This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 277 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 277 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... are specific statements about what we would expect to observe if the hypothesis is true. A) Prediction. B) Variable. C) Observation. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prediction. 2. What were the two major disasters that occurred in the mid-20th century? A) Donora Fouride fog and London Smog. B) Hurricane Katrina and Hurrican Harvey. C) Tornado of 1915. D) Corona Virus pandemic and Spanish Flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donora Fouride fog and London Smog. 3. Which of the following is the simplest level of organization? A) Species. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 4. An atmospheric gas that increases when fossil fuels are burned off. A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 5. The discovery of fossilized coral reefs on land is evidence that A) Salt water changes coral into fossils. B) The reefs formed in a freshwater lake. C) The sea level has changed over time. D) Coral reefs can form on dry land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sea level has changed over time. 6. Water scarcity that is the result of inadequate natural water resources to supply a region's demand A) Economic water scarcity. B) Physical water scarcity. C) Water stress. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical water scarcity. 7. Match The Definition:Activities that prevent the amount of pollution made by people. It can be done through consumer consumption, driving, or industrial production. A) Watershed. B) Pollution prevention. C) Hybrid vehicle. D) Nonpoint source. E) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution prevention. 8. Cutting down a forest, only considering the monetary gain or loss, but not the value of the forest as a whole is an example of A) Non-market value. B) Market failure. C) Selfishness. D) Environmental policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market failure. 9. Which layer of soil has only a little bit of humus? A) Topsoil. B) Subsoil. C) Bedrock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsoil. 10. When is the Antarctic ozone hole largest? A) Early spring. B) Late summer. C) Mid-summer. D) Late fall. E) Early winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Early spring. 11. We have an unlimited supply of water on earth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. ..... any part of a system that interacts to help the system carry out specific functions. A) Input. B) Boundary. C) Component. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Component. 13. A large tree forest is an example of ..... A) A small community. B) A abiotic community. C) A climax community. D) A pioneer species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A climax community. 14. ..... water is salty A) Ocean. B) River. C) Lake. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean. 15. The variety of genes, species, ecosystems and ecosystem processes A) Biodiversity. B) Species evenness. C) Species richness. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 16. Demography is the scientific study of A) Parasitism and disease. B) Modernized countries. C) Human populations. D) None of these tagsSEV5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human populations. 17. What is symbiosis within an ecosystem? A) An interaction between organisms in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another. B) The capturing of prey as a means to maintain life. C) It is a similar relationship of mutual interdependence. D) The function of an organism within an ecological community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a similar relationship of mutual interdependence. 18. Group of different populations that live in the same area A) Community. B) Population. C) Autotroph. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 19. Waves dropping sand on the beach A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition. 20. Which of the following issues is the cause of the other environmental impacts caused by humans? A) Pollution. B) Human population growth. C) Climate change. D) Habitat destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human population growth. ← 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