This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 114 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 114 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Extreme algae growth is an example of A) Algaefication. B) Eutrophication. C) Pioneering species. D) Gross Domestic Product. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eutrophication. 2. Earth is anticipated to lose all of its arctic ice by what point in time? A) 2050. B) 2030. C) 2025. D) 2040. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2050. 3. A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Point-source pollution and nonpoint-source pollution differ in A) The kind of biological agents causing the pollution. B) Whether the source of pollution is agricultural or industrial. C) The number of sources from which the pollution is discharged. D) Whether the pollutants are chemical or physical agents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of sources from which the pollution is discharged. 5. Earth's earliest life forms were A) Prokaryotes. B) Eukaryotes. C) Multicellular organisms. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prokaryotes. 6. Unscramble the letters to form wordsNWEETRS HGAST A) Western Ghats. B) Thar Desert. C) Deccan Plateau. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Ghats. 7. A step in the transfer of energy through an ecosystem; the level of a food chain that an organism occupies. A) Climax community. B) Primary succession. C) Trophic level. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trophic level. 8. Which type of plate movement involves the creation of mountains and/or volcanoes? A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transverse. D) Continental Breakfast Plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent. 9. A sustainable world would be characterized by the A) Preservation of rare animals by relocation from natural habitats to laboratories. d. indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition. B) Invention of safer storage facilities for increased amounts of toxic wastes. C) Maximum exploitation of natural resources using more advanced technologies. D) Indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition. 10. The latitudinal gradient is a natural pattern in which species diversity generally A) Increases toward the equator. B) Decreases toward the prime meridian. C) Increases toward the poles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases toward the equator. 11. What is the most common use for coal? A) Being burned for electricity. B) Paper production. C) Making concrete. D) Plastic production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being burned for electricity. 12. What type of species interaction involves fighting over resources? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Competition. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 13. In which area of the sun does gas rise as it heats up, then fall back down as it cools? A) The core. B) The radiation zone. C) The convection zone. D) The corona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The convection zone. 14. Possible long-term effect of noise pollution A) Nausea. B) Lung cancer. C) Deafness. D) Pollution control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deafness. 15. How does the location of Los Angeles make it more susceptible to pollution? A) Its tropical location causes high temperatures, which increases air pollution. B) Its location in a bowl formed by mountains causes air pollution to get trapped. C) Its location on a large, flat plain exposes it to the wind, which carries air pollution. D) Its coastal location exposes it to pollution from the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its location in a bowl formed by mountains causes air pollution to get trapped. 16. The last major layer of the atmosphere. A) Troposphere. B) Exosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere. 17. A student designed an experiment to test how fertilizer affects the growth of a tomato plant. She applied different amounts of fertilizer to different tomato plants and made observations. All the other variables were held constant. Which data should the student use to determine the effectiveness of the fertilizer? A) The height of each plant. B) The color of the soil in each pot. C) The amount of water in each pot. D) The amount of sunlight each plant received. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The height of each plant. 18. The presence of water indicates A) Dead things. B) Aquifers. C) Life. D) Cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 19. The only ways to fix atmospheric nitrogen into useable chemical compounds are what? A) Virus. B) Bacteria and lightening. C) Carbon. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria and lightening. 20. Normally, as you go up (increase in altitude), the air temperature gets ..... in the troposphere A) Cooler. B) Warmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooler. ← 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