This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 199 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 199 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A species could go extinct if: A) Food becomes more plentiful. B) Members of the species have adaptations to enhance survival. C) The environment changes drastically and no one can adapt. D) There is less competition for resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The environment changes drastically and no one can adapt. 2. Which of the following pairs of organisms belong to the same population? A) A dog and a cat. B) A marigold and a geranium. C) A human mother and her child. D) A spider and a cockroach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A human mother and her child. 3. Organisms can adapt to A) Their physical surroundings. B) Other organisms. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Neither (a) nor (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 4. Car manufacturers have begun to explore the useof biofuels, such as biodiesel, ethanol, and cookingoils made from plant material. The desiredoutcome of using these biofuels would be ..... A) A decrease in the use of fossil fuels. B) A decrease in the release of oxygen gas. C) An increase in abiotic resources. D) An increase in global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A decrease in the use of fossil fuels. 5. Soil, fresh water, wild animals, and timber are examples of A) Renewable resources. B) Inexhaustible resources. C) Nonrenewable resources. D) Forest resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resources. 6. Which time period in human history occurred after the others listed below? A) Hunter-gatherer. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Post-Industrial Revolution. D) Agricultural Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Post-Industrial Revolution. 7. How are trees beneficial to the air? A) Shelters many different species. B) They act as a line of defense against floods and landslides. C) Protects skin from the sun. D) They act as natural air filters by absorbing pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They act as natural air filters by absorbing pollutants. 8. Which of the following is NOT a type of economy? A) Centrally planned economy. B) Free market economy. C) Equilibrium economy. D) Mixed economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equilibrium economy. 9. A phenomenon in which a layer of cooler air is trapped under a layer of warmer air above a city is called: A) Climate change. B) Global warming. C) Temperature (thermal) fluctuation. D) Temperature (thermal) inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature (thermal) inversion. 10. Which of the following is not one of the parts that scientists have divided the Earth system into? A) Ethosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethosphere. 11. The lungs help us to ..... A) Play. B) Breathe. C) Run. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breathe. 12. Why are we researching new fuel sources? A) So we can use more nonrenewable resources. B) So we can make more money. C) So we can use less nonrenewable resources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So we can use less nonrenewable resources. 13. Which of the following is NOT a resource that human need to conserve? A) Fresh water. B) Trees (Rainforest). C) Fossil fuels. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light. 14. Number of births each year per 1, 000 people A) Birth rate. B) Population growth. C) Population density. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rate. 15. Which of the following is a symptom if you were to break your leg? A) Inflammation. B) Hot to the touch. C) Possible bruising. D) In extreme cases-bone may protrude through the skin. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 16. Afforestation is necessary for A) Soil conservation. B) Soil erosion. C) Low humidity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil conservation. 17. Which of the following processes within the water cycle is responsible for changingwater from a liquid to a gas? A) Precipitation. B) Surface runoff. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 18. What effect does the earth's rotation have on surface currents? A) It causes clockwise motion in the northern hemisphere, and counterclockwise motion in the southern hemisphere. B) It causes counterclockwise motion in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. C) It causes north-south movement in the northern hemisphere, and south-north movement in the southern hemisphere. D) It causes south-north movement in the northern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It causes clockwise motion in the northern hemisphere, and counterclockwise motion in the southern hemisphere. 19. The Earth's ..... is a thin layer of relatively cool rock that forms Earth's outer "skin" both on dry land and in the ocean. A) Geosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Crust. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust. 20. According to the Millenium Assessment Report of 2005, ..... % of Ecosystem services are either degraded or overexploited. A) 50. B) 60. C) 70. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60. ← 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