This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 419 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 419 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A vitamin that supports health and growth A) Vitamin B. B) Vitamin A. C) Vitamin C. D) Vitamin D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin C. 2. In paragraph 1, the word "room" is closest in meaning to ..... A) Chamber. B) Flat. C) Area. D) Studio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Area. 3. Rohan's house was robbed which emergency service should he call up? A) Ambulance. B) Fire brigade. C) Police. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Police. 4. Tick the wild animal. A) Sheep. B) Goat. C) Giraffe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giraffe. 5. Renewable energy is energy from sources that A) Are constantly being formed. B) Will take years to deplete. C) Humans can manufacture. D) Were once living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are constantly being formed. 6. What is most water used for? A) Huma consumption. B) Water parks and roller coasters. C) Recreational purposes. D) Agriculture and industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture and industry. 7. Describes a human-centered view of our relationship with the environment. A) Anthropocentrism. B) Biocentrism. C) Ecocentrism. D) Environmental Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentrism. 8. Most of today's environmental problems can be traced back to what time period? A) Hunter-gatherer period. B) Agricultural revolution. C) Industrial revolution. D) The 1980s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial revolution. 9. Undesirable change in air, water or soil A) Resource depletion. B) Pollution. C) Sustainability. D) Tragedy of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution. 10. The amount of energy the body gets from food is measured in. A) Metabolism. B) Diet. C) Calories. D) Protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calories. 11. A wolf population is introduced into an ecosystem, causing the deer population to decrease. The wolf population decreases as the deer population decreases, allowing the deer to begin to increase again. This is an example of what type of feedback? A) Neutral. B) Ecosystem. C) Positive. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative. 12. A plant or animal in an ecosystem is a- A) Organism. B) Community. C) Population. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism. 13. ..... is when one thing is responsible for another thing happening. A) Causation. B) Correlation. C) Mechanism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Causation. 14. All of the following would be considered ways to conserve EXCEPT: A) Starting a recycling program at school. B) Leaving the lights on so energy is not wasted by turning them off and on. C) Reducing the number of laundry loads done at home. D) Turning off the water while brushing your teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leaving the lights on so energy is not wasted by turning them off and on. 15. One tool that helps us create cost-effective ways to protect our health and the environment. A) Cost-benefit analysis. B) Risk assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk assessment. 16. All of the production by photosynthetic organisms in a defined area over a specified time period is known as A) Gross Productivity. B) Net Productivity. C) Photosynthesis + Respiration. D) Photosynthesis-Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gross Productivity. 17. A negative feedback loop is: A) When feedback into the system increases the rate of progress. B) Seen in the example of increased greenhouse gases leading to global warming. C) Seen in the example o world population growth. D) When a system responds to a change by returning it to its original state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When a system responds to a change by returning it to its original state. 18. How does absolute age differ from relative age? A) Only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another. B) Only absolute dating finds the age in years. C) Only relative dating finds the age in years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only absolute dating finds the age in years. 19. Which of the following places the biological levels of organization in correct order from LARGEST to smallest? A) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. B) Organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. C) Biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism. D) Biosphere, population, community, organism, biome, ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism. 20. Where does most air pollution come from? A) Human activities. B) Wildfires. C) Volcanic eruptions. D) Allergens. 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