This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 394 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 394 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The distance north or south from the equator; expressed in degrees. A) Climate. B) Latitude. C) Biome. D) Altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude. 2. Which of the following is one of earth's internal layers based on composition? A) Atmosphere. B) Mantle. C) Granitic rock. D) Sandstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 3. Match the level of ecological organization described by each of the statements below. The birds, insects, plants, fungi, and other organisms that reside in a nearby wetland. A) Molecules. B) Organism. C) Population. D) Biological community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological community. 4. The value of the output of all goods and services produced within a country in a year. A) Total output. B) Gross Domestic Product. C) National income. D) Net domestic product. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gross Domestic Product. 5. Most popular method of wastewater disposal A) Pathogens. B) Red tide. C) Septic system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Septic system. 6. Characterized by low population growth rate, high life expectancy, and diverse industrial economies A) Developed nation. B) Developing nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developed nation. 7. Is the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations A) Artificial selection. B) Selective breeding. C) Genetic engineering. D) GMO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial selection. 8. The rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas A) Suburb. B) Urban core. C) Urban sprawl. D) Urban fringe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urban sprawl. 9. Which type of strategists would you expect to have low levels of prenatal care and a short life expectancy? A) K Strategists. B) S Strategists. C) R Strategists. D) J Strategists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) R Strategists. 10. The most dense layer of the atmosphere is A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 11. What are the other two major forest biomes besides the temperate forest? A) Desert and tundra forest. B) Tundra and rainforest. C) Rainforest and savanna. D) Taiga and rainforest. E) Savanna and tundra forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taiga and rainforest. 12. True or False:An organism's niche describes its use of resources and its functional role in a community. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Burning ..... releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A) Uranium. B) Plutonium. C) Fossil fuels. D) Sulfur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 14. The amount of space an object takes up is its' A) Mass. B) Volume. C) Length. D) Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volume. 15. Background knowledge A) DV. B) IV. C) Prediction. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inference. 16. Extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust. A) Geosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 17. The study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment A) Environmental Science. B) Ecology. C) Biodiversity. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 18. Convection currents in the mantle are caused by differences in temperature and (a) A) A density. B) Mass. C) Composition. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A density. 19. Which country was the location of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and is now a place of scientific study on the impacts of radiation on the environment? A) Ukraine. B) Belarus. C) Poland. D) Slovakia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ukraine. 20. ..... is all of the living and nonliving things in a given area. A) A population. B) A community. C) An ecosystem. D) The biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An ecosystem. ← 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