This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 315 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 315 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chicken, fish eggs etc are called A) Animal products. B) Plants products. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animal products. 2. The process where some bacteria remove nitrate from the soil by converting it to nitrogen gas is: A) Nitrification. B) Nitrogen fixation. C) Denitrification. D) Nitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denitrification. 3. From Earth to space, the main layers in our atmosphere are: A) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. B) Stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. C) Mesosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere. D) Thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. 4. Streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called A) Deep currents. B) Groundwater. C) Recharge zone. D) Surface currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface currents. 5. Many food chains in an ecosystem would be called a ..... A) Food Level. B) Food Pyramid. C) Food Consumer. D) Food Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food Web. 6. How do jet streams influence the weather? A) By creating clouds. B) By increasing the moisture in the atmosphere. C) By moving weather from one area to another very quickly. D) By drying out the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By moving weather from one area to another very quickly. 7. If the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what is the season currently like in the northern hemisphere? A) Winter. B) Autumn. C) Summer. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winter. 8. In order to use a resource sustainably you should A) Use it at a rate where it can be replenished. B) Use as much as you want, the people in developing countries do not need it. C) Use it before someone else does and there is none left for you. D) Preserve it, don't use any at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use it at a rate where it can be replenished. 9. Identify which form of matter is an example of radiation? A) Oven. B) Lava lamp. C) Sun. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 10. Matter organisms require for their life processes are called A) Legumes. B) Decomposers. C) Fertilizers. D) Nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nutrients. 11. The action or process of flowing in or flowing out A) Flux. B) Source. C) Sink. D) Turbidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flux. 12. The variable that is being measured A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Control variable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 13. What is responsible for nitrogen molecules changing into nitrates? A) Lightning. B) Bacteria. C) Plants. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lightning. 14. Living in an environmentally sustainable way necessitates: A) Using Earth's resources efficiently whenever convenient. B) Living without basic ecosystem services. C) Sensitivity to the needs of future generations. D) Living in a rural area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensitivity to the needs of future generations. 15. As the Earth warms, increased evaporation produces more clouds. Clouds increase albedo, reflecting more light away from the Earth. The temperature falls. Rates of evaporation fall A) Positive Feedback. B) Negative Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Feedback. 16. Watch the video before beginning the questions.What percentage of people currently live in urban areas? A) 20%. B) 30%. C) 50%. D) 70%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50%. 17. People moving from the rural areas to cities is called ..... A) Ruralization. B) Urbanization. C) Colonization. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 18. An example of a connection between ATMOsphere and HYDROsphere is: A) Rain. B) Rivers. C) Lakes. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain. 19. Which of the following represents a cultural ecosystem service? A) Timber. B) Water cycle. C) Pollination. D) Recreational opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recreational opportunities. 20. ..... is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of good and bad, right and wrong. A) Ecology. B) Environmental. C) Ethics. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethics. ← 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