This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 295 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 295 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One group of students read a reading passage in silence and one group of students read the passage with the TV on in the background. They both took a comprehension test to see what they understood from the passage and the results were compared. Identify the dependent variable. A) Reading in silence or with the TV on. B) Results of reading comprehension test. C) There isn't one. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Results of reading comprehension test. 2. Lacking enough food to ensure good health A) Famine. B) Food insecure. C) Food secure. D) Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food insecure. 3. Some news stories tell about bad things that happened. They might be about fires, crimes, or deaths. Other news stories tell about good events. They might be about heroes or celebrations. They might tell about special people. Both kinds of stories are news. Yet they are very different kinds of news. A) Descriptive. B) Sequence. C) Compare/Contrast. D) Cause/Effect. E) Problem/Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare/Contrast. 4. When a tree dies and falls down in a forest, termites and mushrooms will begin to break the tree down. termites and mushrooms are A) Scavengers. B) Carnivores. C) Autotrophs. D) Decomposers. E) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 5. Greenhouses gases ..... A) Absorb and radiate heat. B) Destroy the ozone layer. C) Cause respiratory problems. D) Create smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorb and radiate heat. 6. Environmental problems are often solved by A) Scientist. B) Citizens. C) Politicians. D) All of the above working together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above working together. 7. What are the 2 main factors that determine the types of plants that grow in a biome? A) Precipitation and animals. B) Vegetation and growth. C) Logging and oil production. D) Temperature and precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature and precipitation. 8. What gas do plants need to make their own food through photosynthesis? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 9. ..... is the process by which organisms make their own food from inorganic sources. A) Primary productivity. B) Secondary productivity. C) Community productivity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary productivity. 10. Anthropocentrism A) Worldview puts focus on animals needs. B) Worldview puts focus on human needs. C) Worldview puts focus on nobody's needs. D) Worldview puts focus on alien needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worldview puts focus on human needs. 11. What are the two products of photosynthesis? A) Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. B) Oxygen and Sugar. C) Sunlight and Sugar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen and Sugar. 12. Clay holds too much water, and the plant's roots will rot. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Which is true of a tropical rainforest? A) Only a few different species of plants and animals can be found there. B) The tree canopy causes only a small amount of sunlight to reach the ground. C) They are only found in South America. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tree canopy causes only a small amount of sunlight to reach the ground. 14. Process in which salt is removed from salt water, as from the oceans, rendering the water fit for drinking and cooking A) Recharge zone. B) Watershed. C) Biological magnification. D) Desalinization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desalinization. 15. Most of Earth s fresh water is A) Suspended in atmospheric cloud formations. B) Held in reservoirs behind large dams. C) Solidified at the North and South Poles. D) Stored in large underground rock structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solidified at the North and South Poles. 16. Match the Definition:These Bees are female. They do most of the work in and out of the hive, including collecting pollen, caring for the larvae, and building the hive. They are the smallest bee and can live 5-7 weeks. A) Queen Bee. B) Drone Bees. C) Worker Bees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worker Bees. 17. What agricultural practice has been blamed for land erosion, contaminated soil and water, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and the decline of the family farm? A) Organic farming. B) Sustainable agriculture. C) Industrial agriculture. D) Managed farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial agriculture. 18. A rural area has A) More than 2500 people. B) Less than 2500 people. C) Zero sustainable practices. D) Only farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than 2500 people. 19. A material or energy source provided by nature need to survive A) Man-made resource. B) Natural resource. C) Sustainable. D) Initial resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural resource. 20. Incineration can reduce the weight of waste in landfills, but it ..... A) Increases the volume of waste. B) Can release hazardous air pollution. C) Cause wildfires. D) Can only be used in the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can release hazardous air pollution. ← 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