This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 221 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 221 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Acid precipitation can be traced back to A) The burning of fossil fuels. B) The use of electrostatic precipitators. C) Thermal inversions. D) The release of particulate matter into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The burning of fossil fuels. 2. How do food webs represent the flow of energy in the model? A) Food web models represent energy flow using arrows. B) Food web models represent energy flow by separating predator and prey. C) Food web models represent energy flow through chemical reaction equations. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food web models represent energy flow using arrows. 3. Why do mountains become lower in a long term? A) They need more air. B) It is caused by weathering. C) They want black soil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is caused by weathering. 4. During Kind Edward I's reign, why did he impose a death penalty? A) Driving vehicles. B) Using gasoline. C) Burning coal. D) Making fires. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning coal. 5. Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are ..... A) Nonliving. B) Living. C) Populations. D) Vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonliving. 6. What causes geologic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the creation of mountains? A) Lithospheric plate movement. B) Ocean tides. C) Position of the planets. D) Atmospheric pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithospheric plate movement. 7. I decided to see if feeding my fish dead insects would speed up their growth. I had 20 guppies so I put 10 in one aquarium and 10 in the other. One tank was fed the normal fish food. The other tank got the dead insects. What are the fish that got the dead insects? A) Experimental group. B) Control group. C) Data. D) Dependent variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experimental group. 8. The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem A) Biodiversity. B) Ecosystem. C) Mutations. D) Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 9. Which of the following is not a type of fossil fuel? A) Coal. B) Light. C) Petroleum. D) Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 10. What does domestic mean? A) Housekeeping skills. B) Relating to work life. C) Relating to home life. D) Relating to school life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relating to home life. 11. What step in the water cycle occurs when a water turns into water vapor? A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Evaporation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 12. A consumer that can eat both plants and animals. A) Herbivores. B) Carnivores. C) Autotrophs. D) Omnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omnivores. 13. Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity? A) Loose clothing. B) Dangling jewelry. C) Sandals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. The ideal level for ammonia in an aquaponics system is ..... A) 0 ppm-0.25 ppm. B) 4-5 ppm. C) 0.50-1.0 ppm. D) 1.0-2.0 ppm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0 ppm-0.25 ppm. 15. An underground system that contains groundwater is called an ..... A) Groundwater. B) River system. C) Aquifer. D) Recharge zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifer. 16. Ocean waves crash on a large rock wearing away its jagged edges. The ..... is interacting with the ..... A) Hydrosphere; geosphere. B) Hydrosphere; biosphere. C) Atmosphere; geosphere. D) Atmosphere, hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere; geosphere. 17. What is a climate proxy? A) A record of past climate. B) A substitute for climate. C) A predictor of future climate. D) A preserved physical characteristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A record of past climate. 18. Why are deserts in the South West? A) Jet stream drives wet air upwards because the rockies block out moisture from going further East. B) The jet stream randomly flows north taking moisture with it. C) No convections occur in the desert. D) There are upward convections driving the jet stream north. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jet stream drives wet air upwards because the rockies block out moisture from going further East. 19. Read the statement below and answer if it is a positive or negative feedback loop?As Earth warms, upper layers of permafrost melt, producing waterlogged soil above frozen ground:* Methane gas is released in an toxic environment * Greenhouse effect is enhanced * Earth warms, melting more permafrost A) Positive feedback loop. B) Negative feedback loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive feedback loop. 20. Which of the following definitions best describes adaptation? A) The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its specific environment. B) An inherited characteristic of an organism which makes that organism better suited to its environment. C) A fact or situation that occurs in nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An inherited characteristic of an organism which makes that organism better suited to its 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