This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 171 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 171 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nuclear fission is when A) The nuclei of two atoms join to produce lots of energy. B) The nucleus of one large atom splits, releasing lots of energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nucleus of one large atom splits, releasing lots of energy. 2. When a scientist does several trials of an experiment, how much data should they share with other scientists? A) Only the data that supports their hypothesis. B) Only the data that does not support their hypothesis. C) All of the data. D) Only the data you want to share, you don't want anyone stealing your experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the data. 3. Which statement best explains how natural selection occurs? A) When adaptations help an organism reproduce and survive. B) When organisms are geographically isolated. C) When an organism's offspring grow vestigial structures. D) When characteristics from the parent organism are inherited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When adaptations help an organism reproduce and survive. 4. Gigatonnes or Gigaton or GtC A) Unit used to measure the amount of Carbon cycled. B) Unit used to measure the amount of oxygen cycled. C) Unit used to measure the amount of Carbon dioxide cycled. D) Unit used to measure the amount of air cycled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unit used to measure the amount of Carbon cycled. 5. Which of the following does not cycle through the atmosphere. A) Water Cycle. B) Nitrogen Cycle. C) Phosphorus Cycle. D) Carbon Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorus Cycle. 6. These are goals of environmental science except: A) To use natural resources. B) To solve environmental problems. C) To understand environmental phenomena. D) To develop an attitude of concern for the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To use natural resources. 7. What happens as a result of the ocean's absorption of carbon dioxide? A) It increases precipitation. B) It slows down prevailing winds. C) It causes a cooling effect. D) It speeds up ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It causes a cooling effect. 8. Refers to the salt content of the ocean A) Salinity. B) Aquifer. C) Tributary. D) The Gulf Stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salinity. 9. This type of thought judges actions in terms of their benefit or harm to the integrity of the whole ecological system. A) Biocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Anthropocentrism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecocentrism. 10. Behavior that enables different animal species to feed in the same area without competing. A) Prairie. B) Savanna. C) Vertical Feeding Pattern. D) Sod-forming Grasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertical Feeding Pattern. 11. Once people started farming, ..... A) They lived farther apart. B) They lived in smaller communities. C) They lived closer together and communities grew. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They lived closer together and communities grew. 12. 6 month growing season A) Deciduous. B) Rain. C) Coniferous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deciduous. 13. Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource? A) Plastic. B) Timber. C) Sunlight. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastic. 14. What happens if a population grows past its carrying capacity? A) The population keeps growing. B) The population starts to die off. C) The entire species will go extinct. D) The carrying capacity just increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The population starts to die off. 15. Bonus:Who wrote, The Ecology Song from the Station:Listen To It!? A) Joni Mitchell. B) Michael Jackson. C) Marvin Gaye. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marvin Gaye. 16. Which results from the unequal heating of the ocean water of Earth? A) A constant sea level. B) Changes in tidal patterns. C) Unchanging climate for all regions on Earth. D) Changes in ocean current patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changes in ocean current patterns. 17. Which type of plate boundary is associated with volcanic activity? A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Transform plate boundary. C) Convergent plate boundary. D) Subduction zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent plate boundary. 18. As water is changing from a solid to a liquid to a gas, is the substance gaining energy or losing energy? A) Gaining. B) Losing. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gaining. 19. Cool, rigid layer that includes the crust & upper mantle A) Geosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Athensosphere. D) Paleosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 20. What is the source of all energy in the ecosystem? A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. ← 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