This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 103 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the end result of eutrophication? A) More algae. B) Decreased oxygen and fish kills. C) Less turbidity. D) A new pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreased oxygen and fish kills. 2. While hiking up a steep trail in the Adironack Mountains of New York State, a hiker first passes through a deciduous forest and then through an area of evergreen trees.The transition from one biome to another along trail is most similar to the transition of biomes that occurs with increasing ..... A) Latitude. B) Sunlight. C) Temperature. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 3. Human activity adds CO2 to the atmosphere through all of these EXCEPT A) Clear cutting/deforestation. B) Transportation with gas powered vehicles. C) Burning biomass. D) Agricultural runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agricultural runoff. 4. The boundary represented by $\rightarrow$ < ..... A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Convergent plate boundary. C) Transform plate boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent plate boundary. 5. Oxygen is the main greenhouse gas. A) True. B) False. C) Maybe, kinda, sort of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which two terrestrial biomes receive the least amount of precipitation? A) Tundra and taiga. B) Tundra and desert. C) Desert and taiga. D) Desert and grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra and desert. 7. How do caves form? A) It is formed by light. B) It is normally formed by weathering or erosion. C) It is normally formed by cloud. D) It is formed by fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is normally formed by weathering or erosion. 8. Currents at the surface of the ocean are driven A) Tectonic plates. B) Salinity. C) Wind. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 9. Why do we need to recycle? A) Recycling puts money in my pocket. B) Recycling reduces waste that is burned or buried in landfills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycling reduces waste that is burned or buried in landfills. 10. What kind of energy is natural gas? A) Renewable. B) Non renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non renewable. 11. Problems associated with landfills A) Leachate and methane production. B) Source reduction and composting. C) Surface improvement and leachate. D) Exces birds and bees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leachate and methane production. 12. What are the four interacting spheres that make up the Earth? A) Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Atmosphere. B) Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere. C) Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere. D) Atmosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere. 13. The ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem in which deer eat grass and coyotes eat deer is A) The grass. B) The sun. C) The deer. D) Chemosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun. 14. Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, and adaptive management are three approaches to A) Poaching. B) Overharvesting. C) Resource management. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resource management. 15. This type of interaction is when both species benefit. A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Competition. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 16. Out of all the animals listed below, which one is considered a primary consumer? A) Sunflower. B) Grasshopper. C) Frog. D) Bobcat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grasshopper. 17. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred in ....., A) United States. B) Japan. C) Russia. D) Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United States. 18. When an atom loses an electron, it becomes an A) Ion. B) Molecule. C) Isotope. D) Element. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ion. 19. Non-renewable energy can cause ..... A) Air Pollution. B) Water Pollution. C) Soil Erosion. D) Ocean Oil Spill. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 20. What killed about 35, 000 people in Europe in 2003? A) A severe heat wave. B) Lack of food. C) Rapidly spreading disease. D) Rising sea levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A severe heat wave. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEnvironmental Sciences Quiz 1Environmental Sciences Quiz 2Environmental Sciences Quiz 3Environmental Sciences Quiz 4Environmental Sciences Quiz 5Environmental Sciences Quiz 6Environmental Sciences Quiz 7Environmental Sciences Quiz 8Environmental Sciences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books