This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 87 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for a type of energy that does not use up natural resources or harm the environment? A) Alternative energy. B) Renewable energy. C) Sustainable energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. A(n) ..... is based on observations and must be testable and falsifiable. A) Conclusion. B) Experiment. C) Hypothesis. D) Your mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 3. ..... are LARGE areas that have similar climate, plant life, and animals. A) Ecosystem. B) Population. C) Habitat. D) Biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomes. 4. The rural areas are ..... populated. A) Sparsely. B) Densely. C) Highly. D) Largely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sparsely. 5. This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. Think of it as the cause of change in the experiment. A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Data. D) Control group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 6. An effect of climate change is stronger storms. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyle to farming and raising livestock. A) Agricultural Revolution. B) Agricultural lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural Revolution. 8. What makes a vegetable also a fruit? A) It is colorful. B) It tastes sweet. C) You can eat it. D) It has seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It has seeds. 9. A farmer decides to test the effectiveness of three fertilizers on growth of strawberry plants. The DEPENDENT variable in his experiment would be what? A) Growth (height) of strawberry plants. B) Brand of fertilizer. C) Amount of water each plant needed. D) What type of plant grew more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth (height) of strawberry plants. 10. Which is formed when a section of impermeable rock forces groundwater to move laterally and emerge onto the surface of Earth? A) An aquifer. B) A geyser. C) A spring. D) A well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A spring. 11. Earth would be ..... without the Greenhouse Effect A) Lacking in oxygen. B) Too hot. C) Too cold. D) Too wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too cold. 12. Who had a campaign for planting 1 billion trees (still ongoing today)? A) Rachel Carson. B) Wangari Mata. C) Thomas Hylton. D) E. O. Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wangari Mata. 13. Matter in which the particles are free to move in all directions until they have spread evenly throughout their container is a ..... A) Gas. B) Solid. C) Liquid. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas. 14. Nitrogen exists in the atmosphere in the form of ..... A) NH4+. B) Storm. C) Na. D) Type-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Na. 15. Which pollution control method was proposed by an amendment of the Clean Air Act? A) Allowing tolls to limit the use of automobiles. B) A market for sulfur emissions. C) The regulation of radon emissions. D) The use of catalytic converters. E) Chemicals developed to prevent the formation of ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A market for sulfur emissions. 16. Regenerative farming does all the following Except? A) Plan grazing. B) Monoculture. C) Biodiversity. D) Protect the soils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monoculture. 17. Which is not a major events of the carbon cycle? A) Decomposition. B) Photosynthesis. C) Respiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 18. A lake that has a large amount of plant growth due to nutrients A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Eutrophic Lake. C) Estuary. D) Salt Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eutrophic Lake. 19. A key stone species is ..... A) Species that determines the impact on a community. B) Has the most specialized niche. C) Has the largest population. D) The top carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species that determines the impact on a community. 20. System that tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment A) Ecolabeling. B) Subsidy. C) Policy. D) Cost-benefit analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecolabeling. 21. A rock formed from lava or magma is classified as A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous. 22. Other than the domestication of plants and animals, what was an important characteristic of the Agricultural Revolution? A) Humans used machines to increase the production of goods. B) Humans began settling into villages, towns, or cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans began settling into villages, towns, or cities. 23. What do water purification systems provide? A) Capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. B) Generate wind energy. C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. D) Purify water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purify water. 24. What is the largest biome? A) Arctic Tundra. B) Desert. C) Rainforest. D) Aquatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquatic. 25. Which statement best describes an example of high species diversity? A) A pond ecosystem is populated by a single species of frogs. B) A state park includes multiple forest and freshwater ecosystems with many different species of fish, frogs, and birds. C) A desert ecosystem is populated only by organ pipe cacti, camels, and armadillo lizards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A state park includes multiple forest and freshwater ecosystems with many different species of fish, frogs, and birds. 26. ..... are fuels made from the remains of ancient organisms. A) Renewable energy. B) Waste energy. C) Fossil fuels. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 27. Energy produced from material that comes from living organisms is known as A) Electrical energy. B) Biomass energy. C) Wood energy. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomass energy. 28. What is the proper ethical role of science in public policy? A) To refuse to testify on controversial issues. B) To shape public opinion so that it agrees with science. C) To make government do the right thing. D) To inform policy makers of the facts of an issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To inform policy makers of the facts of an issue. 29. The formal process of submitting research for examination by the scientific community if called ..... A) Scientific method. B) Scientist Review. C) Peer review. D) Science regents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peer review. 30. Coal burning produces more greenhouse gases per unit of energy than any other fuel A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Forest covers in India is: A) 51%. B) 19.4%. C) 35%. D) <10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19.4%. 32. An example of a graphical model would be A) A satellite picture. B) A math equation. C) A picture. D) A map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A map. 33. The exchange of ..... makes the biosphere a self-supporting, self-regulating system. A) Carbon dioxide and water. B) Water and energy. C) Food and energy. D) Land and air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food and energy. 34. Zero degrees longitude is known as A) The Equator. B) The Prime Meridian. C) The International Dateline. D) The Arctic Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Prime Meridian. 35. What was established that broadened ecosystem management? A) Biological Survey Act. B) Conservation Biology. C) Bureau of Fish and Wildlife. D) Environmental Protection Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservation Biology. 36. Which is a natural activity that increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Combustion. B) Photosynthesis. C) Cellular respiration. D) Combustion and photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cellular respiration. 37. Why are autotrophs important factors in the carbon cycle? A) They consume large amounts of producers and trap carbon. B) They hold carbon in their cells as glucose, preventing it from entering the atmosphere. C) They burn fossil fuels, releasing carbon into the atmosphere. D) Autotrophs play no role in the carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They hold carbon in their cells as glucose, preventing it from entering the atmosphere. 38. You can reduce your ecological footprint by ..... A) Recycling. B) Driving less. C) Eating less meat. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 39. Which of the following is a characteristic of life? A) Respond to stimuli. B) Move. C) Has a heart. D) Breathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respond to stimuli. 40. Which is NOT a following method for finding climate A) Ice core. B) Tree rings. C) The Lithosphere. D) Astronomy. E) All layers of the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All layers of the atmosphere. 41. What layer has convection currents? A) Mantle. B) Outer Core. C) Inner Core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 42. Which trophic level are the snakes in? A) First. B) Third. C) Second. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third. 43. Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have the highest temperatures? A) Photic zone. B) Aphotic zone. C) Benthic. D) All have roughly the same temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photic zone. 44. What year did scientists begin recording the average temp on Earth? A) 1900. B) 2000. C) 1945. D) 1884. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1884. 45. The process of the concentration of a poison increasing as you move up the food chain/web is known as ..... A) Bioaccumulation. B) Chemo magnification. C) Diffusion. D) Biomagnification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomagnification. 46. What happens to ozone molecules when they absorb UV light? A) Ozone is produced. B) Ozone remains the same. C) Ozone is destroyed. D) Ozone turns into chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone is destroyed. 47. Which of these organisms would most likely be found at the top of an energy pyramid? A) Sardines. B) Clams. C) Sharks. D) Kelp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sharks. 48. Most rain forest life is on the forest floor. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Organisms require energy for all of their life functions, about what percentage of energy is used through each trophic level? A) 10 percent. B) 1 percent. C) 50 percent. D) 5 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 percent. 50. The process by which living organisms convert non-organic chemicals into sugars/energy is called ..... A) Acidification. B) Photosynthesis. C) Consumption. D) Chemosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemosynthesis. 51. A(n) ..... can become a theory if it is thoroughly tested and passes all tests, ensuring there are no problems with it. A) Law. B) Hypothesis. C) Observation. D) Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 52. What are CFC's used in? A) Electrical wire. B) Plastic. C) Air conditioners. D) Dry wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air conditioners. 53. Which list is arranged correctly from the lowest trophic level to the highest? A) Algae, deer, wolf, hawk. B) Bacteria, frog, eagle, mushroom. C) Grass, bass, minnow, snake. D) Grass, mouse, snake, eagle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grass, mouse, snake, eagle. 54. An object in motion stays in motion A) Weight. B) Friction. C) Buoyancy. D) Inertia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inertia. 55. The study of living organisms is ..... A) Environmental Science. B) Biology. C) Ecology. D) Social Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biology. 56. All water below the surface of land is called ..... A) Water table. B) Groundwater. C) Watershed. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundwater. 57. With respect to energy, Earth is a(n) A) Layered system. B) Open system. C) Closed system. D) Integrated system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open system. 58. Scientists estimate that a single chlorine molecule in the CFC structure can destroy as many as ..... ozone molecules. A) 1000. B) 100000. C) 10000. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100000. 59. A vibration caused by the slippage along a fault A) Earthquake. B) Tributaries. C) Aerosols. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 60. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the land we live on and grow crops on? A) Land pollution. B) Soil pollution. C) Litter. D) All of the above. 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