This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 66 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 66 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This force causes denser air to move closer to the surface of Earth. A) Radiation. B) Gravity. C) The Gulf Stream. D) Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 2. A hole that is dug into the ground to obtain fresh water is called A) A watershed. B) A well. C) An aquifer. D) The recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A well. 3. The five basic types of interactions between species are A) Interspecific, competition, parasitism, predation, mutualism, and commensalism. B) Parasitism, , predation, mutualism, logistic growth, and commensalism. C) Predation, mutualism, commensalism, exponential growth, and resource practitioning. D) Competitive exclusion, parasitism, predation, mutualism, and abiotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interspecific, competition, parasitism, predation, mutualism, and commensalism. 4. Which type of wetland has peat moss and receives most of its' water from precipitation? A) Bog. B) Marsh. C) Swamp. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bog. 5. Energy enters an ecosystem as ..... A) Food. B) Minerals. C) Sunlight. D) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 6. As temperatures increase the frost-free season is anticipated to extend by a minimum of ..... to a maximum of ..... weeks. A) 1 to 2. B) 0 to 1. C) 4 to 8. D) 3 to 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 to 8. 7. Increasingly severe weather systems such as monsoons or drought could lead to military conflicts. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. Requires no harm to threatened and endangered species A) Sustainability. B) John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt. C) Ecosystem. D) Environment. E) The Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The Endangered Species Act. 9. Living things and their interactions with the environment and each other. A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Ecology. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic factors. 10. One example of a question that can be addressed by science is A) What are best flowers to give on Valentine's Day, roses or tulips. B) What percent of people prefer roses to tulips. C) What flower smells the best, roses or tulips. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What percent of people prefer roses to tulips. 11. A type of symbiosis in which both species are helping each other is called: A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 12. Abiotic environment does not include: A) Air. B) Soil. C) Plants. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 13. A change in state from a vapor to a liquid A) Evaporation. B) Transpiration. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 14. Most of the mass of the atmosphere is contained in the A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 15. What does evenness measure in an ecosystem? A) The population sizes of each species relative to each other. B) The genetic diversity within a species. C) The stability of the ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The population sizes of each species relative to each other. 16. Someone drains used car oil and anti-freeze onto the ground. What type of pollution would this cause? A) Thermal. B) Nutrient. C) Toxic. D) Sediment. E) Bacterial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxic. 17. A flat area that surrounds a river or stream. A) Sediment. B) Floodplain. C) Runoff. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floodplain. 18. This process occurs in mitochondria. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration. 19. Forest wildfires could cause which type of succession? A) Secondary. B) Tertiary. C) Quaternary. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary. 20. If rain has a ph of 9, is it more basic or acidic? A) Basic. B) Acidic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic. 21. The factory was fined for having dumped a huge amount of rubbish into the river. A) Levied. B) Punished. C) Penalised. D) Compensated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compensated. 22. The Mariana ..... is the deepest known place on Earth A) Volcano. B) Seamount. C) Trench. D) Ridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trench. 23. In succession, moss and lichens are examples of ..... A) Pioneer Species. B) Invasive Species. C) Autotrophs. D) Parasites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pioneer Species. 24. Some landfills (including Houston's biggest!) capture ..... to create electricity. A) Methane. B) Leachate. C) Garbage. D) Ill. E) Paper and organics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 25. Eats only producers A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 26. When succession occurs in areas where previous growth has occurred, its called? A) Pioneer species. B) Secondary succession. C) Primary succession. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary succession. 27. The "Tragedy of the Commons" describes the conflict between ..... A) Developing and developed nations. B) Farmers and industrialized society. C) Individuals and society. D) Canada and Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individuals and society. 28. The hazardous wastes are A) Toxic. B) Corrosive. C) Ignitable. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 30. Which of the following is an interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed? A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Competition. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 31. Alligators are some of the largest predators found in the lakes and swamps in northern Florida. Which of the following helps alligators survive and compete for food in aquatic environments? A) They can swim with only their eyes and noses showing. B) They use sunlight to maintain their body temperatures. C) They absorb the water they need through their skins. D) They can become herbivores if other food is scarce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can swim with only their eyes and noses showing. 32. High ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels at Earth's surface can A) Produce CFCs. B) Change weather patterns. C) Thin the ozone layer. D) Damage DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Damage DNA. 33. Choose the characteristics of the temperate desert A) Vegetation is scarce. B) Hot summers or warm. C) Winters are cold. D) Receive more rain than tropical desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receive more rain than tropical desert. 34. The removal of soil by wind or water is known as A) Soil Protection. B) Soil Erosion. C) Soil Conservation. D) Soil Processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil Erosion. 35. Where two plates are colliding. A) Transform boundaries. B) Convergent boundaries. C) Divergent boundaries. D) Tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent boundaries. 36. A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object. A) Cyanobacteria. B) Atmosphere. C) Ozone layer. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 37. What are canals? A) A way of controlling forest fires. B) Human made waterways that allow boats to get from one body of water to another. C) They are natural waterways like rivers and lakes. D) They are another name for a Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human made waterways that allow boats to get from one body of water to another. 38. Ecologists refer to plants as what? A) Consumers. B) Producers. C) Decomposers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 39. .... pollution is harder to control, because it can't be traced back to a single source A) Point-source. B) Nonpoint-source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint-source. 40. Name that cycle:The one that has evaporation in it. A) Water Cycle. B) Oxygen Cycle. C) Carbon Cycle. D) Nitrogen Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water Cycle. 41. This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time. A) Environment. B) Evolution. C) Competition. D) Fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolution. 42. What type of radiation is trapped on the Earth's Surface by the greenhouse effect? A) X-rays. B) Infrared rays. C) Gamma rays. D) Ultraviolet rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ultraviolet rays. 43. The release of water vapor by plants through their leaves A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Precipitation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transpiration. 44. What is a riparian buffer? A) A zone of vegetation around a waterway. B) A zone of concrete that channels a waterway to prevent flooding. C) A zone of pasture land where animals can contribute manure and other nutrients to the water. D) A zone of water inside a forest or grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A zone of vegetation around a waterway. 45. What is the role of sunlight in an ecosystem? A) Sunlight is used by plants to produce food through photosynthesis, which is the basis for most food chains. B) Sunlight is used by decomposers to break down organic matter. C) Sunlight is used by predators to hunt their prey. D) Sunlight is used by animals for vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunlight is used by plants to produce food through photosynthesis, which is the basis for most food chains. 46. A form of communication that reaches many people at once is called A) Media. B) Medium. C) Maximum. D) Mega. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Media. 47. This fossil fuel is formed from the remains of small organisms that lived in the ocean AND is a thick, black liquid A) Coal. B) Steam. C) Natural gas. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oil. 48. Which problem did Environmental Scientist actually try to solve A) The Cold War. B) Ozone Layer Hole. C) Climate Change. D) Sustainable Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone Layer Hole. 49. The first laws in U.S. environmental policy A) Banned use of certain chemicals. B) Dealt primarily with the management of private land. C) Promoted settlement in the West. D) Promoted preservation of endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promoted settlement in the West. 50. What is the organelle that is responsible for cellular respiration? It turns food into energy the cell can use. A) Mitochondrion. B) Nucleus. C) Chloroplast. D) Nucleolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondrion. 51. Without any greenhouse effect the Earth would be ..... A) Fine. B) Too Cold to Support Life. C) Very Hot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too Cold to Support Life. 52. Cows produce greenhouse gasses by ..... A) Doing the Tango. B) Burping and Farting. C) Running on a treadmill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burping and Farting. 53. Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs? A) P Wave. B) Rayleigh Wave. C) S Wave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P Wave. 54. Why is water considered a polar molecule? A) Because it is hydrophobic. B) The hydrogen and oxygen are covalently bonded. C) The oxygen end is slightly negative and the hydrogen end is slightly positive. D) The hydrogen end is slightly negative and the oxygen end is slightly positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The oxygen end is slightly negative and the hydrogen end is slightly positive. 55. When human-made chemicals and garbage find their way into nature and harm the air, soil, and water it is called A) Pollution. B) Habitat destruction. C) Overexploitation. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollution. 56. The study of the relationship between human populations and Earth's features. A) Biology. B) Social Sciences. C) Chemistry. D) Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geography. 57. Pollution which has many far-reaching consequences and has many physical and psychological effects on human beings is A) Air pollution. B) Water pollution. C) Noise pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noise pollution. 58. Earth's various organisms appear to be A) Mostly small vertebrates. B) Largely known to scientists. C) Concentrated in certain biomes. D) Evolving at an unprecedented rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concentrated in certain biomes. 59. Why have scientists taken notice when the population of the Leopard frogs began to decline? A) Because frogs are a specialist species. B) Because frogs are an indicator species. C) Because frogs are an invasive species. D) Because frogs are a keystone species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because frogs are an indicator species. 60. What is a factor that the experimenter has full control over and changes to see what happens? A) Control group. B) Hypothesis. C) Independent Variable. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Variable. ← 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