This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 238 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 238 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An ecosystem is made up of biotic and abiotic factors. Biotic factors are known as ..... organisms. A) Dead. B) Living. C) Nonliving. D) Microscopic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living. 2. ..... is the clearing of forests on a massive scale. A) Delimbing. B) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 3. Which of the following name is given for gentle wind? A) Rain. B) Strom. C) Breeze. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breeze. 4. Which one of the following is a good eating habit? A) Eating slowly. B) Eating different kinds of vegetables. C) Eating meals at regular intervals. D) All the above. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 5. What role do land resources play in the environment and organisms? A) Is the living environment of humans and creatures. B) Regulating water sources. C) Receiving and decomposing waste. D) All 3 answers above are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All 3 answers above are correct. 6. Bottom-dwelling organisms A) Temperature. B) Benthos. C) Nekton. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benthos. 7. Science can change and is a continually ongoing process. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which method of harvesting trees is the cheapest way? A) Clear cutting. B) Seed-Tree. C) Shelterwood. D) Selection System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear cutting. 9. We can not totally prove an idea or hypothesis. A) True. B) False. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which soil layer contains the nutrients that we need for growing food? A) O. B) A. C) E. D) B. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 11. Which processes help to cycle carbon through ecosystems? A) Cellular respiration and photosynthesis. B) Photosynthesis and transpiration. C) Transpiration and the calvin cycle. D) Calvin cycle and krebs cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cellular respiration and photosynthesis. 12. A vegetarian diet has a smaller ecological footprint. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The total quantity of dissolved salts in the ocean A) Salinity. B) Radiation. C) Tributaries. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salinity. 14. Overlapping food chains A) Food cycle. B) Food network. C) Food system. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food web. 15. The basic unit of matter is A) An element. B) An atom. C) A molecule. D) A macromolecule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An atom. 16. Hector used a conversion table to make calculations in a study of ocean evaporation relative to illuminance (light intensity). What was the table for? A) To convert English measurements into metric ones. B) To work out details such as what equipment to use. C) To find locations for his study. D) To convert scientific terms such as evaporation and illuminance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convert English measurements into metric ones. 17. A tide is the periodic rise and fall of the surface of the ocean. Several factors combine to cause the tides. Which has the greatest effect on the height of a tide? A) The revolution of Earth around the Sun. B) The gravitational pull of the Moon. C) The gravitational pull of the Sun. D) The tilt of Earth on its axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gravitational pull of the Moon. 18. Ribcage protect which parts A) Chest and Liver. B) Chest and Abdomen. C) Chest and Intestine. D) Chest and Limbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chest and Abdomen. 19. Vegetation absorbs ....., and this can buffer some of the effects of global warming. A) Phosphorus. B) Magnesium. C) Hydrogen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 20. Sunlight, temperature and humidity would be classified as A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Habitat. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. ← 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