This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Elements essential for good health. e.g. Calcium, Iron, Potassium A) Protein. B) Fat. C) Minerals. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minerals. 2. If animals eat plants to get energy, where doplants get their energy? A) Soil. B) Water. C) Wind. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 3. What does the Law of Superposition tell us? A) The most superior rock is the top layer of rock. B) The oldest rock is the most top layer of rock. C) The youngest rock is the most top layer of rock. D) The strongest rock is the most top layer of rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The youngest rock is the most top layer of rock. 4. In which level of the atmosphere can life be found? A) Biosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 5. The biome with the highest species diversity is A) Coastal chapparels. B) Tropical deciduous forest. C) Savanna. D) Tropical rain forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical rain forest. 6. Some species are so important to the functioning of an ecosystem that they are called A) Threatened species. B) Keystone species. C) Endangered species. D) Extinct species tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keystone species. 7. A kind of forest that consist of tall trees with minimal branches and considered as major source of timber and other major forest products. A) Mangrove forest. B) Dipterocarp Forest. C) Mossy Forrest. D) Pine Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dipterocarp Forest. 8. The pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere are called A) Continents. B) Mesospheres. C) Crust. D) Tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tectonic plates. 9. The diagram below shows a simple food chain. Which of the following animals might compete with the snake in this food chain? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 10. Fossil fuel usage in the US is contributing to global warming because of the amount of ..... that is being released into the atmosphere. A) Oxygen. B) Sulfur. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Radioactivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 11. ..... consist of a mixture of hydrocarbons with a low viscosity which cannot flow because the rock containing it is not porous. A) Tar sands. B) Oil shale. C) Tight oil. D) Tight sands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tight oil. 12. Which profession do we rely heavily on when creating virtual platforms that can relay and contain information used to inform the public and private sectors of environmental issues, concerns, products and/or hot topics? A) Civil Engineer. B) Web Developer. C) Wastewater Specialist. D) Physicist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Web Developer. 13. The policy of multiple use requires that national forests be managed for A) Timber. B) Wildlife habitat. C) Recreation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. An interaction in which one organism kills and eat another is ..... A) Prey. B) Symbiosis. C) Predation. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predation. 15. Inside the combustion chamber of a coal-fired power plant A) Steam is directed against turbine blades and causes the blades to turn. B) The turbine sets the generator in motion. C) Electricity is generated. D) Burning fossil fuels releases energy in the form of heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning fossil fuels releases energy in the form of heat. 16. Monocots DO NOT have A) Parallel veins. B) Tap Root. C) 3 Petals. D) Fibrous Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tap Root. 17. Chernobyl is a town located in present day Ukraine, formerly USSR. On Saturday, April 26th, 1986 at exactly 1:23 am, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. What caused the reactor to explode? A) Sabotage by an enemy of the USSR. B) An experiment gone wrong. C) To this day, the reason is unknown. D) Earthquakes struck the plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An experiment gone wrong. 18. As water is heated, it changes into gaseous state known as water vapor and rises into the atmosphere A) Water Evaporation. B) Water Condensation. C) Water Respiration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water Evaporation. 19. Matter that organisms require for their life processes are A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Nitrifying bacteria. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 20. What is the study of how living things interact with their environment? A) Biochemistry. B) Chemistry. C) Ecology. D) Geology. 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