This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 227 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 227 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All living and nonliving things in nature A) Biodiversity. B) Built environment. C) Natural environment. D) Sustainable society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural environment. 2. What process converts nitrogen gas into a biologically useful (fixed) form? A) Respiration. B) Assimilation. C) Denitrification. D) Nitrogen fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen fixation. 3. Moving up the energy pyramid, if 7000 kcal are available at the bottom, how much energy is available at the next level up? A) 70 kcal. B) 700 kcal. C) 7000 kcal. D) 7 kcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 700 kcal. 4. The way a species make its living A) Natural selection. B) Adaptation. C) Niche. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 5. People who live in deserts are called A) Bungalows. B) Flat. C) Pucca house. D) Tent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tent. 6. What was the Agricultural Revolution? A) People stopped hunting and gathering and began planting crops. B) A new type of corn was developed. C) People began inventing tools. D) They invented fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People stopped hunting and gathering and began planting crops. 7. Adaptations of desert animals that help them survive in the hot, dry desert often include A) Searching for water at middaay. B) Thin skin that readily absorbs water. C) Large, bulky size to retain body heat on cold nights. D) Searching for food at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Searching for food at night. 8. Environment is derived from French word Environner. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Bhopal gas tragedy occurs in which year? A) 1982. B) 1983. C) 1984. D) 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1984. 10. A forest ecosystem can support a limited number of bears. This is because A) Limited resources and food availability. B) Excessive resources and food availability. C) Lack of predators. D) Overpopulation of bears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limited resources and food availability. 11. Nuclear energy uses ..... to turn turbines to power a generator. A) Wind. B) Water. C) Steam. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steam. 12. The main factor/s that determines what type of plants grow in a biome is A) Temperature. B) Altitude. C) Precipitation. D) Both temperature and precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both temperature and precipitation. 13. Which of the following is not a greenhouse effect? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Methane. C) Nitrogen. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 14. The final steps of the experimental method in their usual order are A) Draw conclusions-analyze data-repeat experiment. B) Draw conclusions-repeat experiment-communicate results. C) Observe-hypothesize-draw conclusions. D) Repeat experiment-communicate results-draw conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Draw conclusions-repeat experiment-communicate results. 15. The lithosphere/geosphere refers to which of the following? A) All of the rock on the Earth. B) All of the rocks in the Earth. C) All of the rocks around the Earth. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 16. Gives value to all living things equally. A) Anthropocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Biocentrism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biocentrism. 17. Environmental science encompasses many different fields of study it is said to be ..... science A) Ecological. B) Social. C) Interdisciplinary. D) Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interdisciplinary. 18. Which of the following are examples of natural sources of air pollution? A) Volcanoes. B) Fires. C) Cows. D) All of these are examples of natural sources of air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are examples of natural sources of air pollution. 19. Which of the following is a atmospheric nitrogen? A) Type. B) Storm. C) Na. D) Nah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Na. 20. Topographic maps represent ..... A) Elevation above sea level. B) Elevation below sea level. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elevation above sea level. ← 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