This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 262 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 262 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A deer browsing (eating) on a shrub is an example of A) Predation. B) Parasitism. C) Herbivory. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivory. 2. How much of Earth is made up of water? A) 33%. B) 71%. C) 75%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 71%. 3. In nature two species rarely occupy the same niche. If a new species is introduced to an an ecosystem, what will occur between the new species and the native species? A) Predation. B) Division of prey. C) Competition. D) Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 4. Two threats to ocean ecosystems are A) Nutrient runoff and industrial waste. B) Overfishing and entanglement of marine mammals in trawl nets. C) Sewage and algal blooms. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. An ecological footprint considers A) Per capita resource use of a nation. B) How much an individual consumes in terms of land area. C) Average yearly consumption of resources. D) Resources that an entire nation consumes in and average year. E) The ratio of resources consumed in developed nations to less developed nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How much an individual consumes in terms of land area. 6. The atmosphere is A) The layer in which weather occurs. B) The layer that contains the ozone layer. C) The layer of water in the oceans. D) The layer of gases that surround Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The layer of gases that surround Earth. 7. Entire area of land that is drained by a river A) Aquifer. B) Watershed. C) Ocean. D) Inlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed. 8. Which of the following factors contributed to sprawl in the United States? A) More affordable automobiles. B) Improved roads. C) Less expensive land. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 9. What type of respiration does not require oxygen? A) Aerobic. B) Anaerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaerobic. 10. A material or energy that is replenished (returns) in a short period of time. Example:water, solar, wind A) Greenhouse effect. B) Natural resource. C) Renewable resource. D) Non-renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable resource. 11. Which layer of the atmosphere is where auroras occur? A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 12. When a predator's prey dies off, what usually happens to the predator? A) The migrate to some other place or starve and die. B) Their population goes up. C) The population stays the same. D) They all die no matter what. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The migrate to some other place or starve and die. 13. Several factors affect climate, ..... determines the amount of solar energy received, and the prevailing wind belts. A) Longitude. B) Elevation. C) Latitude. D) Topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latitude. 14. What is energy? A) Moving energy. B) Stored energy. C) Renewable energy. D) The ability to do work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ability to do work. 15. Which of the following is an example of a solution to the tragedy of the commons? A) Improving literacy among urban populations. B) Raising tax rates for large corporations. C) Inventing stronger antibiotics. D) Passing a law to set limits for fishermen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passing a law to set limits for fishermen. 16. Ammonification is the process by which decomposers convert wastes and dead organisms into ..... A) AmmoniumNH4+. B) NitrateNO3-. C) NitriteNO2-. D) Nitrogen gasN2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AmmoniumNH4+. 17. A mountain built from magma A) Volcano. B) Radiation. C) Surface currents. D) Fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcano. 18. What might happen to the human population when it reaches its carrying capacity? A) Everyone will die off immediately. B) Humans will stop having kids responsibly. C) People will start starving and fighting for the limited resources. D) The population will continue to go up unimpeded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People will start starving and fighting for the limited resources. 19. It separates the troposphere from the stratosphere A) Cream cheese. B) Exosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Tropopause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropopause. 20. A species that is at serious risk of extinction is called a(n) A) Threatened species. B) Invasive species. C) Endangered species. D) None of above. 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