This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 294 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 294 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Collection and classification of data A) Value. B) Risk. C) Data. D) Experiment. E) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Statistics. 2. Trophic levels A) Show each step in the transfer of energy through an ecosystem. B) Are each level in an energy pyramid. C) Get smaller the more steps away they are from the sun. D) All of the choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the choices are correct. 3. Who provides assistance in managing forests for the private landowner as well as the commercial grower? A) Forester. B) Timber Cruiser. C) Logging Foreman. D) Skidder Operator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forester. 4. The study of life is A) Geology. B) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biology. 5. ..... The available supply of something that can be used. A) Demand. B) Supply. C) Resources. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resources. 6. An ..... has it's nourishment taken from it by a parasite. A) Host. B) Meal. C) Deer. D) Goat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Host. 7. Which profession works to eliminate invasive species of animals by utilizing safe, organic, non-hazardous pesticides in and around your environment? A) Archaeologist. B) Exterminator. C) Accountant. D) Construction Engineer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exterminator. 8. Place the layers of the earth in the correct order. A) Inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, crust, biosphere, atmosphere. B) Inner core, outer core, upper mantle, lower mantle, crust, atmosphere, biosphere. C) Outer core, inner core, lower mantle, crust, atmosphere, and biosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, crust, biosphere, atmosphere. 9. What group of people are the most affected by air pollution? A) Children. B) Middle aged adults. C) Elderly. D) Teenagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elderly. 10. Which of the following processes removes carbon dioxide from ocean waters? A) Evaporation of water from the oceans. B) Formation of shells of marine organisms. C) Decay of dead marine organisms. D) Precipitation into the oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formation of shells of marine organisms. 11. The head office of IMD is at ..... A) Shimla. B) Pune. C) Delhi. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pune. 12. A ..... source of water pollution is water pollution over a larger area, such as roadways, agricultural areas, and industrial sites. A) Point. B) Nonpoint. C) Aquifer. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint. 13. In various physical and chemical forms, carbon cycles through different reservoirs on Earth. In which reservoir does carbon primarily appear as carbon dioxide gas? A) Fossil fuels. B) The biomass. C) Marine organisms. D) The atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The atmosphere. 14. Which of the following plants is most likely to be a pioneer species? A) Grass. B) Shrub. C) Oak tree. D) Lichen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lichen. 15. How are sedimentary rocks formed? A) By hardening and cementing of layers of sediment. B) By fossils getting buried in various layers of sediment. C) By cooling and hardening of hot molten rock from inside the Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By hardening and cementing of layers of sediment. 16. A predictable series of change and replacement over time in a community. A) Climax Community. B) Evolution. C) Ecological Succession. D) Food Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological Succession. 17. Consumers that eat only producers. A) Omnivore. B) Producer. C) Decomposer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbivore. 18. Extreme hunger; starvation A) Famine. B) Pollution. C) Drought. D) Hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine. 19. Which wind system is closest to the equator? A) Doldrums. B) Westerlies. C) Polar easterlies. D) Trade winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade winds. 20. Home to elks, moose, grizzly bears and lynxes A) Rain. B) Coniferous. C) Deciduous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coniferous. ← 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