This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 225 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 225 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where would an ecologist be least likely to go to study primary succession? A) A new island formed by a volcanic eruption. B) A gravel-filled valley that had been covered by a glacier until recently. C) A locked, abandoned asphalt parking lot in New York City. D) The Amazon Rain Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Amazon Rain Forest. 2. Scientists say that ..... may cause the earth's temperature to rise by 3 degrees. A) Global warming. B) Global heating. C) World warming. D) World heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 3. How are people living near the coast impacted by global warming? A) Flooding. B) Snow. C) Fire. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flooding. 4. What do plants use sunlight for? A) Autotroph. B) Producer. C) Heterotroph. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 5. Before mining a site, a mining company must do all of the following except A) Obtain permits from state agencies. B) Comply with federal regulations. C) Obtain bonding. D) Cut into a section of the longwall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cut into a section of the longwall. 6. Everything around us A) Pollution. B) Agriculture. C) Environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 7. Found on high and rough mountainous regions, are essentially protection forest; rainfall and humidity are high A) Pine forest. B) Midmountain and mossy type. C) Mangrove forest. D) Molave forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midmountain and mossy type. 8. Identify which sphere is DIRECTLY affected:An increase in tropical storms which causes beach shore line erosion. A) Hydrosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geosphere. 9. ..... are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Dead animals. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 10. How would you write-5.6 x 10-3 in standard form? A) 0.0056. B) -5, 600. C) 0.00056. D) -0.0056. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -0.0056. 11. In what year was the 1st Earth Summit? A) 1990. B) 1992. C) 1996. D) 2001 tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1992. 12. No social classes A) Hunting and gathering. B) Agricultural. C) Pastoral. D) Horticultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunting and gathering. 13. A species that maintains biodiversity by keeping prey populations controlled are called ..... A) Introduced Species. B) Pioneer Species. C) Invasive Species. D) Keystone Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keystone Species. 14. These are natural differences within a species. A) Evolution. B) Genetic variation. C) Biological diversity. D) Populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic variation. 15. Cacti are the main plant associated with this biome A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Taiga. D) Grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 16. Magma erupts out of Earth as: A) Plasma. B) Water. C) Lava. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lava. 17. The process by which one population evolves into two or more different species A) Paleontologist. B) Speciation. C) Descendant species. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speciation. 18. How do CFCs affect ozone production? A) UV radiation frees a chlorine atom, which breaks down ozone. B) Infrared radiation frees a chlorine atom, which breaks down ozone. C) UV radiation frees a fluorine atom, which breaks down ozone. D) Infrared radiation frees a chlorine atom, which breaks down ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UV radiation frees a chlorine atom, which breaks down ozone. 19. Conifers have needles and enclose their seeds in A) Cones. B) Pods. C) Sacks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cones. 20. Substances that have only one kind of atom are called: A) Elements. B) Nitrogen. C) Electrons. D) Nucleus tagsProperties of Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elements. ← 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