This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 119 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 119 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The part of Earth that contains the air we breathe is called the A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Envirosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 2. STUDY OF WEATHER IS CALLED? A) CLIMATALOGY. B) METEOROLOGY. C) AERONOMY. D) AIROLOGY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) METEOROLOGY. 3. Preserving, protecting and restoring the natural environment, ecosystems, vegetation and wildlife is A) Conservation. B) Natural history. C) Environmentalism. D) Ecosystem services. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation. 4. What are three main agricultural systems? A) Peasant farming, factory farming, commercial farming. B) Commercial farming, persistent farming, factory farming. C) Peasant farming, subsistence farming, commercial farming. D) Peasant farming, persistent farming, factory farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peasant farming, subsistence farming, commercial farming. 5. In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur? A) Stratosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 6. What is the geological process by which rocks are formed, destroyed, or altered? A) Continental drift. B) Water cycle. C) Plate tectonics. D) Rock cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rock cycle. 7. The effects of urban areas on the environment are A) Negative only. B) Positive only. C) Both positive and negative. D) Nonexistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both positive and negative. 8. Which of the following is 97% wastewater? A) Municipal solid waste. B) Industrial waste. C) Hazardous waste. D) Radioactive waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial waste. 9. The Ring of Fire contains nearly ..... of the world's active volcanoes that are on land. A) 50%. B) 25%. C) 95%. D) 75%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 75%. 10. How much of the Earth's water is stored in the oceans? A) 50%. B) 67%. C) 97%. D) 85%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 97%. 11. A decomposer is also a producer. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. What organism uses stinging tentacles to capture prey A) Corals. B) Zooplankton. C) Phytoplankton. D) Nekton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corals. 13. What kind of habitat does a red backed salamander need to survive? A) Damp forest floor. B) Sunny top of a tree. C) Dry forest floor. D) Sunny desert rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damp forest floor. 14. What is a channel of water that flows into a larger one? A) Estuary. B) Floodplain. C) Wetland. D) Tributary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tributary. 15. Weather is A) Not impacted by climate change. B) Not an important factor in ecosystems. C) The year to year fluctuations in temperature and precipitation. D) The daily temperature and precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The daily temperature and precipitation. 16. A herbivore is an ..... A) Organism that eats only meat. B) Organism that eats only plants. C) Organism that eats all things-meat and plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism that eats only plants. 17. Money granted by the government to assist an industry, business or group of people so that the price of items or services may remain low or competitive. A) Suffrage. B) Servitude. C) Speculation. D) Subsidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsidy. 18. Which of the following is NOT a world biome? A) Swamp. B) Desert. C) Forest. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swamp. 19. Earthquakes under the water can cause tsunamis. A) Tornadoes. B) Tsunamis. C) Lightning. D) Hailstorms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tsunamis. 20. What stage in the nitrogen cycle has bacteria breaking down nitrogen into NH4+ A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Assimilation. C) Nitrification. D) Denitrification. E) Ammonification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ammonification. ← 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