This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 192 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 192 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Suckerfish attach themselves to the side of a shark's body, traveling with the shark and feeding on the leftovers of the shark's prey. The shark is neither helped nor harmed.What type of symbiotic relationship describes the interaction between the suckerfish and the shark? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 2. The coniferous forest has many lakes and ponds. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Which mining method most likely destroys habitats? A) Subsurface mining. B) Strip mining. C) Solution mining. D) Placer mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strip mining. 4. The purpose of graphs, charts and tables is to A) Help scientists visualize results from an experiment. B) Make the experiment look nice. C) Practice what I learned in Math class. D) Practice my drawing skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help scientists visualize results from an experiment. 5. Reusing and recycling glass, plastic, paper and other products help to reduce waste and pollution, and conserve natural resources. A) Preserve. B) Reserve. C) Converse. D) Reverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preserve. 6. What is competition? A) Organisms sharing resources. B) Organisms fighting for resources. C) Organisms producing resources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organisms fighting for resources. 7. What is the relationship between a host and another species which feeds off of it, detrimental to the host. A) Predation. B) Parasitism. C) Allelopathic. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 8. Passive solar design includes all of the following except A) Large windows on the south side of the house. B) Floor and walls that will store heat in the winter. C) Overhang that blocks the sun in the summer, but allows it inside in the winter. D) Trees that block the sun for the entire year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trees that block the sun for the entire year. 9. As water moves through the water cycle, the total amount of water on Earth ..... A) Stays the same. B) Fluctuates with the seasons. C) Decreases. D) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stays the same. 10. How does nitrogen get replenished in the atmosphere from the ground? A) Nitrification. B) Denitrification. C) Nitrogen assimilation. D) Nitrogen fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denitrification. 11. Which of the following are not a physical change? A) Boiling. B) Cutting. C) Melting. D) Rotting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rotting. 12. ..... is used to send letters and parcels faster. A) Emails. B) Magazines. C) Speedpost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speedpost. 13. All mineral resources in public and private lands within the territoryand exclusive economic zone of the Republic of the Philippines areowned by the State. A) RA 8485. B) RA 7942. C) RA 6969. D) RA 8749. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RA 7942. 14. What do you call the world around you and all living and nonliving things in it? A) Population. B) Community. C) Environment. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 15. Scientists use a ..... to represent something that has too many parts, is too big, or is too small to investigate in real life. A) Cars, dolls, people. B) Model. C) Scale. D) Telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Model. 16. Used on factory stacks to remove gases and particulate. A) Filters. B) Emission reducers. C) Scrubbers. D) Filter Strips. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scrubbers. 17. Which of the following gas was leaked from the plant in Bhopal Gas Tragedy? A) Ethyl isocyanate. B) Methyl isocyanate. C) Ethyl isocyanide. D) Methyl isocyanide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methyl isocyanate. 18. The biggest threat to biodiversity is A) Habitat loss. B) Pollution. C) The pet trade. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat loss. 19. E Coli bacteria have the ability to double their number in 20 minutes. If you have a population of 9 x 1010 bacterial cells on your iced coffee straw and it takes one hour for you to drink your coffee, how many e coli bacteria are on the straw when you finish your drink? A) 2.7 x 1011. B) 27 x 1010. C) 7.2 x 1010. D) 7.2 x 1011. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7.2 x 1011. 20. Upcycling is A) Turning trash into valuable objects. B) Another name for recycling. C) Turning trash into something less valuable. D) None of the above. 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