This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 275 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 275 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following includes all of the water on or near the Earth's surface? A) Geosphere. B) Atomosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 2. Which best describes what a food chain shows you? A) Energy flow through an ecosystem. B) Food flowing through an ecosystem. C) Consumers going into other consumers. D) Who eats who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy flow through an ecosystem. 3. Which type of pollution can cause hearing loss, high blood pressure, loss of sleep and stress? A) Light. B) Air. C) Noise. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noise. 4. Organisms that only eat meat are ..... A) Omnivores. B) Carnivores. C) Herbivores. D) Food chains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivores. 5. How was Hurricane Floyd surprising to scientists? A) Beach erosion did not occur. B) Rainfall totals were unusually small for a hurricane. C) No major fish kills occurred. D) Wave heights were greater than usual for a hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No major fish kills occurred. 6. Which is not a pseudoscience? A) Chemistry. B) Healing magnets. C) Astrology. D) Homeopathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemistry. 7. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) is a chemical group largely responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. DNA and RNA are examples of which type of macromolecule? A) Carbohydrates. B) Lipids. C) Proteins. D) Nucleic Acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleic Acids. 9. The control group, or the normal group, is needed for: A) Keeping aspects of experiment constant. B) Comparison. C) Hypothesis formation. D) Application of the manipulated variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparison. 10. Non-living things that impact living things. A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Ecology. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factors. 11. A person's ecological footprint takes into account A) Land taken up by housing. B) Forest area that absorbs pollution. C) Land used for crops and grazing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. If pollution was found to be coming from the shipping yard like the image it would be considered A) Point source. B) Nonpoint source. C) Eutrophication. D) Hypoxia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point source. 13. Which step of the water cycle is responsible for the formation of clouds? A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condensation. 14. Non-biodegradable waste cannot be broken down by nature. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Who among the following is a family member? A) Friend. B) Classmate. C) Mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother. 16. Forests are important because they A) Remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. B) Provide homes to lots of cute little animals. C) Provide us with oxygen. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. An unprecedented weather event has devastated a midwestern state with historic flooding. The professional who studies the impacts that precipitation like rain and snow have on the groundwater levels and the river levels would be: A) Marine Biologist. B) Hydrologist. C) Architect. D) Waste Management Specialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrologist. 18. Turns frozen water into water vapors-skipping the melting stage A) Sublimation. B) Percolation. C) Transpiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sublimation. 19. Which of the following is NOT an ecosystem service? A) Provisioning Services. B) Cultural Services. C) Regulating Services. D) Economic Services. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economic Services. 20. The distance north or south of the equator, as measured in degrees, is called A) Magnitude. B) Altitude. C) Latitude. D) Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latitude. ← 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