This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The movement of deep, cold, nutrient filled water to the surface of the ocean is ..... A) Ocean Current. B) Upwelling. C) Deep Currents. D) Surface Currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upwelling. 2. "Everything an organism does and when it does it" describe an organism's A) Tolerance. B) Community. C) Character development. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Niche. 3. Most of the developing countries in the world depend on ..... for their main source of energy. A) Renewable sources. B) Nuclear. C) Biomass (including wood, manure, etc). D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomass (including wood, manure, etc). 4. A diagram that shows the feeding relationships and energy flow of possible paths in which nutrients pass from organism to organism in an ecosystem. A) Phosphorous Cycle. B) Nitrogen Cycle. C) Food Chain. D) Food Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food Web. 5. If a nonrenewable resource such as oil suddenly became scarce while demand remained constant ..... A) The equilibrium price would increase. B) The equilibrium price would decrease. C) The demand would increase. D) The demand would decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The equilibrium price would increase. 6. Which process transports soil away from where it should be? A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) Decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 7. ..... contains a high viscosity mixture of hydrocarbons that must be heated to extract the oil. A) Tar sands. B) Oil shale. C) Tight oil. D) Crude oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oil shale. 8. During the period of human history known as the ....., factories, assembly lines and large industries dominated the many American cities. Pollution of the Air and water rose tremendously. A) Industrial Revolution. B) Agricultural Revolution. C) Internet and Digital Revolution. D) Hunter-gatherer period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial Revolution. 9. The practice of intentionally planting drought-tolerant plants to decrease a yard's water consumption A) Water diversion. B) Dam. C) Reservoir. D) Xeriscaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Xeriscaping. 10. Which two things increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere? A) Burning fossil fuels and using renewable energy sources. B) Burning fossil fuels and deforestation. C) Deforestation and shifting to renewable energy. D) Mining and the production of PV solar panels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning fossil fuels and deforestation. 11. From where do producers get their energy? A) The ground. B) Decomposers. C) Other animals. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 12. What is the broad, flat part of the leaf called? A) Blade. B) Lobe. C) Ear. D) Petiole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blade. 13. What causes the spring tides? A) When the sun and moon line up. B) When the sun and moon are perpendicular. C) Poseidon rises from the depths. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the sun and moon line up. 14. Which of the following is the most important factor that determines whether an area is a desert? A) Lack of nutrients in the soil. B) Elevation. C) Heat. D) Lack of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of water. 15. Neem, tulsi and turmeric are..... A) Shrubs. B) Herbs. C) Trees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbs. 16. A property of water that occurs when adhesion of water molecules to a surface is stronger than cohesion between the molecules. A) Adhesion. B) Cohesion. C) Polarity. D) Capillary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capillary action. 17. Does temperature change during a phase change? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 18. Tall smoke stacks send ..... to far away countries A) Sediment pollution. B) Water pollution. C) Acid rain. D) Ugly clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid rain. 19. Which of the following factors could prolong the availability of fossil fuels? A) Making new fossil fuels. B) Increasing demand for fossil fuels. C) Increasing alternative energy sources. D) Reducing alternative energy sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing alternative energy sources. 20. What is overfishing? A) The removal of a bad fish from an environment?. B) The removal of a dead fish from a body of water. C) The over-breeding of fish. D) The removal of a fish species from a body of water at rate faster than the species can repopulate. 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