate a message to a large number of people at the same time. A) Letter. B) Television. C) Landline. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Television. 6. Which ocean is the largest on Earth? A) Atlantic. B) Southern. C) Pacific. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific. 7. Something that causes disease A) Vector. B) Host. C) Transmitter. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathogen. 8. Which of the following best defines environmental science? A) The study of rocks and minerals. B) The study of interactions between humans and the environment. C) The study of stars and galaxies. D) The study of human anatomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of interactions between humans and the environment. 9. Which gas in our atmosphere is most abundant? A) Argon. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 10. To help them survive in the tundra, caribou have various adaptations, such as A) Thin coats of fur to prevent overheating. B) Wide hooves for travel on mud and snow. C) A diet that consists mostly of deciduous tree leaves. D) The ability to hibernate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wide hooves for travel on mud and snow. 11. Amount of dissolved salts in water A) Salinity. B) Overfishing. C) Littoral zone. D) Eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salinity. 12. Name a producer in this food web (click image) A) Shrimp. B) Fish. C) Phytoplankton (green algae). D) Eagles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phytoplankton (green algae). 13. Study of how resources are converted into goods and services are used and distributed and used. A) Economics. B) Supply. C) Demand. D) Cost-benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 14. The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park did not have an impact on the ecosystem A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 15. You can find desert environments on every ..... A) Town. B) City. C) Village. D) Continent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continent. 16. How do non-human living things participate in the nitrogen cycle? (fill in the blank/short answer) A) Bacteria decompose organic matter (decomposition). B) Animals move nitrogen during consumption. C) Bacteria convert waste into ammonia (ammonification). D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. ..... is the degree to which a measurement conforms to the correct value. A) Precision. B) Measurements only. C) Falsehoods. D) Accuracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accuracy. 18. What major impact has human development had on wildlife habitats? A) The amount of habitat has increased. B) The quality of habitats has improved. C) The number of species has increased in habitats. D) The amount and quality of habitat has decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The amount and quality of habitat has decreased. 19. Which category is our Sun located in? A) Main Sequence. B) White Dwarfs. C) Supergiants. D) Giants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main Sequence. 20. Which of the following process unit is used for air pollution control in chemical plants? A) VPCU. B) Thermal Oxidizer. C) Fuildized Bed Compustion. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermal Oxidizer. 21. A pride of lions stalks, tackles, and kills an antelope. Which is best being demonstrated? A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Predation. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predation. 22. The material from which soil first forms A) Enrichment material. B) Parent material. C) Weathering. D) Porosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parent material. 23. What was the result of the Oil Pollution Act? A) Oil rigs in the ocean were required to carry insurance policies in case of an accident. B) Oil companies had to use different pipes to withdraw oil from the wells. C) Double Hulls were required for tankers carrying oil. D) Fines were given to oil companies in the event of an oil spill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double Hulls were required for tankers carrying oil. 24. Environmental science is only concerned with the preservation of wilderness areas and does not address urban environments. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. A human-centered view of our relationship with the environment is known as A) Ecocentrism. B) Biocentrism. C) Environmentalism. D) Anthropocentism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthropocentism. 26. The Coriolis Effect is caused by A) Gravity. B) Earth rotating around the sun. C) Earth rotating on its axis. D) The tides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth rotating on its axis. 27. The driest biome is the tundra. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 28. What causes wind to blow? A) Differences in longitude. B) Shock waves from clouds. C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. D) The rotation of earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differences in air temperature and pressure. 29. What tool would be useful to scientists because they cannot easily perform experiments to test the effects of tectonic plate motion A) Controlled studies. B) Independent variables. C) Modeling. D) Predictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modeling. 30. The best way to handle a household cleaner is to A) Read the label. B) Use rubber gloves. C) Test the cleaner first. D) Keep a window open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read the label. 31. Having many young with no parental care A) R-selected Species. B) Indicator Species. C) K-selected Species. D) Pioneer Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R-selected Species. 32. Carbon can be found in the ..... A) Atmosphere. B) Soil. C) Fossil Fuels. D) Ocean. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 33. It is the scientific study of atmospheric phenomena, particularly of the troposphere and lower stratosphere. A) Meteorology. B) Geology. C) Limnology. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorology. 34. Which of the following best describes a tropical rain forest? A) Plants and animals that are very similar. B) Rich soil that supports lots of plants on the forest floor. C) Lots of species with specialized survival techniques. D) Very few species of trees, due to poor soil quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lots of species with specialized survival techniques. 35. In 2000, scientists decided to name a new ocean, the Southern Ocean, which they decided to do because of the A) Antarctic Circumpolar Current. B) Gulf Stream. C) Fact like it seemed cool. D) Discovery of "Challenger Deep". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antarctic Circumpolar Current. 36. Plants use the sunlight to make their own food. Therefore, plants are A) Producers, which produce energy for the rest of the ecosystem. B) Consumers, consuming other living things in an ecosystem. C) Predators, top of the food chain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers, which produce energy for the rest of the ecosystem. 37. Fall here tends to be dry and cool. A) Climate. B) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. 38. When we recycle and send containers to a recycling center, we are practicing sustainability at which level? A) National and state. B) Local and national. C) Individual and community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual and community. 39. Which of the following chemical formulas represents a compound? A) Written by CH3. B) Right. C) Tz. D) O2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written by CH3. 40. Identified as in danger of extinction. A) Endemic species. B) Endangered species. C) Indicator species. D) Native species. E) Exotic species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered species. 41. Growing crops among native plants instead of on cleared land A) Sustainable land use. B) Vertebrates. C) Habitat conservation plan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable land use. 42. Series of steps scientists follow to solve problems A) Scientific method. B) Investigation methods. C) Experiment guidelines. D) Standard procedures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific method. 43. Humans and familiar animals belong to this group A) Sustainable land use. B) Vertebrates. C) Habitat conservation plan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertebrates. 44. Which level of tropics has the highest biomass? A) Tertiary Consumer. B) Primary Producers. C) Secondary Consumer. D) Primary Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary Producers. 45. My mother's brother is called ..... A) Cousin. B) Maternal uncle. C) Uncle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maternal uncle. 46. A belt of prevailing winds A) Sulfur dioxide. B) Westerlies. C) Latitude. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Westerlies. 47. What level of ecological study fallows all the members of one type of organism in an area? A) Community. B) Individual. C) Population. D) Biome. E) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 48. Wasting less food is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Is a tree considered abiotic or biotic? A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 50. What is an ecological footprint? A) The amount of productive area of earth needed to support one person. B) How ecosystems step on each other. C) When there is a shift in ecosystems and one takes over the other. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The amount of productive area of earth needed to support one person. 51. The taiga could be described as what type of forest? A) Broad-leafed. B) Shrub. C) Evergreen conferous. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broad-leafed. 52. Which of the following is NOT a common forest crop tree species? A) Cottonwood. B) Oak. C) Hickory. D) Sugar maple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cottonwood. 53. Which group of animals would be served best by the following adaptations?Large ears to dissipate heat.Kidneys adapted to check water loss.A nocturnal lifestyle A) Animals that live in deserts. B) Animals that live in the tundra. C) Animals that live in grasslands. D) Animals that live in the rain forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animals that live in deserts. 54. A single source of pollution, such as a factory, a wastewater treatment plant, or a leaking oil tanker are examples of A) Potable. B) Nonpoint-source pollution. C) Desalination. D) Point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point source pollution. 55. Which of the following statements about the fossil record is true? A) All organisms become fossils. B) Organisms having soft body parts make up most of the fossils. C) All organisms that have shells become fossils. D) The fossil record is incomplete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fossil record is incomplete. 56. What is the benefit of LED lighting? A) Capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. B) Generate wind energy. C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. D) Reduce electricity consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduce electricity consumption. 57. Nonmetallic minerals prized mainly for their beauty, rarity, or durability are called A) Gemstones. B) Native elements. C) Aggregates. D) Overburden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gemstones. 58. Which of the following does not describe the sustainable use of a fish population? A) Elimination of predators. B) Catch and release. C) Size limits. D) Fishing seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elimination of predators. 59. Which of the following is NOT an ore? A) Aluminum. B) Gravel. C) Coltan. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravel. 60. The ecosystem approach to conservation is partly based on the idea that A) All rare species should be relocated to regional preserves. B) Human needs are of secondary importance. human needs are of secondary importance. C) Keystone species are genetically superior to other organisms. D) A healthy biosphere requires intact ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A healthy biosphere requires intact ecosystems. ← 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