This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 201 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 201 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which forest ecosystem has all four seasons? A) Taiga (Coniferous Forest). B) Deciduous Forest. C) Rainforest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous Forest. 2. Which term describes the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure? A) Convection. B) Current. C) Wind. D) Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 3. Which biome has the lowest biodiversity on Earth? A) Tropical rainforest biome. B) Ocean biome. C) Grassland biome. D) Desert biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert biome. 4. Habitat fragmentation is caused by ..... factors A) Natural. B) Anthropic. C) Natural and anthropic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural and anthropic. 5. What is found in the cell membrane that acts as passage ways for materials to enter the cell? A) Carbohydrates. B) Proteins. C) Lipids. D) Nucleic acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proteins. 6. Examples of nondegradable pollutants: A) Mercury, lead, some types of plastics. B) Human sewage and food waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury, lead, some types of plastics. 7. Closed system A) Matter cannot enter or leave. B) Matter does not exist. C) Matter can enter or leave. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matter cannot enter or leave. 8. True or False:All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Which of the following are considered lower plants? A) Grasses. B) Grape vines. C) Algae. D) Ferns and mosses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ferns and mosses. 10. The water cycle has A) A beginning and an end. B) No beginning and no end. C) Only a beginning. D) Only an end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No beginning and no end. 11. Coal is formed when A) Sediments cover dead marine organisms, heat converts them into complex carbon molecules. B) Deposits of methane are subjected to high pressure until they condense into crystals. C) Swamplands are buried by sediment. The added weight creates heat and pressure that converts the plants to coal. D) Organic remains get trapped in nonporous rock and merge into large bodies of complex, energy-rich carbon molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamplands are buried by sediment. The added weight creates heat and pressure that converts the plants to coal. 12. One prediction regarding a possible sixth mass extinction is that ..... A) It will wipe out up to half of Earth's plant and animal species. B) It will require much less recovery time than previous mass extinctions. C) Biodiversity hotspots will be the areas that are least affected. D) It should be offset by a slowdown in human population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will wipe out up to half of Earth's plant and animal species. 13. Sprawling development has lead to ..... obesity and high blood pressure. A) Decreased. B) Increased. C) Little. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased. 14. Nuclear fusion promises to be a virtually limitless supply of energy. However at present, it is not used to produce any electricity at all, because: A) Environmental sentiment has put nuclear power into disfavor. B) Scarcity of appropriate fuel. C) Current technology is insufficient. D) There are no safe sites to store the highly toxic waste produced by fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current technology is insufficient. 15. What is renewable energy? A) Sources of energy that will take years to deplete. B) Sources of energy that humans can manufacture. C) Sources of energy that are constantly being formed. D) Sources of energy that were once living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sources of energy that are constantly being formed. 16. Any species that is likely to become endangered if it is not protected A) Keystone species. B) Exotic species. C) Extinct species. D) Endangered species. E) Threatened species. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Threatened species. 17. The Earth's coldest and harshest biome is the ..... ? A) Tropical rainforest. B) Taiga. C) Temperate forest. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tundra. 18. We should not love and obey my parents. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Water can dissolve most anything-it is considered to be the universal A) Adhesion. B) Solvent. C) Cohesion. D) Specific heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solvent. 20. What is the portion of surface runoff that we can generally count on as a stable source of freshwater? A) Surface water. B) Drainage basin. C) Reliable runoff. D) Watershed. E) Precipitation. 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