This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 57 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following descriptors is NOT one of the solution to Mexico City's pollution problems? A) Educate people. B) Make people use the cars every day. C) Find alternative types of fuel. D) Ride public transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make people use the cars every day. 2. The application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment is known as ..... A) Green principles. B) Nature ethics. C) Ecological morality. D) Environmental ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental ethics. 3. Which type of pollution can lead to harmful "algal blooms" ? A) Toxins. B) Bacteria. C) Nutrients. D) Sediments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrients. 4. Water with a salinity that is greater than freshwater but less than saltwater is classified as A) Brackish. B) Photic. C) Aphotic. D) Littoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brackish. 5. The following animals are common to which land biome? (zebra, ostrich, lion, giraffe, bison, elephant, cheetah, hyena, hippo, rhino, prairie dog, and ostrich) A) Desert. B) Grassland. C) Tundra. D) Tropical Rain Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grassland. 6. The flowers are green and blue. A) Qualitative. B) Quantitative. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative. 7. Energy that uses heat from within the earth is ..... A) Geothermal. B) Nuclear. C) Solar. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geothermal. 8. A geothermal power plant can be used to generate electricity A) None of the above. B) In areas where the ground stays warm throughout the year. C) Anywhere in the U.S. D) In areas where reservoirs of water are heated deep inside Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In areas where reservoirs of water are heated deep inside Earth. 9. A scientist hypothesizes the the temperature at which an alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The independent variable is A) The gender of alligators. B) The incubator. C) The species of alligators. D) The temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The temperature. 10. Group that receives a particular experimental treatment (identical to control group EXCEPT for one variable factor) A) Experimental Group. B) Control Group. C) Data. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experimental Group. 11. Which organisms are the consumers? A) Deer and squirrel. B) Flowers and deer. C) Deer and mushrooms. D) Squirrel and mushrooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deer and squirrel. 12. How is natural gas transported from its source to where it is used? A) By trucks. B) By railroad tanker cars. C) By pipelines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By pipelines. 13. Soap and other cleaning products are considered to be A) Acidic. B) Neutral. C) Basic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basic. 14. Which of the following statements related to global warming is not accurate? A) Carbon dioxide levels have risen over the last 30 years. B) Only fossil fuels, not living plants, release carbon dioxide when burned. C) Global temperature and carbon dioxide concentration are related. D) By itself, reforestation is not sufficient to slow global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only fossil fuels, not living plants, release carbon dioxide when burned. 15. ..... Controls the solid wastes' by following the functional elements of the Waste Management System, including the waste generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal. A) Solid and Carbon Lodi. B) Solid Waste Management. C) Solid Institution. D) Solid Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solid Waste Management. 16. We wipe our body with ..... A) Towel. B) Soap. C) Comb. D) Hanky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Towel. 17. Why would you prefer to ride a bicycle to school rather than your friend's scooter? It is because ..... A) It is cheaper. B) You will not pollute. C) You get exercise on a bicycle. D) All of the choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the choices. 18. What is given off at each stop of the energy pyramid? A) Heat. B) Light. C) Waste. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat. 19. Which of the following is NOT a layer of the atmosphere? A) Hemisphere. B) Exosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hemisphere. 20. Which of the following is NOT a step in the global nitrogen cycle? A) Nitrification. B) Denitrification. C) Photosynthesis. D) Nitrogen fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 21. Name one example of a renewable energy source. A) Nuclear energy. B) Solar energy. C) Coal. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar energy. 22. The study on how the earth formed, its structure and composition, and the types of processes acting on it. A) Geology. B) Botany. C) Ecology. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geology. 23. About 500 years ago, the world's population started A) Growing more rapidly. B) To level off. C) Decreasing. D) To reach carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing more rapidly. 24. All of the following are cons to the production of GMOs EXCEPT: A) Possible increase of allergic reactions. B) They may contribute to antibiotic resistance. C) Some GMOs are linked to cancer. D) Larger, better looking crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larger, better looking crops. 25. Which of the following is an abioitic factor that could affect biotic factors? A) Presence of harmful bacteria. B) Length of daylight. C) Population of rabbits. D) Number of herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Length of daylight. 26. Which statement is true with regard to mutations? A) Mutations do not always cause permanent changes. B) Mutations can only occur in certain types of cells. C) All mutations are passed on from parents to offspring. D) Mutations contribute to genetic diversity within a population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutations contribute to genetic diversity within a population. 27. A custodian notices some dirty tables and wants to know which cleaner is the best to use. He tests three different cleaners and looks at how well they clean compared to tap water. What is the control group? A) Type of cleaner. B) Tap water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tap water. 28. The influence of closely associated species on each other in their evolution. A) Symbiosis. B) Competition. C) Mutation. D) Coevolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coevolution. 29. A device that has blades that can be turned by water, wind, steam, or exhaust gas from combustion that turns a generator in an electricity-producing plant. A) Energy carrier. B) Energy source. C) Turbine. D) Generator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turbine. 30. Chlorofluorocarbons is represented by the abbreviation ..... A) ChFC. B) Chl. C) Hydrocarbons. D) CFC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CFC. 31. The process of certain gasses trapping heat within the troposphere is known as ..... A) Global warming. B) The boy. C) The girl. D) The greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The greenhouse effect. 32. Nitrogen is absorbed by the plants in the form of? A) Ammonium. B) Nitrites. C) Nitrate. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrate. 33. A student hypothesized that the amount of sunlight a sunflower plant receives determines the number of sunflower seeds the plant produces. In her experiment, the number of seeds produces is the A) Controlled variable. B) Manipulated variable. C) Dependent variable. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent variable. 34. The inference can best be described as A) Data recorded as measurements. B) A logical explanation to a question or situation based on past knowledge and experience. C) Cyclical process including asking questions, making inferences, developing hypotheses, gathering data and drawing conclusions that leads to additional questions. D) Analysis of data that will support, fail to support or contradict a hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A logical explanation to a question or situation based on past knowledge and experience. 35. Very little sun reaches this part of the rainforest. A) Equal. B) Floor. C) Carnivorous. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floor. 36. How are forest resources defined? A) Is an ecosystem that includes flora, forest animals, wildlife, forest land and other environmental factors. B) It is an important component of the biosphere. C) Is an ecosystem that includes biological populations and surrounding environmental factors. D) It is vegetation consisting of large trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is an ecosystem that includes flora, forest animals, wildlife, forest land and other environmental factors. 37. What country has the lowest ecological footprint? A) USA. B) Germany. C) South America. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South America. 38. Smog is formed when nitrogen oxide mixes with ..... A) Water. B) Coal. C) Sunlight. D) Other gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 39. What pesticide caused a drop in the eagle population and was eventually banned due to this? A) BTT. B) ADT. C) DTT. D) DDT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DDT. 40. What is NOT way coral reefs are being damaged A) Water is too hot or too cold. B) Water becomes muddy and destroys coral. C) Fish are being fed too much. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish are being fed too much. 41. About 20 percent of the total land in the U.S. is? A) Arid. B) Swamp. C) Cropland. D) Under urban development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cropland. 42. Nature makes natural resources at ..... speeds A) Same. B) Faster. C) Slower. D) Varied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Varied. 43. During secondary treatment in the aeration tanks, what is working on the sewage waste? A) Oxidation/reduction. B) Air titration. C) Micro-organisms. D) Humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Micro-organisms. 44. This is the flow of underground water when it reaches the surface. A) Geyser. B) Well. C) Spring. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring. 45. The regulation of a stable internal condition is A) Homeostasis. B) Inference. C) Primary succession. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis. 46. At convergent plate boundaries where oceanic and continental crust meet ..... A) No associated volcanism occurs. B) Oceanic crust is created. C) Oceanic crust is subducted. D) Continental crust is subducted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceanic crust is subducted. 47. Which of the follow belong to Chemistry? A) Geochemistry. B) Sociology. C) Botany. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geochemistry. 48. The boundary where trenches are formed A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Convergent plate boundary. C) Transform plate boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent plate boundary. 49. The majority of the scientific community ..... with the conclusions that global warming is occurring and that it is largely due to human actions. A) Disagrees. B) Agrees. C) Has not come to a consensus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agrees. 50. A worldview that focuses on all living things, both human and non-human would be considered ..... A) Anthropocentric. B) Biocentric. C) Ecocentric. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biocentric. 51. Surface mining can cause A) Only air pollution. B) Only noise pollution. C) Both air and noise pollution. D) Neither air nor noise pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both air and noise pollution. 52. Organisms that eat both meat and plants are ..... A) Carnivores. B) Omnivores. C) Herbivores. D) Food chains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivores. 53. Where do you live? A) Hazaribagh. B) Jharkhand. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 54. Montreal protocol to reduce production of chlorofluorocarbons was assigned in: A) 1987. B) 1986. C) 1985. D) 1982. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1987. 55. A nonliving thing in an ecosystem is a(n) ..... A) Abiotic factor. B) Population. C) Biotic factor. D) Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factor. 56. E-waste is generated from ..... A) EPA regulated facilities. B) Elevated nuclear plants. C) Elephants at the zoo. D) Electronics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electronics. 57. Weather is part of the and the Season is part of the . A) Week, Month. B) Day, year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Day, year. 58. What is a disadvantage to solar energy? A) Solar panels are very expensive and large areas are needed to put them. B) Replacement parts are hard to find and systems are difficult to install. C) Solar panels will collect more energy than can be stored, causing a system overload. D) Solar energy will cause cancer in organisms living near the panels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar panels are very expensive and large areas are needed to put them. 59. RTWQ stands for 'Regular Testing of Water Quality' A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Which of the following statements about an organism's habitat is NOT true? A) Most organisms can survive if they are taken away from their habitat. B) An organisms habitat is the place where it lives. C) A habitat has specific characteristics that an organism needs in order to live there. D) A habitat contains biotic and abiotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most organisms can survive if they are taken away from their habitat. ← 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