This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of symbiosis in which one organism is harmed, and the other organism is helped is called: A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 2. What is coal made of? A) Decomposed animal and plant remains. B) Water. C) Electricity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposed animal and plant remains. 3. Industrial revolution A) None of these. B) Factories and mass production began. C) Following animals for food. D) Farming and agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factories and mass production began. 4. Which of the following is formed by tremendous heat and pressure? A) Igneous Rock. B) Sedimentary Rock. C) Metamorphic Rock. D) Pimples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic Rock. 5. A condition where the oxygen in the water is depleted and creates dead zones. This can be from fertilizer, fossil fuels, etc. There are 500 of these "dead zones" all over the world A) Homeostasis. B) Feedback Loop. C) Hypoxia. D) Radioactive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypoxia. 6. All of the following are resource depletion EXCEPT A) Texas petroleum running out. B) A rain forest in Brazil buring down. C) Plant not growing in overused fields. D) Eolar energy not reaching Earth's surface because of haze. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eolar energy not reaching Earth's surface because of haze. 7. This treaty called for reduction in CFC production. A) Washington Treaty. B) Montreal Protocol. C) US and Canada Green Peace. D) Clean Air Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montreal Protocol. 8. What historical event lead to the beginning of the Baby Boomers? A) World War 2. B) Vietnam War. C) 911. D) Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World War 2. 9. Which is NOT a disadvantage of using nuclear energy? A) Radioactive waste disposal. B) The amount of CO2 released by the reactors. C) Possible terrorist use of nuclear weapons. D) Mining uranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of CO2 released by the reactors. 10. This process occurs in plant cells and animal cells. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration. 11. If pollution was found to be coming from New York-New Jersey area, it would be considered a(n) ..... A) Point source. B) Nonpoint source. C) Eutrophication. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint source. 12. When you eat both plants and animals, you are called a/an ..... A) Autotroph. B) Decoposer. C) Herbivore. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omnivore. 13. How can you help prevent extinctions? A) By not polluting our environment. B) By protecting sensitive habitats and species. C) By not eating or buying products from endangered animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Clean Water Act A) Law designed to improve water quality. B) Groundwater. C) Surface water that percolates through soil. D) Removing salt from water to make fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Law designed to improve water quality. 15. SUnburn occurs when your skin is exposed to harmful ..... rays A) Radio. B) Magnetic. C) Ultraviolet. D) Infrared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ultraviolet. 16. The process of photosynthesis is essential in the oxygen/carbon dioxide cycle. Photosynthesis removes ..... from the atmosphere and produces and releases ..... into the atmosphere. A) Glucose, oxygen. B) Oxygen, glucose. C) Carbon dioxide, oxygen. D) Oxygen, carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide, oxygen. 17. Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates? A) Outer core. B) Inner core. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 18. What term describes all of the members of a species of mockingbirds that live in the same area of Tampa? A) A biome. B) A population. C) A community. D) An ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A population. 19. Most of the water on Earth can be described as A) Freshwater. B) Ice. C) Salt (marine) water. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt (marine) water. 20. According to Darwin, an organism's fitness is determined by its ability to A) Obtain food. B) Live the longest. C) Survive and reproduce. D) Stay healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Survive and reproduce. ← 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