This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 214 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 214 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Most land animals are dependent on ..... for food. A) Angiosperms. B) Club mosses. C) Ferns. D) Gymnosperms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angiosperms. 2. A type of pollution found both indoors and outdoors, which includes pollen, dander, soot, carbon, and dust. A) Water droplets. B) Particulate matter. C) Allergens. D) Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Particulate matter. 3. What problems did rabbits cause on the farms and ranches in Australia? A) Digging holes causes soil erosion. B) Eating Grass and make cattle starve. C) Eating Endangered Plants. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Ensuring resources will be available for future generations A) Biodiversity. B) Time. C) Sustainability. D) Ecological footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. 5. What green plants need to produce their food A) Groundwater. B) River system. C) Phytoplankton. D) Sunlight. E) Surface zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight. 6. Define renewable resource: A) A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural process. B) Resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate that is consumed. C) The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals. D) The study of how humans interact with the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural process. 7. What is the source of most ocean pollution? A) Activities on land. B) Climate change. C) Aquatic animals. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Activities on land. 8. The weather conditions in any biome is called ..... A) Climate. B) Temperature. C) Precipitation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. 9. Most of the gases contributing to climate change are released by burning ..... to create electricity. A) Trash. B) Wood (biomass). C) Tires. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil Fuels. 10. What are the different methods used for wildlife population monitoring? A) Observing the behavior of individual animals. B) Camera trapping, radio telemetry, mark-recapture, and satellite tracking are some of the methods used for wildlife population monitoring. C) Counting the number of trees in the area. D) Measuring the temperature of the habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camera trapping, radio telemetry, mark-recapture, and satellite tracking are some of the methods used for wildlife population monitoring. 11. Bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia. A) Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria. B) Eubacteria. C) Archaebacteria. D) Nitrogen Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria. 12. The pursuit of knowledge about the workings of the environment and our interactions with it is known as ..... A) Environmentalism. B) Environmental Science. C) Environmental Justice. D) Ecological Footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Science. 13. The geosphere gives the planet the mass it needs to keep the atmosphere from escaping into space A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. A stable community that "completes" the succession process. A) Cellular Respiration. B) Carbon Cycle. C) Consumer. D) Climax Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax Community. 15. Which of Earth's spheres consists of the layers of gases surrounding our planet? A) Geosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 16. One of the easiest ways land is converted to farmland is by using what technique? A) Plow it up. B) Burn it. C) Slash-and-burn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slash-and-burn. 17. Every time you move through a food web and up the energy pyramid the biomass and energy ..... A) Decrease. B) Increase. C) Stay the same. D) Power Mr. McNealy to be more mean!!!!!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease. 18. A(n) ..... is an area in which the temperature is several degrees higher than that of the surrounding area. A) Heat island. B) Megalopolis. C) Sprawl. D) Hot spot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat island. 19. As this nutrient is stored underground for long periods of time it can turn into coal and natural gas. A) Water. B) Carbon. C) Nitrogen. D) Phosphorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon. 20. Define Carrying Capacity: A) The maximum number of species that can be supported in a given environment. B) The increase in a number of species over time. C) The quality of being mindful of our usage of natural resources, thereby supporting long-term ecological balance. D) An environmental event or obstacle that tends to stop or slow down the population size/growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The maximum number of species that can be supported in a given environment. ← 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