This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 357 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 357 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Coldest layer just above the stratosphere A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mesosphere. 2. What is an example of bioremediation? A) Wheat taking up toxic chemicals. B) Your friend throwing trash on the ground. C) Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics. D) The great barrier reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat taking up toxic chemicals. 3. What is the first layer of atmosphere an astronaut passes through during reentry from space? A) Stratosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 4. In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond in order to compare the algae growth to a pond that does not receive fertilizer. The amount of algae that grows would represent a(n) A) Model. B) Dependent variable. C) Independent variable. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 5. The layers of the atmosphere are separated according to this change. A) Altitude. B) Elevation. C) Temperature. D) Distance from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature. 6. ..... are natural resources that are naturally formed much more slowly than we use them. Once they are completely depleted, they are gone forever. A) Nonrenewable resources. B) Renewable resources. C) Ethics. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable resources. 7. Imagine dropping a basketball. When would it have the most gravitational potential energy? A) When it is closest to the ground. B) When it is at the highest point. C) When it is halfway down. D) It has the same amount of gravitational PE at all points. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When it is at the highest point. 8. Selective breeding is ..... A) A process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits. B) Natural method of producing offspring with desired traits. C) Creating a new species. D) Making organisms reproduce during times of stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits. 9. Which of the following is not a way that hunter-gathers had a negative impact on the environment? A) Use of fire to maintain the prairie and drive out animals. B) Settled and depended on one area for an extended period of time. C) Carry plants with them when they traveled. D) Hunted multiple animals to the point of extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Settled and depended on one area for an extended period of time. 10. Which trophic level is affected most drastically by bioaccumulation of toxins within their tissues? A) Producers. B) Primary consumers. C) Secondary consumers. D) Tertiary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tertiary consumers. 11. The process by which the scientific community examines a paper before its publication is called peer review. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 12. Why the native population decay on Easter Island? A) The gods didn't send rain. B) They migrated to Chile. C) Deforestation, diseases brought by Europeans and rats. D) They had no boats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation, diseases brought by Europeans and rats. 13. Algae are plantlike ..... that can make their own food using the energy from the sun. A) Eubacteria. B) Plants. C) Fungi. D) Protists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protists. 14. The term for multiple ecosystems that share similar characteristics, such as amount of annual sunlight, precipitation, temperature but that are located in different parts of the planet A) Biome. B) Biotic factor. C) Biosphere. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biome. 15. The world's deepest freshwater lake, known for its unique aquatic life and pristine waters. A) Lake Tanganyika. B) Loch Lomond. C) Lake baikal. D) Loch Ness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake baikal. 16. Music, art, and architecture born from interactions with nature are examples of which ecosystem service? A) Provisioning. B) Cultural. C) Regulating. D) Supporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural. 17. Which monomer is the basic building block of a protein? A) Monosaccharide. B) Amino acid. C) Nucleotide. D) Fatty acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amino acid. 18. Meat Farms produce a lot of ..... A) Greenhouse gases. B) Meat. C) Waste. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouse gases. 19. It is the study of how humans interact with the environment. A) Ecology. B) The water cycle. C) An ecosystem. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental Science. 20. Choose the correct definition and example of a fossil fuel. A) A rock rich in minerals that can be removed from Earth. Ex. metal. B) Cell that changes energy from the Sun into electrical energy. Ex. solar panels. C) Items made from organisms that lived long ago. Ex. coal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Items made from organisms that lived long ago. Ex. coal. ← 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