This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 77 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 77 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What role do land resources play in the environment and organisms? A) Is the living environment of humans and creatures. B) Regulating water sources. C) Receiving and decomposing waste. D) All 3 answers above are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All 3 answers above are correct. 2. Bottom-dwelling organisms A) Benthos. B) Temperature. C) Pond. D) Nekton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benthos. 3. Science can change and is a continually ongoing process. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Which method of harvesting trees is the cheapest way? A) Shelterwood. B) Selection System. C) Seed-Tree. D) Clear cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clear cutting. 5. We can not totally prove an idea or hypothesis. A) True. B) False. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which soil layer contains the nutrients that we need for growing food? A) B. B) O. C) E. D) C. E) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A. 7. Which processes help to cycle carbon through ecosystems? A) Cellular respiration and photosynthesis. B) Photosynthesis and transpiration. C) Transpiration and the calvin cycle. D) Calvin cycle and krebs cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration and photosynthesis. 8. A vegetarian diet has a smaller ecological footprint. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. The total quantity of dissolved salts in the ocean A) Ozone. B) Radiation. C) Salinity. D) Tributaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salinity. 10. Overlapping food chains A) Food cycle. B) Food network. C) Food web. D) Food system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food web. 11. The basic unit of matter is A) An atom. B) An element. C) A molecule. D) A macromolecule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An atom. 12. Hector used a conversion table to make calculations in a study of ocean evaporation relative to illuminance (light intensity). What was the table for? A) To convert English measurements into metric ones. B) To work out details such as what equipment to use. C) To find locations for his study. D) To convert scientific terms such as evaporation and illuminance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convert English measurements into metric ones. 13. A tide is the periodic rise and fall of the surface of the ocean. Several factors combine to cause the tides. Which has the greatest effect on the height of a tide? A) The gravitational pull of the Moon. B) The revolution of Earth around the Sun. C) The gravitational pull of the Sun. D) The tilt of Earth on its axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The gravitational pull of the Moon. 14. Ribcage protect which parts A) Chest and Liver. B) Chest and Abdomen. C) Chest and Intestine. D) Chest and Limbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chest and Abdomen. 15. Vegetation absorbs ....., and this can buffer some of the effects of global warming. A) Hydrogen. B) Phosphorus. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 16. Sunlight, temperature and humidity would be classified as A) Niche. B) Abiotic. C) Biotic. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 17. Which describes "Public Lands: A) Owned by individual or a corporations. B) Owned by the Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Owned by the Government. 18. Cradle-to-grave law for describes rules for the proper handling of hazardous and toxic waste A) The EPA. B) Clean Air Act. C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, RCRA. D) Recylcing Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, RCRA. 19. Net primary productivity A) The rate at which energy is stored. B) Organic compounds from the atmosphere. C) Carbon dioxide intake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rate at which energy is stored. 20. Which of the following organisms would you find in a Benthic Zone? A) Decomposers. B) Insects. C) Rooted plants. D) Small fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers. 21. How much energy is produced in the U.S. from hydroelectric plants, in terms of barrels of oil? A) 100 thousand barrels of oil. B) 2 million barrels of oil. C) 500 million barrels of oil. D) 1 billion barrels of oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 500 million barrels of oil. 22. The products of photosynthesis are A) Sugar (glucose), oxygen, water. B) Carbon dioxide, water, energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sugar (glucose), oxygen, water. 23. The total amount of living things in an area A) Biomass. B) Primary Producer. C) Keystone Species. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. 24. In industry, most of the simple sulfur after being exploited in mines is used as raw material A) Preparing oriental medicine. B) Production of sulfuric acid. C) Vulcanization of natural rubber. D) Preparation of plant protection drugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Production of sulfuric acid. 25. Which of the following is true regarding food production and availability? A) There is not enough food produced in the world to adequately feed everyone. B) There is enough food produced to feed everyone, and everyone has enough food to live. C) There is more than enough food produced, but not everyone has access to adequate nutrition. D) Everyone that wants to can buy or grow enough food for themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is more than enough food produced, but not everyone has access to adequate nutrition. 26. One major environmental problem is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem? A) Non developed countries use more resources than others. B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. C) The human population overall is too small. D) Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. 27. The phosphorus cycle involves mainly the A) Atmosphere and biosphere. B) Lithosphere and hydrosphere. C) Geosphere and biosphere. D) Asthenosphere and hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geosphere and biosphere. 28. Which group of animals have bodies covered with scales or shell? A) Turtles. B) Amphibians. C) Reptiles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reptiles. 29. The centre part of your hand that bends is called ankle A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. If a population grows at a rate of 8.5%, how long will it take that population to double? Doubling time=70/growth rate A) 5.95 years. B) 595 years. C) 8.24 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8.24 years. 31. Mars' axial tilt is 25.19$^\circ$. Earth's axial tilt is 23.5$^\circ$. What does this MOST likely indicate about Mars? A) Mars has more extreme seasonal changes than Earth. B) Mars' year is shorter than Earth's year. C) Mars has less extreme seasonal changes than Earth. D) Mars' year is longer than Earth's year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mars has more extreme seasonal changes than Earth. 32. Select true or false:Coal is mainly consisting of carbon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Define nuclear fusion. A) Nuclear fusion-splitting lighter atoms to make heavier ones-is what makes it possible. B) Nuclear fusion-splitting heavier atoms to make lighter ones-is what makes it possible. C) Nuclear fusion-combining lighter atoms to make heavier ones-is what makes it possible. D) Nuclear fusion-combining heavier atoms to make lighter ones-is what makes it possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear fusion-combining lighter atoms to make heavier ones-is what makes it possible. 34. What were the hottest two years registered on our planet? A) 1998 and 2006. B) 2017 and 1999. C) 2005 and 1998. D) 1979 and 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2005 and 1998. 35. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?Energy flow in an ecosystem is Multidirectional Primary consumers can be carnivores Seed banks are examples of ex-situ conservation A food chain always begins with heterotrophic consumer Select the correct option from codes given below: A) 1, 2 & 4 Only. B) 3 Only[B] 3 & 4 Only[C] 1, 2 & 4 Only[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4. C) 1, 2, 3 & 4. D) 3 & 4 Only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 2 & 4 Only. 36. Select true or false:Non-renewable energy comes from natural resources that are "naturally"replenished, such as oil and coal. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. Agriculture means A) Searching for animal hides. B) Hunting. C) Farming. D) Gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farming. 38. A theory may eventually become a ..... A) Hypothesis. B) Principle. C) Question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principle. 39. An ecosystem is a location on Earth that includes A) Only biotic components. B) Only abiotic components. C) Interacting biotic and abiotic components. D) Positive and negative feedback loops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interacting biotic and abiotic components. 40. The process that moves weathered rocks is called A) Layering. B) Gravity. C) Erosion. D) Folding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 41. Ecological Succession initiating on sand is called: A) Halosere. B) Psammoses. C) Xerosere. D) Lithosere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psammoses. 42. Social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions. A) Nonrenewable Natural Resources. B) Renewable Natural Resources. C) Environmentalism. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmentalism. 43. Which two gases are released when cars burn gasoline for fuel? A) Methane and water vapor. B) Carbon monoxide and water vapor. C) Carbon dioxide and water. D) Methane and carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide and water. 44. The study of how organisms interact with their environments and each other A) Ecology. B) Zoology. C) Microbiology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 45. What is power from the Sun called? A) Hot power. B) Cold power. C) Lunar power. D) Solar power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar power. 46. Energy stored in atomic bonds that form molecules A) Electrical Energy. B) Chemical Energy. C) Thermal Energy. D) Electromagnetic Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical Energy. 47. In a controlled experiment, how many independent variables can be worked with at a time? A) One. B) None. C) Two or more. D) How ever many makes sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 48. Why is plastic so dangerous to the environment? A) Because it kills animals. B) Because it makes beaches trashy. C) Because it is cheaply made. D) Because it does not breakdown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because it does not breakdown. 49. Why is stratospheric ozone beneficial to life on Earth? A) Stratospheric ozone reverses the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere. B) Stratospheric ozone produces much of the oxygen that life uses for respiration. C) Stratospheric ozone absorbs UV radiation that is dangerous to life. D) Stratospheric ozone is an important part of the water cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratospheric ozone absorbs UV radiation that is dangerous to life. 50. Water in rivers and streams flows in one direction, beginning at a source called a mouth and traveling to a headwater, where the flowing water empties into a larger body of water. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 51. Which of the following is the management and enforcement of standards, usually controlled by various levels of government bureaucracy? A) Regulation. B) Management. C) Legislation. D) Local government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regulation. 52. Prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period. A) Competition. B) Migration. C) Estivation. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estivation. 53. Which biome contains lichens, mosses, and grasses? A) Grasslands. B) Taiga. C) Tundra. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taiga. 54. The leaves on the tree are bright red. A) Qualitative data. B) Quantitative data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative data. 55. An oak tree is a/an ..... A) Primary Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) Secondary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 56. How have Humans increased their carrying capacity? A) They have had more children over time. B) They have developed several languages around the world. C) They began farming to increase their food supply. D) They live longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They began farming to increase their food supply. 57. A road map is an example of what model A) Mathematical model. B) Conceptual model. C) Topographical model. D) Graphical model. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graphical model. 58. Which of these consumers might depend on a rabbit for its energy? A) Cow. B) Grasshopper. C) Coyote. D) Horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coyote. 59. What happens to plastic in water as it reacts to light? A) It becomes harmless housing for shellfish. B) It breaks down into microplastics. C) It sinks to the bottom of the ocean. D) It is redistributed around the world for recycling. 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