This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 64 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... are animals that live on the ocean bottom, attached or not. A) Coral. B) Benthic. C) Palegic. D) Reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benthic. 2. Regions that have distinctive climates and organisms and that contain many separate but similar ecosystems. A) Biome. B) Temperate Forest. C) Desert. D) Chaperal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biome. 3. A mineral's shape is determined by the arrangement of its particles known as ..... A) Crystals. B) Minerals. C) Atoms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atoms. 4. Who is hired by private landowners and companies to estimate tree volume on a tract of land? A) Forester. B) Logging Foreman. C) Timber Cruiser. D) Skidder Operator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timber Cruiser. 5. Populations of different organisms living in an area A) Species. B) Niche. C) Biome. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Community. 6. Which rock type can be made into a metamorphic rock? A) Igneous rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Metamorphic rock. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Which of the following describes developing countries? A) Higher incomes, rapid population growth, simple industrial economies, and stronger social support. B) Lower average incomes, diverse agriculture-based communities, and slow population growth. C) Higher incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, and stronger social support. D) Lower average incomes, simple agriculture-based communities, and rapid population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower average incomes, simple agriculture-based communities, and rapid population growth. 8. Commercial jet aircraft run on aviation fuel. Name the raw material from which aviation fuel is produced. A) Cruise Oil. B) Crude Gas. C) Crude Oil. D) Cruise Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crude Oil. 9. What is a Non-Point source Pollution? A) Damaged Sewer Pipe or system. B) Acid rain. C) Salts from irrigation of farm fields. D) Soil from farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil from farms. 10. Ecological Economics..... A) Uses the Earth's systems as a model which include complex relationships among living and non-living things. B) An emerging field of economics that suggests economies do not grow or shrink, but instead they are stable and sustainable-like the Earth's systems. C) Applies the principals of Earth's Systems to economics. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. Which of the following describes the depletion of a renewable resource? A) Hunting of excess deer to maintain a healthy population size. B) Intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients. C) Mining coal. D) Increasing use of solar energy to generate electrical power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients. 12. The IPCC reports have concluded that global warming is occurring, but it is due to natural events and not human activities. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 13. Leachate is a ..... A) A liquid that has passed through solid waste in a landfill. B) A gas that has passed through solid waste in a landfill. C) A solid that has passed through solid waste in a landfill. D) A chemical that has passed through solid waste in a landfill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A liquid that has passed through solid waste in a landfill. 14. The amount of carbon dioxide CO2 in the atmosphere is decreasing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. This chronological time chart is broken into different time chunks, the largest being the Eon, then Era, Period, and Epoch. A) Geological time scale. B) Calendar. C) Time chart. D) Timeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geological time scale. 16. Uranium-bearing rocks underneath a house can be a source of A) Formaldehyde. B) Ozone. C) Asbestos. D) Radon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radon. 17. Why is the ecosystem important? A) It can sustain overpopulation. B) It sustains the balance of life in nature. C) It allows humans to exploit natural resources. D) It can absorb all the toxins humans dispose of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It sustains the balance of life in nature. 18. We dig metal out of the Earth to make steel for buildings, cars, and buses. Metal is a nonrenewable resource. A) False. B) True. C) Always true or false. D) Neither true nor false. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. Species which are in danger of extinction A) Vulnerable species. B) Rare species. C) Normal species. D) Endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endangered species. 20. Which of the following best describes U.S. energy use? A) Electricity generation is powered mainly by nuclear energy. B) Electricity generation is powered mainly by coal. C) Biofuels and biomass energy represent the least CO2 emissions of any U.S. fuel. D) Transportation is the largest end use of energy in the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electricity generation is powered mainly by coal. 21. Why is chemical cycling important to sustainability? A) Materials are recycled. B) Food is recycled. C) Nutrients are naturally recycled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrients are naturally recycled. 22. The ..... was the time period when humans began to domesticate plants and animals. A) Hunter-gathering period. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Agricultural Revolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural Revolution. 23. Citizens often have the most direct role with which of the following levels of government? A) Regional. B) Federal. C) State. D) Local. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Local. 24. During ..... water is heated by the sun and rises into the atmosphere A) Condensation. B) Erosion. C) Corrosion. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 25. Developed Countries are ..... A) Economically wealthy. B) Economically poor. C) Have a lower Human Development Index (HDI). D) Have smaller ecological footprints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economically wealthy. 26. Which of the following is an example of a predator? A) Grass. B) Hawk. C) Mouse. D) Mole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hawk. 27. Which is NOT a way of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere? A) Burning waste. B) Burning fossil fuels. C) Industrial agriculture. D) Planting trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planting trees. 28. If a population is now growing, its A) Births equal deaths. B) Births are more than deaths. C) Deaths are more than births. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Births equal deaths. 29. Is the following statement true or false? "Water resources are non-renewable natural resources" A) Sai. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sai. 30. A species could go extinct if: A) Food becomes more plentiful. B) Members of the species have adaptations to enhance survival. C) The environment changes drastically and no one can adapt. D) There is less competition for resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The environment changes drastically and no one can adapt. 31. Which of the following pairs of organisms belong to the same population? A) A dog and a cat. B) A marigold and a geranium. C) A human mother and her child. D) A spider and a cockroach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A human mother and her child. 32. Organisms can adapt to A) Their physical surroundings. B) Other organisms. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Neither (a) nor (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 33. Car manufacturers have begun to explore the useof biofuels, such as biodiesel, ethanol, and cookingoils made from plant material. The desiredoutcome of using these biofuels would be ..... A) A decrease in the release of oxygen gas. B) An increase in global warming. C) An increase in abiotic resources. D) A decrease in the use of fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A decrease in the use of fossil fuels. 34. Soil, fresh water, wild animals, and timber are examples of A) Renewable resources. B) Inexhaustible resources. C) Nonrenewable resources. D) Forest resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resources. 35. Which time period in human history occurred after the others listed below? A) Agricultural Revolution. B) Hunter-gatherer. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Post-Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Post-Industrial Revolution. 36. How are trees beneficial to the air? A) Shelters many different species. B) They act as a line of defense against floods and landslides. C) Protects skin from the sun. D) They act as natural air filters by absorbing pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They act as natural air filters by absorbing pollutants. 37. Which of the following is NOT a type of economy? A) Centrally planned economy. B) Free market economy. C) Equilibrium economy. D) Mixed economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equilibrium economy. 38. A phenomenon in which a layer of cooler air is trapped under a layer of warmer air above a city is called: A) Temperature (thermal) inversion. B) Global warming. C) Climate change. D) Temperature (thermal) fluctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature (thermal) inversion. 39. Which of the following is not one of the parts that scientists have divided the Earth system into? A) Atmosphere. B) Ethosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethosphere. 40. The lungs help us to ..... A) Run. B) Write. C) Play. D) Breathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breathe. 41. Why are we researching new fuel sources? A) So we can use more nonrenewable resources. B) So we can make more money. C) So we can use less nonrenewable resources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So we can use less nonrenewable resources. 42. Which of the following is NOT a resource that human need to conserve? A) Trees (Rainforest). B) Light. C) Fresh water. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 43. Number of births each year per 1, 000 people A) Population growth. B) Birth rate. C) Migration. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birth rate. 44. Which of the following is a symptom if you were to break your leg? A) Inflammation. B) Hot to the touch. C) Possible bruising. D) In extreme cases-bone may protrude through the skin. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 45. Afforestation is necessary for A) Soil conservation. B) Soil erosion. C) Low humidity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil conservation. 46. Which of the following processes within the water cycle is responsible for changingwater from a liquid to a gas? A) Evaporation. B) Precipitation. C) Condensation. D) Surface runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation. 47. What effect does the earth's rotation have on surface currents? A) It causes clockwise motion in the northern hemisphere, and counterclockwise motion in the southern hemisphere. B) It causes counterclockwise motion in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. C) It causes north-south movement in the northern hemisphere, and south-north movement in the southern hemisphere. D) It causes south-north movement in the northern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It causes clockwise motion in the northern hemisphere, and counterclockwise motion in the southern hemisphere. 48. The Earth's ..... is a thin layer of relatively cool rock that forms Earth's outer "skin" both on dry land and in the ocean. A) Crust. B) Lithosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 49. According to the Millenium Assessment Report of 2005, ..... % of Ecosystem services are either degraded or overexploited. A) 70. B) 60. C) 50. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60. 50. In recent years (100 years) what has happened to the human population growth rate? A) Remained the same. B) Fluctuated. C) Increased. D) Decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased. 51. Tiger belongs to which tropic level? A) Primary producer. B) Secondary consumer. C) Apex consumer. D) Primary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apex consumer. 52. Land area beside creeks and streams A) Riparian Zone. B) Aquatic Zone. C) Wetlands. D) Marshes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Riparian Zone. 53. A chemical that stores large amounts of energy A) Iron. B) Calorie. C) Fat. D) Kilocalorie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fat. 54. Which climate graph is for a wet and hot rainforest? A) Tropical rain forest. B) Temperate deciduous forest. C) Desert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical rain forest. 55. Which population growth rate model accounts for limiting factors? A) Logistic. B) Exponential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logistic. 56. What is surface tension?answer choices, A) Water's ability to stick to itself. B) Water's ability to stick to other substances. C) The strength of the cohesion of all the water molecules combined. D) Tape, glue and other adhesives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The strength of the cohesion of all the water molecules combined. 57. The ratio of the amount of work done to the total amount of energy introduced to the system. A) Energy quality. B) Energy efficiency. C) Negative feedback. D) Positive feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy efficiency. 58. A negatively charged ion that gains an electron A) Electron. B) Cation. C) Isotopes. D) Anion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anion. 59. The most important factor in determining climate is ..... A) Local geography. B) Latitude. C) Ocean currents. D) Air circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude. 60. Which of the following are abiotic factors:insect, turtle, rock, and rain? A) Abiotic factors are rock and rain. B) Abiotic factors are insect and turtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factors are rock and rain. ← 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