This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 306 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 306 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following does not reduce CO2 in the atmosphere? A) Animal respiration. B) Tropical rainforests. C) Oceans. D) Phytoplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animal respiration. 2. In what ways could we help our environment in the face of global warming? A) Rooftop gardens. B) Solar panels. C) Plant trees. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. Increases or speeds up original change A) Negative feedback. B) Positive feedback. C) Endotherm. D) Ectotherm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive feedback. 4. Autotrophs..... A) Make their own food. B) Are the base of the food chain. C) Are producers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Which would produce the most severe earthquake damage along the surface of Earth? A) An earthquake with a deep focus and a magnitude of 2.5. B) An earthquake with a shallow focus and a magnitude of 2.5. C) An earthquake with a deep focus and a magnitude of 4.5. D) An earthquake with a shallow focus and a magnitude of 4.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An earthquake with a shallow focus and a magnitude of 4.5. 6. A set of moral principles or values held by a person or a society is called A) Ethics. B) Culture. C) Justice. D) Biocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 7. This warning exhibits bright coloration among organisms that act as signal to their predators that they are poisonous or distasteful. A) Warning hazard. B) Warning coloration. C) Warning adaptation. D) Cryptic coloration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warning coloration. 8. When water goes from being a liquid to a gas (water vapor), that process is called A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Precipitation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 9. Any factor in an ecosystem that is currently living or has once lived is called? A) Abiotic Factor. B) Biotic Factor. C) Limiting Factor. D) Non-Living Factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic Factor. 10. What is the correct formula for the compound, lithium oxide? A) LiO. B) No. C) No. D) Lia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 11. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a example of a nonliving thing in our environment? A) Oil. B) Mountains. C) Squirrels. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Squirrels. 12. This is the study of the interaction of humans and the natural environment. A) Ecology. B) Environmental Science. C) Anthropology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Science. 13. Habitat destruction, overexploitation, pollution, introduction of foreign species A) Air quality. B) Biodiversity Loss. C) Hunger. D) Clean Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity Loss. 14. Organic Compound A) A compound that does not contain the element carbon or contains carbon bound to elements other than hydrogen. B) A compound that contains carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds. C) A compound composed of carbon, hydrogen and water molecules. D) A critical component for life, made up of long chain of nitrogen-containing organic molecules known as amino acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A compound that contains carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds. 15. Which is a biotic factor? A) Producers. B) PH. C) Energy. D) Humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 16. Which of the following refers to a population reaching a size that can no longer be supported by available resources in the surrounding environment? A) Exponential growth. B) Survivorship. C) Environmental resistance. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying capacity. 17. Oceans, polar ice caps, and groundwater would all be considered part of Earth's ..... A) Geosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 18. Which part of the plant soaks in the sun to help feed the plant? A) Stem. B) Root. C) Seed. D) Leaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leaf. 19. Wind, geothermal, and solar energy are all what type of energy resources? A) Cheap. B) Non-renewable. C) Renewable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable. 20. A resource that can only be used once and cannot be replaced once used is called a ..... A) Renewable resource. B) Non-renewable resource. C) Perpetual resource. D) Infinite resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-renewable resource. ← 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