This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 141 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 141 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A species that is not supposed to be in an ecosystem (non-native) and has no competition A) Invasive species. B) Fossil fuels. C) Direct harvesting. D) Indicator species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasive species. 2. What makes Nitrogen usable for plants and animals? A) Lichens. B) Moss. C) Nitrogen fixing bacteria. D) Humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen fixing bacteria. 3. The troposphere is heated from below, which drives weather patterns caused by A) Convocation Cells. B) Convection Currents. C) Jet Streams. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection Currents. 4. Narrative:In 1957, Brazil imported wild African honeybees to help increase honey production, but the bees displaced some native honeybee populations, which led to a reduced honey supply ..... These African honeybees are an example of a ..... species. A) Invasive. B) Keystone. C) Native. D) Specialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasive. 5. The total amount of greenhouse gases released by a product, service or event over its full life cycle is linked to ..... A) The carbon cycle. B) It's carbon footprint. C) Pollution. D) CFCs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's carbon footprint. 6. Society shifted to fossil fuels A) Industrial revolution. B) Non-renewable. C) Renewable resource. D) Agricultural revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial revolution. 7. Where is evidence most often found to represent a record of Earth's history? A) Air, lava, and fossils. B) Water, air, and rocks. C) Lava, water, and ice cores. D) Rocks, fossils, and ice cores. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rocks, fossils, and ice cores. 8. ..... species are more susceptible to being wiped out by the introduction of invasive species. A) Indicator. B) Amphibious. C) Generalist. D) Specialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specialist. 9. How can the planting of new trees help reduce climate change? A) Trees help create breezes. B) Trees release moisture that cools the atmosphere. C) Trees take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. D) Trees block the release of greenhouse gases from soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. 10. A factor the experimenter changes on the x-axis of a graph A) Dependent Variable. B) Independent Variable. C) Control group. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Variable. 11. Coral reefs are endangered by: A) Climate change. B) Overfishing. C) Pollution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Lizzy wants to test the effects of fertilizer on plant growth. Which of the following is the dependent variable? A) Fertilizer. B) Plant height. C) Amount of water. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plant height. 13. Which of the following sciences contribute to the field of environmental science? A) Physics and Chemistry. B) Biology and Earth Science. C) Social Sciences. D) All options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All options are correct. 14. The outermost solid layer of the Earth is called the A) Mantle. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. 15. What is a peat? A) Non-decomposed organic matter left behind by the carboniferous trees. B) A way to decomposed organic oxygen and warming and cooling coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-decomposed organic matter left behind by the carboniferous trees. 16. Good and bad, right and wrong; moral principles or values A) Data. B) Hypothesis. C) Culture. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethics. 17. FILL IN THE BLANKS:LAND IS AN ..... OF ..... MAGNITUDE A) LIABILITY, EQUAL. B) ASSET, LIMITED. C) LIABILITY, ABUNDANT. D) ASSET, RESPONSIBLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ASSET, LIMITED. 18. Humans are a part of which sphere? A) Hydrosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 19. A ..... is a set of interacting components considered to be a distinct entity for the purpose of study or understanding. A) System. B) Boundary. C) Component. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) System. 20. What do you call the living things that shape an environment? A) Biotic. B) Biome. C) Estuarine. D) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. ← 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