This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 236 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 236 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do we call the data represented in the form of pictures? A) Pictograph. B) Histogram. C) Frequency Table. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pictograph. 2. The role an organism plays in an environment A) Habitat. B) Predator/Prey Relationship. C) Niche. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 3. Environmental Science is only concerned with pollution or the air, land and sea? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. There are lots of ..... in a rainforest. A) Seas. B) Beaches. C) Trees. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees. 5. Forest fires produce large amounts of smoke resulting in similar effects to climate as which other natural event? A) The boy. B) Ice ages. C) Volcanism. D) Continental drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanism. 6. Leaves contain ....., which gives them the green colour. A) Chlorophyll. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chlorophyll. 7. What is the main cause of loss of biodiversity? A) Human influences. B) Natural disasters. C) Climate change. D) Overpopulation of certain species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human influences. 8. Process in which bacteria convert nitrogen gas into a form that can be used by other living things is called A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Ammonification. C) Nitrification. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen fixation. 9. This micronutrient is needed only in small amounts because it transports oxygen in the blood in animals and is necessary for photosynthesis in plants A) Potassium. B) Iron. C) Calcium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron. 10. Twisted pentacme A) White lauan. B) Red lauan. C) Select. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White lauan. 11. The study of chemicals and their interactions A) Social sciences. B) Biology. C) Chemistry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemistry. 12. Name this biome A) Deciduous Forest. B) Desert. C) Chaparral. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chaparral. 13. What is the purpose of catalytic converters? A) To reduce NOx emissions from exhaust systems. B) To remove sulfur from fuels before burning. C) To eliminate SO2 from industrial chimney emissions. D) To reduce VOC emissions from certain liquids and gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reduce NOx emissions from exhaust systems. 14. The product is tropospheric ozone A) VOCS. B) Secondary Pollutants. C) Stratosphere. D) Photochemical Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photochemical Smog. 15. Where did the Dust Bowl take place? A) Central California. B) The East Coast. C) The Great Plains. D) The Great Lakes region. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Plains. 16. Which of these would have the greater amount of humus? A) Topsoil. B) Subsoil. C) Bedrock. D) The horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topsoil. 17. Falling leaves in the deciduous forest produce thick, rich soil called A) Humus. B) Puss. C) Peat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humus. 18. What organism consumes both plants and animals? A) Herbivores. B) Omnivores. C) Autotrophs. D) Chemotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivores. 19. If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should A) Figure it out as you do the lab. B) Ask the instructor before proceeding. C) Try several methods until something works. D) Skip it and go on to the next part. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ask the instructor before proceeding. 20. The situation of a community exploiting a good or natural resource that everyone shares in equally, is referred to as a/an A) Tragedy of life. B) Over exploitation of a natural resource. C) Tragedy of the commons. D) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy of the commons. ← 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