This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 308 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 308 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the following concept true or false? "Ordinary solid waste is solid waste that is not on the list of hazardous solid waste or on the list of hazardous solid waste but has hazardous elements below the threshold of hazardous solid waste" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 2. In a population, characteristics such as size will often be clustered around the A) Sample. B) Mean. C) Distribution. D) Collection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mean. 3. Environmental problems are mainly caused by human activities A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What does the flow of energy through an ecosystem always begin with? A) Primary Producers. B) Primary Consumers. C) Heterotrophs. D) Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary Producers. 5. What marks the top of the zone of saturation? A) Zone of Saturation. B) Zone of Aeration. C) Water Table. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water Table. 6. Isolines connecting points of equal air pressure are called A) Isobars. B) Isotherms. C) Contour Lines. D) Equality Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isobars. 7. Large-scale farms that grow single crops, usually located in tropical areas A) Plantation agriculture. B) Parent material. C) Substistence farming. D) Cover crop farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantation agriculture. 8. Potable A) Mississippi River. B) Area above an aquifer. C) Bottled water. D) Underground formation that holds water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bottled water. 9. Which kingdom contains organisms that are unicellular, prokaryotic, and could live on a door knob? A) Eubacteria. B) Archaebacteria. C) Protist. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eubacteria. 10. A living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals-such as, fungi, worms, bacteria, is: A) Decoposer. B) Food web. C) Omnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decoposer. 11. In which layer of the Earth's atmosphere is most ozone found? A) Troposphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 12. A gas that can reach the upper atmosphereafter a large-scale volcanic eruption A) Hydrogen. B) Helium. C) Sulfur dioxide. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sulfur dioxide. 13. The movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in a new location. A) Pull factor. B) Push factor. C) Distribution. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Migration. 14. Why is it important to protect the environment? A) To destroy the environment and disrupt ecological balance. B) To deplete biodiversity and exhaust natural resources. C) To worsen climate change and increase pollution. D) To maintain ecological balance, preserve biodiversity, ensure sustainability of natural resources, mitigate climate change, reduce pollution, and improve quality of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To maintain ecological balance, preserve biodiversity, ensure sustainability of natural resources, mitigate climate change, reduce pollution, and improve quality of life. 15. Which of the following is an adverse effect of global warming on populations? A) Extinctions. B) Migrations of species. C) Different geographical locations. D) All of these are possible adverse effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are possible adverse effects. 16. Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as "sunny and humid, " describe A) Climate. B) Climatograph. C) Weather. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather. 17. Which animal can breathe with their lungs and also through their moist skin? A) Amphibians. B) Fish. C) Reptiles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphibians. 18. Being on time every day means to be A) Initiative. B) Honesty. C) Punctual. D) Loyal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punctual. 19. What is the study of production and consumption of scarce resources? A) Ecology. B) Environmental activism. C) The Scientific Method. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economics. 20. The India Meteorological Department was founded by the British in 1875 at ..... A) Manali. B) Pune. C) Shimla. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shimla. ← 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