This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 81 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do insecticides affect food webs? A) Producers overpopulate while secondary consumers starve. B) Producers die off and primary consumers starve. C) Producers are unaffected while consumers overpopulate. D) Primary consumers are the only populations that are affected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers overpopulate while secondary consumers starve. 2. Which statement below about water is NOT true? A) Liquid water is less dense than solid water. B) The specific heat of water is higher than other substances. C) Water is necessary for the survival of living organisms on Earth. D) Solid water floats on liquid water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liquid water is less dense than solid water. 3. Number of nations signed Montreal Protocol is ..... : A) 27. B) 23. C) 24. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 27. 4. The intertidal zone is: A) The area close to an ocean shore. B) The open area of an ocean or a lake. C) The very bottom of the ocean. D) The area close to shore in a pond or lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The area close to an ocean shore. 5. A natural resource is anything produced naturally which is needed by organisms A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. The ..... contains over 90% of the ocean's water. A) Open ocean. B) Aphotic zone. C) Neritic zone. D) Benthic zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open ocean. 7. The creek at Cave Spring most likely has a high dissolved oxygen rate. Which temperatures hold more dissolved oxygen, hot or cold? A) Hot. B) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 8. Biotic Factors would be most correctly considered part of the A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 9. Where is most water found on Earth? A) Rivers. B) Glaciers. C) Oceans. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceans. 10. I am going to drink 3 sugary drinks a day for a month to see if I gain weight. What is the independent variable? A) The drink. B) The weight. C) The time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The drink. 11. Using a common resource to the point where you benefit but everyone else feels the negatives. A) Ecosystems. B) Pollution. C) Tragedy of the Commons. D) Ecological Footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy of the Commons. 12. An organized attempt to influence the decisions of lawmakers is called A) Debating. B) Coercing. C) Lobbying. D) Informing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lobbying. 13. The phrase, "I notice that the Tiger has black stripes" is called a(n) ..... A) Hypothesis. B) Conclusion. C) Observation. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation. 14. What is the term for the day to day conditions of the atmosphere? A) Weather. B) Global wind. C) Climate. D) Hurrican. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 15. A population may reach carrying capacity due to A) The prevalence of disease. B) A lack of food sources. C) Competition from other species. D) Competition for food and water. E) Any of these reasons could lead a population to reach carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Any of these reasons could lead a population to reach carrying capacity. 16. A rock is heated so much that it melts. What type of rock will it become? A) Sedimentary. B) Metamorphic. C) Igneous. D) Fossil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous. 17. Are the study of human populations A) Earth science. B) Social sciences. C) Biology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social sciences. 18. Is when water vapor is collected and mixed together with dust, thus, forming a cloud. A) Precipitation. B) Transpiration. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 19. Where does Energy on Earth come from? A) Dead organisms. B) Food. C) The sun. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun. 20. The kangaroo rat is able to get all of the water it needs through it's food and therefore, never needs to drink liquid. This animal has adapted to survive in which biome? A) Forest. B) Tundra. C) Desert. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 21. High level radioactive waste would be ..... low level radioactive waste would be ..... A) Exposed clothing, spent fuel rods. B) Spent fuel rods, exposed clothing. C) Exhaust produced from the plant, spent fuel rods. D) Uranium ore, carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spent fuel rods, exposed clothing. 22. Animals which are about to become extinct are called ..... A) Endangered animals. B) Herbivores animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endangered animals. 23. Which of these organisms is capable of the following reaction:6 H2O + 6 CO2 + solar energy $\rightarrow$C6H12O6 + 6 O2 A) Grass. B) Decomposing fungi. C) Fish. D) Humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grass. 24. Law of conservation of mass states that A) Matter is neither created nor destroyed. B) Matter does not change. C) Matter is destroyed. D) Matter is created. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matter is neither created nor destroyed. 25. Communities who take donated evergreen trees and turn them in wood chips to be used in parks and gardens are helping the environment by A) Destroying things that will not break down on their own. B) Creating potential pollutants. C) Creating more waste to be collected. D) Returning materials to the environment for use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Returning materials to the environment for use. 26. This is released by mining, livestock, and agriculture. A) Sunspots. B) Methane. C) Aerosols. D) Fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 27. Which of the following would PREVENT soil erosion on a farm? A) Deforestation. B) Crop rotations. C) Plowing. D) Over-grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop rotations. 28. Type of biodiversity that refers to all the different genes contained within all members of a population: A) Population diversity. B) Genetic diversity. C) Species diversity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic diversity. 29. Anthropocentrism is ..... A) An ethical point of view that extends inherent value to all living things. B) Used by environmental philosophers and ecologists to denote a nature-centered. C) The point of view that humans are the only, or primary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The point of view that humans are the only, or primary. 30. A testable statement that provides a possible answer to a question or an explanation to an observation. A) Experiments. B) Hypothesis. C) Observation. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 31. Saving energy and other resources without sacrificing people's comfort is the goal of A) Urban growth boundaries. B) Greenways. C) Zoning. D) Green building design. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green building design. 32. The ability of a system to do work; required for change to happen. A) Energy. B) Energy Transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy. 33. Why is Monsanto (as well as other huge corporations) a threat to farmers? A) The corporation promotes farming in crowded, dirty conditions. B) The corporation poisons a farmer's water supply needed for crop irrigation. C) The corporation prevents food recalls needed to prevent sickness in people. D) The corporation sues if farmers save seeds at the end of a growing season tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The corporation sues if farmers save seeds at the end of a growing season tagsSEV4. 34. When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct? A) Oceanic. B) Continental. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceanic. 35. Natural material that is formed at a slower rate than it is consumed A) Renewable natural resource. B) Closed system. C) Sustainable natural resource. D) Nonrenewable natural resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonrenewable natural resource. 36. The law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets the National Air Quality guideline values for criteria pollutants, throughout the Philippines, while minimizing the possible associated impacts to the economy. A) REPUBLIC ACT 6969 TOXIC SUBSTANCES. B) PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. C) REPUBLIC ACT 8749 PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) REPUBLIC ACT 8749 PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999. 37. The basic premise behind 'The tragedy of the commons' is A) A resource becomes overexploited when its ownership is shared. B) Pollution prevention costs less than pollution clean-up. C) When assessing risk, people frequently overestimate unfamiliar risks. D) All of these are correct. tagsEN.LS2.7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A resource becomes overexploited when its ownership is shared. 38. Oxygen is produced by photosynthesis by plants. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. Materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans. A) Natural resources. B) Natural services. C) Natural capital. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resources. 40. Is a search for ecological stability and human progress that can last over the long term A) Environmental quality. B) Environmental Changes. C) Sustainability. D) Sustainable development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 41. True or False:Life exists in all layers of the planet? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 42. If environmental scientists want to publish a paper on an experiment for an audience of fellow specialists, where do they do so? A) Newspaper story. B) Public hearing on issues. C) Media interview. D) Journal article. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Journal article. 43. Without plants we would have no animals. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Accidental change in DNA that occurs whil DNA is being copied A) Gene. B) Evolution. C) Mutation. D) Genetic drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutation. 45. If leachate was to leak out of a landfill, what could be one environmental consequence? A) Groundwater could become contaminated. B) Soil could become contaminated. C) Water found on the surface could become contaminated. D) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are correct. 46. What is the purpose of flue-gas desulfurization? A) To reduce NOx emissions from exhaust systems. B) To remove sulfur from fuels before burning. C) To eliminate SO2 from industrial chimney emissions. D) To reduce VOC emissions from certain liquids and gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To eliminate SO2 from industrial chimney emissions. 47. Music, art, and architecture born from interactions with nature are all examples of what type of ecosystem service? A) Cultural. B) Regulating. C) Provisioning. D) Supporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural. 48. Coal burning ..... a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A. decreases B. reduces C. relaxes D. releases A) Reduces. B) Relaxes. C) Decreases. D) Releases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Releases. 49. Which answer best describes a consumer in an ecosystem? A) Someone that buys something. B) A living organism that eats other living organisms. C) A living organism that produces food for other living organisms. D) An abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A living organism that eats other living organisms. 50. Fire would most affect the A) Cryosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 51. Our house keeps us safe A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. Potential result of high UV radiation at Earth's surface A) The boy. B) Winter. C) DNA damage. D) The girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DNA damage. 53. The only energy transfer that works in outer space A) Space Hurricanes. B) Conduction. C) Convection. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radiation. 54. The sinking of regions of the ground with little or no horizontal movement A) Smelting. B) Aggregates. C) Bond. D) Subsidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsidence. 55. How does the lithosphere interact with the other layers of the Earth? A) Lithosphere interacts with the atmosphere only. B) Lithosphere is stationary and does not interact with other layers. C) Plate tectonics and movement of lithospheric plates. D) Lithosphere is made of water and does not interact with other layers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate tectonics and movement of lithospheric plates. 56. Which of the following cutting techniques eliminates less valuable trees by harvesting or thinning trees of poor quality? A) Pulpwood cuts. B) Pre-commercial thinning. C) Improvement cutting. D) Release cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improvement cutting. 57. Top-level predators often eat indirectly absorb toxins as a result of A) Bioaccumulation. B) Persistence. C) Overnutrition. D) Eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bioaccumulation. 58. Trees that do not lose their leaves every year. A) Timberland. B) Forest Land. C) Deciduous Trees. D) Evergreen Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evergreen Trees. 59. What are the greatest problems facing plants, animals, and people? A) Introducing new species that can cause problems. B) Habitat destruction. C) Illegal hunting. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. This air pollutant is a colorless, odorless gas emitted from combustion processes, specifically, the incomplete combustion of fuel. A) Lead. B) Sulfur dioxide. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Nitrogen oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon monoxide. ← 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