This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 273 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 273 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kilo A) .01. B) .1. C) 100. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 000. 2. It ..... rains in the rainforest. A) Never. B) Often. C) Can't. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often. 3. Glaciers created depressions for lakes in the rain forest. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Responsible use of a resource, so that they are available for future generations. A) Sustainable. B) Renewable Resource. C) Non-Renewable Resource. D) Adhesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable. 5. Desert ecosystems are fragile due to A) Lack of vegetation, slow plant growth, little water. B) Cactus. C) Dry arid weather. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lack of vegetation, slow plant growth, little water. 6. City of ..... witnessed mass civil unrest in 1999 due to the issue of privatization of water. A) Curitiba. B) Cochabamba. C) Bogota. D) Cuba. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cochabamba. 7. Which among the following is not a renewable resource? A) Biofuel. B) Natural gas. C) Wind energy. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural gas. 8. Which of the following is an example of a keystone species? A) Beavers. B) Elephants. C) Kudzu vines. D) Sea otters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea otters. 9. An output of photosynthesis is A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Light. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 10. Sending and receiving information is called ..... A) Communication. B) Transport. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communication. 11. Controlling rat population, if they are killed the rats continue to expand $\rightarrow$ Role of Snakes A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. When variables cannot be manipulated. An example of this is climate change A) Manipulative. B) Natural. C) Correlation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural. 13. This tells consumers which brands are made in a process that does not harm the environment. A) Ecoconfusion. B) Ecolabeling. C) Ecobabel. D) Echolocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecolabeling. 14. How does the expansion of urban development into rural areas affect natural populations in the environment? A) Resources available to the natural populations will decrease. B) The biodiversity of the natural populations will increase. C) The amount of area available to producers will increase. D) Death rates of the natural populations will decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resources available to the natural populations will decrease. 15. What does "urban" mean? A) Relating to characteristic of a town or city. B) Relating to characteristics of a farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relating to characteristic of a town or city. 16. Why are natural resources such as fossil fuels considered to be nonrenewable? A) They replenish themselves quickly. B) They take millions of years to replace. C) They produce pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They take millions of years to replace. 17. How many stars are in our solar system A) We don't know for sure. B) One. C) Billions. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 18. The service provided by natural systems that helps stabilize environmental conditions such as climate and air quality A) Cultural services. B) Supporting services. C) Regulating services. D) Provisioning services. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulating services. 19. The two main processes that ecosystem scientists study are Energy transformations and biogeochemical cycling. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. The Law of Unintended Consequences states that A) Actions of people and governments have effects that are unanticipated. B) Everything can always be predicted ahead of time. C) Things which look good on paper work out well in reality. D) Disasters can usually be avoided with enough money and time planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actions of people and governments have effects that are unanticipated. ← 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