This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 80 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 80 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The number obtained by adding the data for a characteristic & dividing this sum by the number of individuals. A) Mean. B) Population. C) Distribution. D) Statistical population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mean. 2. Which of the following describes a population that is distributed evenly across an area? A) Random. B) Uniform. C) Clumped. D) Crowded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uniform. 3. Does the type of shoe worn during a 30 meter dash affect the speed of the runner? The speed of the runner is the ..... A) Constant Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Dependent Variable. D) Control Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent Variable. 4. Silent vally national park is located in the ..... region of Kerala. A) Palakkad region of Kerala. B) Allapy region of Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palakkad region of Kerala. 5. A controlled scientific experiment: A) Preferably involves collection of quantitative data over qualitative data. B) Is always designed to generate new scientific hypotheses advance science. C) Is an activity designed to test the validity of a hypothesis. D) Involves manipulating only the dependent variable and measuring the independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is an activity designed to test the validity of a hypothesis. 6. A large area where different plants and animals live is called a ..... ? A) School. B) Biome. C) Niche. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biome. 7. What can you infer about the water at the surface of the ocean, compared to the water hundreds of meters below? A) Surface water tends to be denser. B) Surface water tends to be calmer. C) Surface water tends to be warmer. D) Surface water tends to be saltier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface water tends to be warmer. 8. Project Tiger was launched in the year A) 1970. B) 1976. C) 1975. D) 1973. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1973. 9. In the ..... zone, life is diverse and abundant. A) Plankton. B) Eutrophic. C) Littoral. D) Benthic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Littoral. 10. ..... is floating ice which forms when either waves or wind drive together frozen seawater into a large mass. A) Icebergs. B) Sea ice. C) Pack ice. D) Glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pack ice. 11. Most energy in the United States comes from ..... A) Renewable sources. B) Nonrenewable sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable sources. 12. In Horizon B, what brings subsoil to the surface? A) Pillbugs. B) Earthworms. C) Lady bugs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthworms. 13. The measure pf the amount of land needed by a person based on is/her lifestyle A) Sustainability. B) Ecological footprint. C) Greenhouse effect. D) Carbon footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological footprint. 14. This purified form of limestone can be used to correct the pH of acidic lakes and rivers. A) Agricultural lime. B) Lime soda. C) Baking soda. D) Food scraps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural lime. 15. Lions, giraffes, and elephants would be found in what biome? A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Savanna. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Savanna. 16. Which is classified as an ecosystem? A) Bees, grass, trees, birds, frogs. B) Bees, grass, frogs, water, sunlight. C) A bumble bee. D) A bee hive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bees, grass, frogs, water, sunlight. 17. Water vapor that escapes from trees into the atmosphere is known as ..... A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Evaporation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 18. Why was solar power not immediately popular? A) No one liked how the solar panels looked. B) People feared solar power, because they didn't understand how it worked. C) There were many other better, renewable options. D) It was expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was expensive. 19. How do earthworms best contribute to soil function? A) Earthworms add more organic matter to the soil. B) Earthworms modifies soil structure by providing more aggregates and pores. C) Earthworms eat unnecessary organisms in soil. D) Earthworms absorb too much water and drains them to groundwater storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthworms modifies soil structure by providing more aggregates and pores. 20. A variable is something in an experiment that can A) Change. B) Not change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change. 21. Can non living things give birth to their young ones? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 22. Measure of the demands made by one person or group on global natural resources. A) Tragedy of the commons. B) Environment. C) Commercial fishing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy of the commons. 23. A place that contains everything an organism needs is a A) Biosphere. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat. 24. These are formed when molten magma cools down. A) Sedimentary rocks. B) Igneous rocks. C) Metamorphic rocks. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Igneous rocks. 25. A researcher did an investigation to see if corn seeds would sprout at different times depending on the temperature of the water in which they were placed. What is the independent variable? A) How long to sprout. B) Water temperature. C) Type of seed used. D) How much water used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water temperature. 26. Which of these is not one of the 4 main ways humans have altered the earth's landscape? A) Hunting and Gathering. B) Industry. C) Sporting events. D) Urban Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sporting events. 27. Reduce means ..... A) To go up. B) To make smaller. C) To make something. D) To take in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make smaller. 28. Passed in 1980 to set aside money for cleanup of hazardous waste sites A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). B) Clean bill act. C) Air pollution act. D) Superfund Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superfund Act. 29. A(n) ..... is anything that flows into a system (energy, matter, information, etc.). A) Model. B) Feedback. C) Input. D) Output. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Input. 30. Bees pollinate the fruit trees and get nectar and pollen to feed their young, this is an example of A) Predation. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 31. What kind of energy conversion is facilitated by wind turbines? A) Converting wind energy into kinetic energy. B) Converting kinetic energy into mechanical energy. C) Converting hydroelectric energy into solar energy. D) Converting mechanical energy into wind energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Converting kinetic energy into mechanical energy. 32. What did Z catch? A) Flowers. B) Catfish. C) Lichen. D) Crawfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catfish. 33. Principles or standards we consider important are known as A) Data. B) Models. C) Values. D) Morals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Values. 34. The following ailments are long-term effects of air pollution except A) Lung cancer. B) Headaches. C) Emphysema. D) Heart disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Headaches. 35. Environmental ethical view that considers all things in the environmental, living and nonliving A) Biocentrism. B) Environmentalism. C) Anthropocentrism. D) Ecocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecocentrism. 36. Which of the following is man made and damaging to the ozone layer? A) Carbon Monoxide. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) CFCs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CFCs. 37. Organic agriculture does NOT use A) Chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides. B) Much water. C) Taller crops. D) Biological pest control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides. 38. What is the purpose of adding a phosphate to ADP? A) Energy gets stored. B) Proteins are made. C) Energy gets released. D) Glucose is made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy gets stored. 39. The ozone layer is found in this layer A) Mesosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 40. Is the study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment. A) Sustainability. B) Biodiversity. C) Ecology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 41. This type of soil is best for plant growth. A) Rock. B) Sand. C) Loam. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loam. 42. A body of knowledge that claimed to be scientific or supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific methods A) Pseudoscience. B) Chemistry. C) Science. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pseudoscience. 43. A modification or a change in the organism's body or behavior that helps it to survive better in the environment is ..... A) An adaptation. B) Natural selection. C) Evolution. D) Artificial selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adaptation. 44. How are trees beneficial to water? A) Acts as a line of defense against floods and landslides. B) Shelters many different species. C) Protects skin from the sun. D) Acts as a natural air filter by absorbing pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts as a line of defense against floods and landslides. 45. What causes us to have different times zones? A) The Moon's Rotation. B) Earth's Revolution. C) The Moon's Revolution. D) Earth's Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth's Rotation. 46. This person was responsible for establishing the first National Parks Program after visiting west? A) Aldo Leopold. B) Gifford Pinchot. C) Richard Nixon. D) Theodore Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theodore Roosevelt. 47. Together, natural resources + ecosystem services are referred to as ..... A) Inexhaustible resources. B) Biodiversity. C) Natural capital. D) Ecological footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural capital. 48. What role do humans and other living things play in the nitrogen cycle? A) They burn fossil fuels releasing nitrogen into the atmosphere. B) They store nitrogen in their bodies and release it into the ground when they die. C) They consume large amounts of nitrogen, preventing it from reacting with other atoms in the atmosphere. D) Animals play no role in the nitrogen cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They store nitrogen in their bodies and release it into the ground when they die. 49. Which of the following questions considers ECONOMIC value? A) How many jobs will building a new dam generate?. B) Will building the dam destroy the natural resources?. C) Will the dam provide new outdoor activities?. D) Is it right to build a dam in this location?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How many jobs will building a new dam generate?. 50. Eutrophication is a man made source too much A) Carbon in the atmosphere. B) Oxygen in the atmosphere. C) Nitrates in the hydrosphere. D) Phosphorus in the geopsphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrates in the hydrosphere. 51. Developing countries have ..... A) Shorter life span. B) Larger ecological footprint. C) Higher standard of living. D) Greater dependence on fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shorter life span. 52. Greenhouse gases A) Destroy the ozone layer. B) Absorb and radiate heat. C) Cause respiratory problems. D) Create smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorb and radiate heat. 53. Which type of bacteria would transform nitrate into nitrogen gas? A) Denitrifying. B) Nitrogen-defixing. C) Nitrogen-fixing. D) Nitrifying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denitrifying. 54. Which biome would be the best region for Primary consumers? A) Desert. B) Savanna. C) Tundra. D) Temperate Grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate Grasslands. 55. Organisms on the bottom level of the pyramid are ..... A) Consumers. B) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 56. Choose the correct answer to fill in the missing content in the concept below? ".....is the process of using technological and technical solutions (different from preliminary processing) to reduce, eliminate, and concentrate isolation, isolation, incineration, destruction, and burial of solid waste and harmful elements in solid waste." A) Solid waste treatment. B) Destruction of solid waste. C) Waste treatment. D) Destruction of waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid waste treatment. 57. Why did the paperclip float in our lab? A) Surface tension. B) Because water is a solution. C) Because water is resistant to temperature change. D) It was less dense than water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surface tension. 58. Which of the following amplifies a previous change in a system? A) Negative feedback. B) Isolated feedback. C) Positive feedback. D) Binary feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive feedback. 59. What does the word 'pollution' mean? A) The surroundings and conditions where a person, plant or animal lives. B) The presence or introduction to the environment of a substance that has harmful effects. C) Something done in a way that is planned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The presence or introduction to the environment of a substance that has harmful effects. 60. For some populations, growth can continue to increase without any limit. 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