This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 351 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 351 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Algae in an aquatic food chain convert solar energy into 93, 000 kilocalories of plant tissue. Which of the following values best represents the amount of energy available for primary consumers in the food chain? A) 930 kilocalories. B) 9, 300 kilocalories. C) 93, 000 kilocalories. D) 930, 000 kilocalories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9, 300 kilocalories. 2. How does climate change impact ecosystems? A) Climate change only impacts temperature and precipitation. B) Climate change only impacts extreme weather events. C) Climate change impacts ecosystems by altering temperature and precipitation patterns, causing shifts in species distribution, disrupting food webs, and increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. D) Climate change has no impact on ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate change impacts ecosystems by altering temperature and precipitation patterns, causing shifts in species distribution, disrupting food webs, and increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. 3. How do consumers get nitrogen? A) Eating plants and animals. B) Absorbing it through their skin. C) Taking in nitrates from soil. D) Taking vitamins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating plants and animals. 4. Something to create a sense of belonging could be A) Parking lots. B) Stop signs. C) Welcome signs. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Welcome signs. 5. Hunter-Gathered Period A) Where people work in factories. B) Where stay in one place and farm. C) Where people followed animals for food. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where people followed animals for food. 6. Which IS a secondary air pollutant? A) Acid Rain. B) Lead. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Sulfur dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid Rain. 7. What might help to restrain global warming? A) Increasing deforestation. B) Stabilising deforestation. C) Ceasing cutting down trees. D) Clearing more trees for farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ceasing cutting down trees. 8. ..... :maximum number of individuals in a particular population that its environment can support A) Carrying capacity. B) Limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 9. A small family is also called a ..... family. A) Nuclear. B) Large. C) Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear. 10. Which species is the key to the health of an ecosystem? A) Indicator. B) Native. C) Keystone. D) Endemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keystone. 11. Overshooting the carrying capacity of a population's environment leads to a population crash. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. In which part of our body do we have brain and hair A) Leg. B) Hand. C) Nose. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Head. 13. Which is one reason that trash and litter can hurt wildlife? A) Wildlife are afraid of human garbage. B) Trash covers the scent of other animals they are hunting. C) Wildlife may try to eat plastics and choke on them. D) Trash and litter removes their camouflage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wildlife may try to eat plastics and choke on them. 14. Sunlight, wind and water are ..... resources A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Semirenewable. D) Unrenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 15. To prevent sunburn, we monitor the atmosphere's ability to filter out which form of radiation? A) Visible. B) Ultraviolet. C) Infrared. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultraviolet. 16. It is the study of human population, dynamics and statistics. A) Sociology. B) Psychology. C) Transpiration. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sociology. 17. After a scientist concludes their research they hold a ..... to discuss it. A) Review. B) Press Conference. C) Discussion. D) Seminar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Press Conference. 18. Electrostatic precipitators can be used to remove this type of air pollutant. A) Volatile organic compounds. B) Sulfur dioxide. C) Particulate matter. D) Ground level ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Particulate matter. 19. Sound science is based on one-time occurrences. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The amount of food available for the world's population A) Green revolution. B) Calories. C) Malnutrition. D) World food supply. 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