This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What causes ocean tides? A) The shape of the Earth. B) The gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun. C) The spin of the Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun. 2. What is NOT a natural cause for global climate change? A) Tectonic plate movement. B) Increase in elevation. C) Methane hydrates. D) Volcanic eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase in elevation. 3. Factor in an experiment that is tested or changed. A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control group. D) Experimental group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 4. A society that uses plows and draft animals in growing food A) Agricultural. B) Pastoral. C) Horticulutral. D) Hunting and gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural. 5. The use of synthetic fertilizers can increase crop yield, but also A) Destroy nitrifying bacteria in the soil. B) Increase nutrient runoff into nearby surface waters. C) Slow the release of organic nutrients from compost. D) Increase fish populations in nearby streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase nutrient runoff into nearby surface waters. 6. Some organisms are more likely to survive because they A) Have certain physical traits. B) Lack of certain physical traits. C) Have certain behaviors. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. International agreement to protect endangered species A) The Montreal Protocol. B) CITES. C) Endangered Species Act. D) CERCLA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CITES. 8. Salinity A) Percentage of salt in water. B) Percentage of water in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Percentage of salt in water. 9. What is the purpose of wind turbines? A) Capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. B) Generate wind energy. C) Reduce emissions from internal combustion engines. D) Purify water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generate wind energy. 10. In which ocean zones do crabs, mussels, anemone, barnacles, and sea stars live? A) Neritic. B) Intertidal. C) Open ocean. D) Aphotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intertidal. 11. Plants giving off moisture and releasing water into the air A) Precipitation. B) Evaporation. C) Transpiration. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 12. The sun is the main source of energy that fuels the water cycle. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. How can you make the equation for photosynthesis and respiraton represent eache other? A) Remove the glucose. B) Have the arrow pointing in both directions. C) Exchange positions with water and oxygen. D) Exchange positions with oxygen and carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have the arrow pointing in both directions. 14. Source of pollution that can be traced to back to a single source. A) Runoff. B) Sediment. C) Point source pollution. D) Nonpoint source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point source pollution. 15. What formula can you use to determine the volume of a regularly shaped object? A) LxWxH. B) WxH. C) L / WxH. D) H / W. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LxWxH. 16. Which trophic level would be able to feed the most people? A) Producers. B) Primary consumers. C) Secondary consumers. D) Tertiary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 17. Which was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution? A) Increased population. B) Loss of natural environment. C) Increase in the quality of living. D) Overhunting of large mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overhunting of large mammals. 18. The type of plankton that produces most of the food in an aquatic ecosystem is called A) Nekton. B) Benthos. C) Phytoplankton. D) Zooplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phytoplankton. 19. Climate is a (an) ..... factor in an ecosystem. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Biological. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 20. Which two biomes are the most similar with regard to rainfall? A) Tundra and desert. B) Tropical rainforest and savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tundra and desert. ← 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