This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 26 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Carbon dioxide is released through ..... processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions and through ..... activities such as deforestation, land use changes, and burning fossil fuels. A) Human-natural. B) Natural-human. C) Man-made-ordinary. D) Ordinary-man-made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural-human. 2. What is the term for when adaptations occur because of survival of the fittest? A) Genetic drift. B) Migration. C) Natural selection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural selection. 3. In a forest ecosystem, the abiotic factors include ..... A) Light, temperature, and plants. B) Animals, water, and soil. C) Minerals, oxygen, and bacteria. D) Water, soil, and temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water, soil, and temperature. 4. Which of the following is an example of natural capital A) Money. B) Minerals. C) Buildings. D) Stocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minerals. 5. Wind and rain going across the surface of the Earth causes ..... A) Erosion. B) Shifting of the plates. C) Vibrations. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 6. Water resources cover what percentage of the earth's surface? A) 80. B) 70. C) 60. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70. 7. Sustainable development is A) Development is development that meets the needs of the present. B) Development is development that meets the needs of the present without while compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. C) Development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 8. Balance this chemical reaction ..... ? ..... H2O2 $\rightarrow$ ..... H2O + O2 A) I achieve /// ahhh. B) 1Heaa // Ahaaa. C) Achieve // 1H. D) Rights // ah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I achieve /// ahhh. 9. A method in which decision makers compare what will be sacrificed and gained by taking a specific action A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Cost benefit analysis. D) Ecolabeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost benefit analysis. 10. Sediments are removed and transported by water, wind, ice, or gravity in a process called ..... A) Erosion. B) Deposition. C) Clastic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 11. A wolf pack hunts, kills, and feeds on a moose. In this interaction, the wolves are A) Hosts. B) Parasites. C) Predators. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predators. 12. The great diversity of rain forest organisms has led to A) Too many communities. B) Overcrowding of herbivores. C) Species specialization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species specialization. 13. An area in the ocean where most marine organisms cannot survive A) Rangeland. B) Blue zone. C) Black zone. D) Dead zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dead zone. 14. The environment includes ..... A) The plants and animals in the natural world. B) The nonliving portion of an area. C) All of the above. D) Humans and man-made structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 15. When the wolves were returned to Yellowstone National Park they changed the way many animal and plant species exist in the park. Just one species coming back affected many species. The wolves are acting like a A) Dominant predator. B) Apex autotroph. C) Keystone species. D) Apex predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keystone species. 16. Aquatic ecosystem in which fresh water from rivers mixes with water from the ocean forming a nutrient trap. A) Coral Reef. B) Estuary. C) Littoral Zone. D) Crossing Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuary. 17. Body of water with very little nutrients A) Upwelling. B) Eutrophic Lake. C) Estuary. D) Oligotrophic Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligotrophic Lake. 18. Pollutants that can be broken down by natural processes A) Biodegradable pollutants. B) Nondegradable pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodegradable pollutants. 19. Which gas makes up the largest portion of air? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 20. Includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact A) Environmentalism. B) Environment. C) Environmental science. D) Ecology. 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