This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 65 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of hazardous waste? A) Corrosive. B) Flammable. C) Chemically active. D) Toxic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemically active. 2. Forests stans established by planting and seeding, or both, in the process of afforestation or reforestation A) Plantations. B) Natural forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantations. 3. Transform faults tend to have ..... earthquakes. A) Few. B) Rare. C) Weak. D) Massive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Massive. 4. Water that trickles down through the ground and collects is A) Salt water. B) Groundwater. C) Fresh water. D) River water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundwater. 5. Where would fossilized evidence of unicellular organisms most likely be found? A) On the surface of a mountain. B) In the oceans near the equator. C) In the deserts of Africa. D) Buried deep within layers of rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buried deep within layers of rock. 6. Which of the following statements about greenways is true? A) They only benefit humans. B) They limit the movement of wildlife. C) They decrease property values. D) They protect water quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They protect water quality. 7. Succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life. A) Climax Community. B) Pioneer Species. C) Secondary Succession. D) Primary Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary Succession. 8. Statistics are not used by scientists to A) Compare data. B) Analyze data. C) Gather data. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare data. 9. Which of the following is not a strategy of source reduction? A) Design goods to last. B) Bottle bills. C) Incineration. D) Reduce packaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incineration. 10. Which forest ecosystem has all four seasons? A) Taiga (Coniferous Forest). B) Deciduous Forest. C) Rainforest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous Forest. 11. Which term describes the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure? A) Current. B) Wind. C) Waves. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 12. Which biome has the lowest biodiversity on Earth? A) Tropical rainforest biome. B) Ocean biome. C) Grassland biome. D) Desert biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert biome. 13. Habitat fragmentation is caused by ..... factors A) Natural. B) Anthropic. C) Natural and anthropic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural and anthropic. 14. What is found in the cell membrane that acts as passage ways for materials to enter the cell? A) Carbohydrates. B) Proteins. C) Nucleic acids. D) Lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proteins. 15. Examples of nondegradable pollutants: A) Mercury, lead, some types of plastics. B) Human sewage and food waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury, lead, some types of plastics. 16. True or False:All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Which of the following are considered lower plants? A) Grasses. B) Grape vines. C) Algae. D) Ferns and mosses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ferns and mosses. 18. The water cycle has A) A beginning and an end. B) No beginning and no end. C) Only a beginning. D) Only an end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No beginning and no end. 19. Coal is formed when A) Sediments cover dead marine organisms, heat converts them into complex carbon molecules. B) Deposits of methane are subjected to high pressure until they condense into crystals. C) Swamplands are buried by sediment. The added weight creates heat and pressure that converts the plants to coal. D) Organic remains get trapped in nonporous rock and merge into large bodies of complex, energy-rich carbon molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamplands are buried by sediment. The added weight creates heat and pressure that converts the plants to coal. 20. One prediction regarding a possible sixth mass extinction is that ..... A) It will wipe out up to half of Earth's plant and animal species. B) It will require much less recovery time than previous mass extinctions. C) Biodiversity hotspots will be the areas that are least affected. D) It should be offset by a slowdown in human population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will wipe out up to half of Earth's plant and animal species. 21. Sprawling development has lead to ..... obesity and high blood pressure. A) Increased. B) Little. C) Decreased. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased. 22. Nuclear fusion promises to be a virtually limitless supply of energy. However at present, it is not used to produce any electricity at all, because: A) There are no safe sites to store the highly toxic waste produced by fusion. B) Environmental sentiment has put nuclear power into disfavor. C) Current technology is insufficient. D) Scarcity of appropriate fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current technology is insufficient. 23. What is renewable energy? A) Sources of energy that will take years to deplete. B) Sources of energy that humans can manufacture. C) Sources of energy that are constantly being formed. D) Sources of energy that were once living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sources of energy that are constantly being formed. 24. Any species that is likely to become endangered if it is not protected A) Endangered species. B) Extinct species. C) Exotic species. D) Keystone species. E) Threatened species. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Threatened species. 25. The Earth's coldest and harshest biome is the ..... ? A) Taiga. B) Tropical rainforest. C) Tundra. D) Temperate forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra. 26. We should not love and obey my parents. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. Water can dissolve most anything-it is considered to be the universal A) Specific heat. B) Cohesion. C) Adhesion. D) Solvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solvent. 28. What is the portion of surface runoff that we can generally count on as a stable source of freshwater? A) Precipitation. B) Surface water. C) Drainage basin. D) Reliable runoff. E) Watershed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reliable runoff. 29. This organelle, which is found in plants, converts light energy into sugar. A) Rough ER. B) Chloroplast. C) Smooth ER. D) Mitochondrion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplast. 30. A ..... is any process or activity through which an element is released into the atmosphere. A) Bucket. B) Source. C) Sink. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Source. 31. Things that move and do their work on their own are called A) Non living things. B) Living thing. C) Either a or b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living thing. 32. Boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of meteorological phenomena outside the tropics A) Weather front. B) Ozone. C) Stratosphere. D) Estuary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather front. 33. Which of the following food chains correctly represents energy transfer? A) Grass $\rightarrow$ grasshopper $\rightarrow$ bird $\rightarrow$ snake. B) Snake $\rightarrow$ bird $\rightarrow$ grasshopper $\rightarrow$ grass. C) Bird $\rightarrow$ snake $\rightarrow$ grasshopper $\rightarrow$ grass. D) Grasshopper $\rightarrow$ grass $\rightarrow$ snake $\rightarrow$ bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grass $\rightarrow$ grasshopper $\rightarrow$ bird $\rightarrow$ snake. 34. Choose the correct answer to fill in the missing content in the concept below? ".....is an economy that aims to improve human life and social assets while focusing on minimizing environmental hazards. environment and resource scarcity" A) Green economy. B) Sustainable economy. C) Green growth. D) Green business. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green economy. 35. In which layer of the atmosphere does weather take place? A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. E) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 36. At the very beginning of an aquarium set-up which of these levels will be the highest at least until the nirtosonoma and nitrobactor bacteria begin to do their thing? A) Nitrites. B) Nitrates. C) Salt. D) Ammonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ammonia. 37. Which side of the road should we walk on? A) Left. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right. 38. What are "holes" in the ozone layer? A) Places where the ozone concentrations are lower than under normal conditions, allowing more UV radiation to reach the Earth's surface. B) Places where the ozone concentrations are higher than under normal conditions, allowing more UV radiation to reach the Earth's surface. C) Places where the ozone concentrations are higher than under normal conditions, allowing lessUV radiation to reach the Earth's surface. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Places where the ozone concentrations are lower than under normal conditions, allowing more UV radiation to reach the Earth's surface. 39. How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate? A) As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase. B) As carbon dioxide concentration increase, temperatures decrease. C) Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate. D) As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase. 40. What is the average weather for a particular time and region called? A) Weather. B) Emissions. C) Climate. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 41. An atmospheric layer of a specific (exact) gas provides (gives) shielding (protection) from harmful ultraviolet light from the Sun, allowing life to thrive (live) on Earth. What gas makes up this layer? A) Na. B) H2O. C) Yes. D) Ill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 42. What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting colder air and turning back into water droplets? A) Precipitation. B) Dehydration. C) Evaporation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condensation. 43. True or False:In the last several hundred years, both human population and natural resource consumption have risen dramatically. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. This electricity source has very few CO2 emissions. A) Coal. B) Natural gas. C) Petroleum. D) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear. 45. Asbestos scars and cuts the ..... A) Heart. B) Liver. C) Lungs. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lungs. 46. In this branch of government, complaints are heard from businesses and individuals who are challenging laws they feel infringe on their rights? A) The Supreme Court. B) The House of Representatives. C) The Senate. D) Agencies that monitor the enforcement of laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Supreme Court. 47. An inference is ..... A) An explanation based off of what we see. B) An observation. C) A fact. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An explanation based off of what we see. 48. What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam? A) Hydroelectric power plant. B) Tidal harness. C) Nuclear power plant. D) Solar station. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelectric power plant. 49. Activities that can prevent land erosion includes ..... A) Deforestation. B) Forestation. C) Building a new village. D) Transmigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forestation. 50. When you decide whether or not the data supports the hypothesis, you are A) Making observations. B) Asking questions. C) Forming a hypothesis. D) Drawing conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drawing conclusions. 51. This process releases energy. A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration. 52. The chemical Equation H2O represents which molecule? A) Glucose. B) Water. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 53. Excess carbon gases released into the atmosphere cause additional radiation to be retained and Earth's average temperature to increase. This phenomenon is known as A) Solar radiation. B) Industrial air pollution. C) The greenhouse effect. D) The ozone shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The greenhouse effect. 54. What is the main cause for global wind patterns? A) Currents in the ocean affect the air above it. B) Unequal heating of different parts of Earth. C) Differences in elevation on different landmasses. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unequal heating of different parts of Earth. 55. What do we call the environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required (1) to provide the raw materials and the individual or population consumes and (2) to dispose of or recycle the waste the individual or population produces? A) Global warming. B) Ecological footprint. C) Environmental ethics. D) Environmental science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 56. The basic units of matter are called A) Elements. B) Atoms. C) Carbohydrates. D) Nucleic acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms. 57. What is a variable in an experiment? A) Something that can change. B) Something that is always the same. C) The results of the experiment. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that can change. 58. What would happen if we did not have the greenhouse effect? A) We would be way too hot. B) We would freeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We would freeze. 59. Substance that cannot be broken into simpler substances A) Proton. B) Molecule. C) Element. D) Gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Element. 60. 🌱🚗 Let's dive into an eco-friendly challenge! B4.2Which method is the champion of using biomass energy in our transport sector? A) Generating electricity by setting biomass on a fiery dance. B) Using natural gas from biomass to light up our electricity needs. C) Mixing up biomass-derived fuels with regular ones for an eco-boost. D) Transforming biomass into petrol-like a magic trick!. 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