This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 319 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 319 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... zone of Biosphere Reserve limited human activity is permitted. A) Manipulation zone. B) Core area. C) Transition Zone. D) Buffer Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buffer Zone. 2. When a small portion of a population settles in a geographic location separate from the rest of the population, it is called A) The bottleneck effect. B) The butterfly effect. C) The migratory effect. D) The founder effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The founder effect. 3. What is commonly found on flat, poorly drained land? A) Estuary. B) Rivers. C) Swamp. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamp. 4. Which idea for a place for people to play board games would fit Hylton's rules? A) Make it outside. B) Put it behind major buildings. C) Put it near different housing options. D) Make people need to drive to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make it outside. 5. Julia is on a Caribbean island during a hurricane. She observes that the rain and wind stop suddenly, and the air becomes calm and clear. What is most likely happening? A) The hurricane is beginning. B) The hurricane is ending. C) The eye of the hurricane is passing. D) The mouth of the hurricane is passing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The eye of the hurricane is passing. 6. Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ecosystem? A) A rock. B) A tree. C) Sunlight. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tree. 7. Which of the follow belong to Biology A) Biochemistry. B) Geography. C) Zoology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zoology. 8. Which of the following natural events would be most likely to contribute to the cooling of Earth's atmosphere? A) Earthquake. B) Hurricane. C) Volcanism. D) Monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanism. 9. MAIN greenhouse gas responsible for Climate Change is: A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 10. A process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperatures is: A) Recovery. B) Incineration. C) Leachatesource. D) Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incineration. 11. How many members are in a small family? A) Four. B) Six. C) Five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four. 12. Consists of rocks and minerals on and below Earth's surface A) Geosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 13. Which of these describes what happened when buffaloes were almost hunted to extinction in United States? A) Biomagnification. B) Eutrophication. C) Pollution. D) Overexploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overexploitation. 14. Which profession ensures that visitors to national and state parkgrounds, campgrounds and recreational areas abide by rules and regulations as it pertains to natural habitats, preservation and safety? A) Botanist. B) Entomologist. C) Park Ranger. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Park Ranger. 15. How does low Dissolved Oxygen levels affect organisms? A) Organisms may die or have to leave if levels get too low. B) Organisms go through more cellular respiration. C) Organisms eat more. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organisms may die or have to leave if levels get too low. 16. Extinctions, migrations of species, movement to different geographical locations are all adverse effects of A) Milankovitch cycles. B) Primary succession. C) Global warming. D) Ocean biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global warming. 17. One way that bacteria and fungi are important to the environment is that they A) Produce oxygen. B) Use the sun's energy to make their own food. C) Are a major food source in many ecosystems. D) Break down dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break down dead organisms. 18. Energy is transformed in an ecosystem as consumers eat producers and its ability to do work diminishes. Which natural law does this example display? A) Law of conservation of matter. B) 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. C) Law of Nature. D) Law of gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. 19. What type of organisms are called autotrophs? A) Omnivores. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producers. 20. What are elements? A) Different subatomic particles. B) Different kinds of atoms. C) Ions. D) Noble gases. 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