This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 150 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 150 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Land that water flows across on its way to a stream, lake, wetland, or other body of water. A) Watershed. B) The Chesapeake Bay. C) Estuary. D) Flood Plains. E) No choice is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watershed. 2. Soils found in tropical rain forests are: A) Deep and nutrient-rich. B) Rich in quartz sand. C) Highly porous. D) Quickly depleted of nutrients when the forest is removed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quickly depleted of nutrients when the forest is removed. 3. Which energy source is easily replenished? A) Renewable. B) Non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 4. What does sewage refer to? A) Storm runoff. B) Toilet water. C) All types of wastewater. D) Contaminated drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All types of wastewater. 5. Most of Earth's active volcanoes on land are located A) In Antarctica. B) Around the Pacific Rim. C) In east Africa. D) In Iceland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around the Pacific Rim. 6. Who established the first national park (Yosemite)? A) George Perkins Marsh. B) John Muir. C) Theodore Roosevelt. D) Gifford Pinchot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Muir. 7. Which one of these is NOT a type of renewable energy? A) Solar. B) Wind. C) Biomass. D) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear. 8. A microscopic organism that float or drift freely in the waters of aquatic environments is A) Benthos. B) Plankton. C) Nekton. D) Littoral Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plankton. 9. Environmental scientists are unconcerned with methods to preserve natural resources. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Which is the correct order of the layers of the earth? From the surface to the center A) Crust $\rightarrow$ Mantle $\rightarrow$ Outer Core $\rightarrow$ Inner Core. B) Crust $\rightarrow$ Mantle $\rightarrow$ Inner Core $\rightarrow$ Outer Core. C) Mantle $\rightarrow$ Crust $\rightarrow$ Inner Core $\rightarrow$ Outer Core. D) Outer Core $\rightarrow$ Inner Core $\rightarrow$. Crust $\rightarrow$ Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust $\rightarrow$ Mantle $\rightarrow$ Outer Core $\rightarrow$ Inner Core. 11. A ..... happens when the sea goes up and down throughout the day. A) Solar. B) Tide. C) Heat. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tide. 12. Gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth are known as A) Global gases. B) Greenhouse gases. C) Proxy gases. D) Offset gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenhouse gases. 13. A layer of soil A) Bedrock. B) Horizon. C) Soil erosion. D) Rangeland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horizon. 14. The thin layer of gases that surrounds Earth A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 15. Several species of warblers can live in the same spruce tree ONLY because they A) Have different habitats within the tree. B) Eat different foods within the tree. C) Occupy different niches within the tree. D) Can find different temperatures within the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occupy different niches within the tree. 16. Who proposed the theory of continental drift? A) Charles Darwin. B) Richard Dawkins. C) Carolus Linnaeus. D) Alfred Wegener. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alfred Wegener. 17. What year did scientists begin monitoring sea ice via satellite? A) 2005. B) 1983. C) 1979. D) 1967. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1979. 18. Which of the following gives value to all living things, both human and nonhuman? A) Biocentrism. B) Environmentalism. C) Anthropocentrism. D) Ecocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biocentrism. 19. The study of human population statistics A) Demography. B) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demography. 20. ..... is a group of people living together in one home. A) Society. B) Family. C) Father. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Family. ← 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