This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 197 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 197 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many grams are in a kilogram? A) 1. B) 100. C) 1000. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1000. 2. A group of bunnies living in the forest is an example of a ..... A) Population. B) Ecosystem. C) Individual. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 3. Fertilizers are classified as which kind of water pollutant? A) Organic chemicals. B) Inorganic chemicals. C) Heavy metals. D) Physical agents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organic chemicals. 4. Conflict between short-term interests of individuals and long-term welfare of society A) Supply and demand. B) "The Tragedy of the Commons". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The Tragedy of the Commons". 5. Declining number and variety of the species in an area A) Loss of biodiversity. B) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loss of biodiversity. 6. Rising sea levels are a result of A) Increased amount of precipitation. B) Melting ice only. C) Increased carbon dioxide levels in water. D) Melting ice and expansion of heated water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melting ice and expansion of heated water. 7. Which process uses carbon dioxideand water to produce sugars? A) Cellular Respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Chemosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 8. What is the lowest level of the forest? A) Upper Canopy. B) Understory. C) Forest Floor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest Floor. 9. ..... are animals that live on the ocean bottom, attached or not. A) Palegic. B) Benthic. C) Reef. D) Coral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benthic. 10. Regions that have distinctive climates and organisms and that contain many separate but similar ecosystems. A) Temperate Forest. B) Desert. C) Biome. D) Chaperal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biome. 11. Finite A) A Resource that is limited. B) A Resource that is not limited. C) A Resource that is gone. D) A Resource that is unlimited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Resource that is limited. 12. A mineral's shape is determined by the arrangement of its particles known as ..... A) Crystals. B) Minerals. C) Atoms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atoms. 13. Who is hired by private landowners and companies to estimate tree volume on a tract of land? A) Forester. B) Timber Cruiser. C) Logging Foreman. D) Skidder Operator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timber Cruiser. 14. More doctors A) More developed. B) Less developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More developed. 15. Populations of different organisms living in an area A) Species. B) Community. C) Niche. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 16. Which rock type can be made into a metamorphic rock? A) Igneous rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Metamorphic rock. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. Which of the following describes developing countries? A) Higher incomes, rapid population growth, simple industrial economies, and stronger social support. B) Lower average incomes, diverse agriculture-based communities, and slow population growth. C) Higher incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, and stronger social support. D) Lower average incomes, simple agriculture-based communities, and rapid population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower average incomes, simple agriculture-based communities, and rapid population growth. 18. Commercial jet aircraft run on aviation fuel. Name the raw material from which aviation fuel is produced. A) Cruise Oil. B) Crude Oil. C) Cruise Gas. D) Crude Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crude Oil. 19. What is a Non-Point source Pollution? A) Soil from farms. B) Acid rain. C) Damaged Sewer Pipe or system. D) Salts from irrigation of farm fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil from farms. 20. Ecological Economics..... A) Uses the Earth's systems as a model which include complex relationships among living and non-living things. B) An emerging field of economics that suggests economies do not grow or shrink, but instead they are stable and sustainable-like the Earth's systems. C) Applies the principals of Earth's Systems to economics. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. ← 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