This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 261 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 261 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... :form of culling in which less valuable trees of poor quality are harvested. A) Intermediate cutting. B) Improvement cutting. C) Pulpwood cuts. D) Salvage cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improvement cutting. 2. Organisms that break down dead organisms A) Swamp. B) Benthic zone. C) Dams. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 3. Logging of only certain mature trees A) Healthy Forest Initiative. B) Selective Cutting. C) Slash and Burn. D) Clear-Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective Cutting. 4. The living factors of an ecosystem are: A) Bionic Factors. B) Abiotic Factors. C) Biotic Factors. D) Abionic Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic Factors. 5. The unique role a species plays in its environment is its ..... A) Community. B) Abiotic factor. C) Niche. D) Trophic level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 6. The energy source that can provide the greatest amount of electricity generation in the United States due to its abundance is A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Nuclear. D) Hydroelectric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 7. Unicellular organisms that live in swamps and produce methane gas are A) Protists. B) Archaea. C) Fungi. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaea. 8. This transports the materials elsewhere A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Erosion. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 9. When irrigation water evaporates, salts are left behind on the soil surface and can cause plant death or lead to A) Soil salinization. B) Desertification. C) Waterlogging. D) Monocropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil salinization. 10. The executive branch of the United States government includes ..... A) The House of Representatives. B) Agencies that monitor the enforcement of laws. C) The Senate. D) The Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agencies that monitor the enforcement of laws. 11. Which of the following is not an endangered species? A) Asiatic lion. B) Dodo. C) Bengal tiger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dodo. 12. Biome occurring in semi-arid interiors of continents; examples are the prairies of North America, the Steppes of Russia and Ukraine, and the pampas of South America. A) Temperate grassland. B) Savannah. C) Taiga. D) Boreal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperate grassland. 13. Developing countries have rapid population growth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The final steps of the experimental method are A) Repeating experiments and communicating results. B) Performing experiment and drawing conclusiions. C) Analyzing data. D) Hypothesizing and predicting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeating experiments and communicating results. 15. La Niña is characterized by ..... of the Western Pacific Ocean. A) A warming. B) A cooling. C) Average temperatures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cooling. 16. What is habitat fragmentation? A) Separation of trees in the forest. B) Separation of species due to human involvement. C) Two CVS at the same intersection. D) Separation of wilderness areas from other wilderness area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separation of wilderness areas from other wilderness area. 17. Virginia is? A) Polar. B) Temperate. C) Tropical. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate. 18. Making fresh water from salt water A) Salinization. B) Desalination. C) Reservoir. D) Xeriscaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desalination. 19. Which gas is responsible for global warming? A) Carbon monoxide. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Nitrous oxide. D) Sulfur dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 20. Why is environmental science considered interdisciplinary? A) It includes concepts from multiple fields of study. B) It focuses only on the natural environment. C) It is unrelated to other scientific disciplines. D) It is a combination of art and science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It includes concepts from multiple fields of study. ← 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