This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 85 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 85 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What might happen to the human population when it reaches its carrying capacity? A) Everyone will die off immediately. B) Humans will stop having kids responsibly. C) People will start starving and fighting for the limited resources. D) The population will continue to go up unimpeded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People will start starving and fighting for the limited resources. 2. It separates the troposphere from the stratosphere A) Mesosphere. B) Cream cheese. C) Exosphere. D) Tropopause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropopause. 3. A species that is at serious risk of extinction is called a(n) A) Threatened species. B) Invasive species. C) Endangered species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endangered species. 4. Which of the following is a qualitative observation? A) 6 feet 1 inches. B) A green solution. C) 15 inches. D) A liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A green solution. 5. Freshwater is a resource that is A) Renewable but can become limited if overused. B) Renewable no matter how much we use. C) Nonrenewable. D) Unsustainable because it takes millions of years for water to form and we use it too quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable but can become limited if overused. 6. The geological theory of ..... states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion. A) Subduction. B) Deep-ocean trenches. C) Sea-floor spreading. D) Plate tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plate tectonics. 7. Which of the following best describes soil erosion? A) The addition of soil. B) The breakdown of soil. C) The movement of soil. D) The improvement of soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movement of soil. 8. Which of the following is an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms? A) Autotroph. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 9. Large lake that stores water for human use A) Xeriscaping. B) Reservoir. C) Dam. D) Water diversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoir. 10. How many passengers were killed A) 32. B) 56. C) 28. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 32. 11. How does a cow transfer carbon to other parts of the environment? A) It releases CO2 through respiration. B) It releases carbon as waste. C) It transfers carbon to humans when we eat it. D) All of the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers are correct. 12. Which of the following is the correct combination of drive and store for a cycle? A) Sun Fossil Fuels. B) Plants Atmosphere. C) Plants Ocean. D) Bacteria Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun Fossil Fuels. 13. Aquatic Biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface? A) 25%. B) 75%. C) 50%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75%. 14. Interdisciplinary A) More than one subject. B) One subject. C) Correcting bad behavior. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More than one subject. 15. Species that are clearly critical to the functioning of an ecosystem are known as A) Main species. B) Biodiversity. C) Native species. D) Keystone species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keystone species. 16. Highest species richness will be found on ..... and less species richness will be found on ..... A) Island C; island B. B) Island B; island C. C) Island A; island C. D) Island A; island B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Island A; island C. 17. What continent has the HIGHEST AMOUNT of people without enough food to eat every day? A) South America. B) North America. C) Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 18. Why is it necessary for scientists to compile empirical date before making conclusions? A) Data ensures that scientists are following the scientific method in the proper order. B) Data allows scientific theories and laws to form. C) Data allows the scientists to gain all credit for experiments taking place. D) Data provides evidence to conclude their observations and hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Data provides evidence to conclude their observations and hypothesis. 19. The number and variety of species living on Earth is known as what? A) Turtles. B) Chemical diversity. C) Biodiversity. D) Atomic diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 20. What latitude receives the most direct sunlight throughout the year? A) 0o. B) 30o-60oN. C) 90oN. D) 90oS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0o. 21. A magnet is any material that attracts A) Copper. B) Aluminum. C) Iron. D) Zinc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron. 22. Comparatively speaking, an Industrialized nation will consume ..... energy than a similar sized undeveloped nation. A) More or less. B) An equal amount. C) Much less. D) Much more. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Much more. 23. Color, camouflage, sharp claws and teeth are all examples of; A) Physical adaptations. B) Biological fitness. C) Chemical adaptations. D) Behavioral adaptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical adaptations. 24. It states that everything changes, whether it is a natural like typhoons or man made like urban development will affect all the organism live on it A) Action. B) Affection. C) Change. D) Awareness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change. 25. The ..... is the factor that you purposely change or control in order to see what effect it has.? A) Qualitative data. B) Dependent variable. C) Quantitative data. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent variable. 26. This biome contains plants that are adapted to prevent water loss due to the low average rainfall and high temperatures year-round. A) Tropical rain forest. B) Boreal forest. C) Desert. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 27. Arachnids have the following characteristics EXCEPT * A) Two body parts. B) Exoskeleton. C) Don't have wings. D) Six legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Six legs. 28. Efficient industrial agriculture requires that large areas be planted with A) Contoured and well-plowed fields. B) A single crop. C) Native organisms. D) Cover crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A single crop. 29. A situation in which the free market, operating on its own, does not distribute resources efficiently A) Supply. B) Market failure. C) Environmental policy. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market failure. 30. The relationship between a zebra and a tick A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 31. My uncle's son is my ..... A) Relatives. B) Maternal Relatives. C) Cousin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cousin. 32. In Bogs, water comes from several sources, the soil is acidic and the main vegetation is trees and tall shrubs. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. To pass the summer in a state of torpor or dormancy. A) Chaparral. B) Estivating. C) Permafrost. D) Drought-resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estivating. 34. A large region characterized by its climate and organisms. A) Biome. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biome. 35. Energy cannot be destroyed. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 36. The collection and classification of data that is in the form of numbers. A) Distribution. B) Normal curve. C) Mean. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statistics. 37. Where do plants get the energy for photosynthesis to take place? A) Nutrients in the soil. B) Chlorophyll. C) Bee pollination. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 38. Philippine Clean Water Act 2004 A) RA 8749. B) RA 6969. C) RA 9275. D) RA 9003. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RA 9275. 39. Which model is particularly useful in scientific cases with many variables? A) Conceptual. B) Mathematical. C) Graphical. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mathematical. 40. Able to be safely eaten A) Calorie. B) Iron. C) Calcium. D) Edible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edible. 41. According to your book, the plates move about ..... inches per year. A) 3-7. B) 5-10. C) 1-6. D) 4-8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1-6. 42. What is heat island effect? A) Wanting to have a tropical island life. B) Urbanized areas that experience higher temperatures than outlying areas. C) Ruralized areas that experience higher temperatures than outlying areas. D) Increased anger due to heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanized areas that experience higher temperatures than outlying areas. 43. Examples of natural income: A) Crops, fish, energy, land. B) Candy, pop, chips. C) Processed food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crops, fish, energy, land. 44. The place where two plates come together is known as a ..... A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent. 45. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on which of the following dates? A) June 1. B) June 5. C) June 7. D) June 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) June 5. 46. Earth warms and glaciers and ice caps melt and dark terrestrial land is exposed. The dark land absorbs sunlight. A) Negative Feedback Loop. B) Positive Feedback Loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive Feedback Loop. 47. With respect to matter, Earth is mostly A) A biosphere. B) A closed system. C) An ecosystem. D) An open system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A closed system. 48. The study of good and bad, right and wrong A) Utility. B) Values. C) Ethics. D) Universalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethics. 49. Do plants grow better in natural light or under fluorescent light? What is the independent variable? A) Type of light. B) Rate of growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of light. 50. Organisms which harness the sun's energy directly are referred to as ..... A) Decomposers. B) Producers. C) Consumers. D) Carnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 51. What is one way to reduce the carbon emissions from passenger cars? A) Use more expensive gas. B) Carpooling. C) Driving alone at all times. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpooling. 52. "A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question" is the definition of a (n) A) Prediction. B) Theory. C) Hypothesis. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 53. Movement out of an area A) Death. B) Immigration. C) Birth. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emigration. 54. All the members of one type of species in a specific area. A) Ecosystme. B) Habitat. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 55. When multiple organisms seek the same limited resource, this is referred to as? A) Tolerence. B) Parasitism. C) Predation. D) Competetion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competetion. 56. This type of threat to biodiversity involves cutting down forests, draining wetlands, or generally changing a habitat so much that is is no longer usable by organisms that live there A) Overexploitation. B) Invasive species. C) Climate change. D) Habitat destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat destruction. 57. A scientist is conducting research on mealworms. Which of the following pieces of equipment should be used by the scientist to determine the mass of each mealworm? A) Graduated cylinder. B) Ruler. C) Beaker. D) Electronic balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electronic balance. 58. The variety of genetic variation, variety ofspecies in a community, or a variety ofcommunities in an ecosystem A) Tragedy of the commons. B) Agricultural revolution. C) Biodiversity. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 59. Atoms of the same type that have been chemically combined are called ..... A) Solutions. B) Mixtures. C) Compounds. D) Molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molecules. 60. What is the main cause of forest destruction? A) Urbanization. B) Conversion to agricultural land. C) Climate change. D) Housing development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conversion to agricultural land. ← 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