This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 72 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This process converts ammonia into nitrites and nitrates for plants to use A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Denitrification. C) Ammonification. D) Nitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrification. 2. Environmentalists are hoping to protect endangered organisms by calling for a reduction in the use of pesticides, because loss of these organisms would: A) Increase the mutation rate in plants. B) Cause pesticides to become more toxic to insects. C) Reduce biodiversity in various ecosystems. D) Decrease the space and resources available to other organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce biodiversity in various ecosystems. 3. The illegal dumping or littering of waste onto the land is called ..... pollution. A) Air. B) Land. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land. 4. Most of the insects have ..... legs. A) Two. B) Six. C) Four. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Six. 5. What food group supplies a large amount of protein? A) Vegetables. B) Meats. C) Fruit. D) Dairy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meats. 6. What is the part of a river or stream where the water is muddy and rich in nutrients? A) End zone. B) Source zone. C) Floodplain zone. D) Transition zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floodplain zone. 7. These are not utilized by aquatic animals but are utilized aquatic plants. Has the formula NO3 A) Carbonates. B) Sulphates. C) Nitrates. D) Phosphates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrates. 8. Which process USES glucose? A) Cellular Respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Chemosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular Respiration. 9. This layer is completely liquid A) Inner core. B) Outer core. C) Crust. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outer core. 10. Identify disadvantages of tidal energy? A) Reliable, safe and cost effective. B) Predictable, reliable and harmful to wildlife. C) Harm to wildlife, expensive and can only be built in certain locations. D) Can be built anywhere, expensive and predictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harm to wildlife, expensive and can only be built in certain locations. 11. How is biodiversity of an ecosystem measured A) By the amount of rain it receives. B) By the number of species it contains. C) By the type of terrain it takes up. D) By the elevation it inhabits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the number of species it contains. 12. One cause of ..... is the burning of coal that contains a lot of sulfur. A) Soot. B) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain. 13. The capacity of Earth's natural systems to maintain stability or adapt to changes indefinitely is A) Point source. B) Environmentalism. C) Sustainability. D) Specific heat capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 14. Result in a system moving to an extreme A) Negative feedback loops. B) Positive feedback loops. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive feedback loops. . 15. Many human activities threatens theenvironment, causing pollution that leads toenvironmental problems that impact us on alocal basis only. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. A potential problem with incineration is ..... A) Reducing the volume of garbage. B) Trash falling off conveyer belts. C) Harmful air emissions. D) Danger to birds flying into smokestack. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmful air emissions. 17. All of the following are oceans except A) Indian. B) Mediterranean. C) Pacific. D) Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mediterranean. 18. ..... causes air to be denser near the Earth's surface. A) Condensation. B) Gravity. C) Evaporation. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 19. Due to energy being lost during production, transportation, etc. Coal-burning power plants are only about ..... % efficient. A) 50. B) 35. C) 1. D) 99. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35. 20. Preserving natural resources is called A) Temperance. B) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservation. 21. Comes from burning of fossil fuels, especially coal A) Carbon oxide. B) Nitrogen oxide. C) Sulfur oxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulfur oxide. 22. Plants absorbing nutrients from the soil is an example of an interaction between which Earth systems? A) Biosphere and Geosphere. B) Biosphere and Atmosphere. C) Geosphere and Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere and Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere and Geosphere. 23. Consumers that eat ONLY animals are ..... A) Herbivores. B) Carnivores. C) Omnivores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivores. 24. Chloroplast is what color? A) Red. B) Yellow. C) Green. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green. 25. A ..... family consists of parents and their children. A) Small. B) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small. 26. The rich variety of life on earth is known as ..... A) Preservation. B) Sustainability. C) Biodiversity. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 27. Possible human solutions for limiting global warming and climate change are ..... A) Being more energy-efficient. B) Removing carbon from fossil fuel emissions. C) Using renewable sources of energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. The aesthetic value of an ecosystem provides A) A regulating service. B) A cultural service. C) A supporting service. D) An intrinsic value. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cultural service. 29. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's A) Continents. B) Lithosphere. C) Core. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 30. True or false:the scale for the X and Y axes must be the same. A) True. B) False-the scale for the X and Y axes can be different. C) False-the scale for the X and Y axes must start at zero. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False-the scale for the X and Y axes can be different. 31. The study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment A) Biology. B) Environmental science. C) Environmentalism. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental science. 32. Any form of water that falls from clouds. A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation. 33. Which of the following is NOT one of the five oceans? A) Indian. B) Atlantic. C) Canadian. D) Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canadian. 34. The Hawaiian honeykeeper's beak is to obtaining ..... as sweet nectar is to attracting pollinators. A) Seeds. B) Nectar. C) Insects. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nectar. 35. It's products are carbon dioxide and water. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration. 36. Makes up more than half of the total waste produced A) Hazardous waste. B) Manufacturing waste. C) Agriculture waste. D) Municipal solid waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manufacturing waste. 37. Chipped or cracked glassware is okay to use. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 38. If the results of your experiment do not support your hypothesis, you should A) Publish your results anyway. B) Consider the results abnormal and continue working. C) Find a way to rationalize your results. D) Try another method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Try another method. 39. One of the results of green building design is reduced A) Use of mass transit. B) Energy bills. C) Sprawl around major cities. D) Personal space and comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy bills. 40. Which of the following was NOT listed as a component of physics? A) Water. B) Radiation. C) Heat. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 41. Earth is closest to the sun A) Perigee. B) Apogee. C) Aphelion. D) Perihelion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perihelion. 42. A biogas plant is the name often given to an ..... digestor A) Aerobic. B) Anaerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaerobic. 43. Which happens first? A) Draw conclusions. B) Ask a question/make an observation. C) Make a hypothesis. D) Make a plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ask a question/make an observation. 44. What is an observation? A) What you think. B) How you feel. C) Your opinion. D) What you see. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What you see. 45. The burning of fossil fuels has the greatest and most direct impact on the A) Nitrogen cycle. B) Water cycle. C) Rock cycle. D) Carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon cycle. 46. Ultraviolet radiation is particularly dangerous because A) It can damage genetic material in cells. B) Little has been done to save the ozone layer. C) It always leads to the rapid death of organisms. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can damage genetic material in cells. 47. A feedback loop that results from a system moving in one direction acts as input that moves the system in the other direction A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 48. Which of the following surfaces has the highest albedo? A) Water. B) Soil. C) Snow. D) Pavement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snow. 49. Where would an ecologist be least likely to go to study primary succession? A) A new island formed by a volcanic eruption. B) A gravel-filled valley that had been covered by a glacier until recently. C) A locked, abandoned asphalt parking lot in New York City. D) The Amazon Rain Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Amazon Rain Forest. 50. Scientists say that ..... may cause the earth's temperature to rise by 3 degrees. A) Global heating. B) World heating. C) World warming. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global warming. 51. How are people living near the coast impacted by global warming? A) Snow. B) Wind. C) Fire. D) Flooding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flooding. 52. What do plants use sunlight for? A) Autotroph. B) Producer. C) Heterotroph. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 53. Before mining a site, a mining company must do all of the following except A) Obtain permits from state agencies. B) Comply with federal regulations. C) Obtain bonding. D) Cut into a section of the longwall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cut into a section of the longwall. 54. Everything around us A) Pollution. B) Agriculture. C) Environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 55. Found on high and rough mountainous regions, are essentially protection forest; rainfall and humidity are high A) Pine forest. B) Midmountain and mossy type. C) Mangrove forest. D) Molave forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midmountain and mossy type. 56. Identify which sphere is DIRECTLY affected:An increase in tropical storms which causes beach shore line erosion. A) Geosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 57. ..... are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem. A) Dead animals. B) Decomposers. C) Biotic. D) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abiotic. 58. How would you write-5.6 x 10-3 in standard form? A) -0.0056. B) 0.0056. C) 0.00056. D) -5, 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -0.0056. 59. In what year was the 1st Earth Summit? A) 1996. B) 1990. C) 1992. D) 2001 tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1992. 60. No social classes A) Hunting and gathering. B) Agricultural. C) Pastoral. D) Horticultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunting and gathering. ← 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