This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 422 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 422 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which organelle does photosynthesis occur? A) Cell Wall. B) Chlorophyll. C) Chloroplast. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloroplast. 2. Which of the following are used in the light dependent reactions? A) Stroma. B) Thylakoids. C) Cytoplasm. D) Crest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thylakoids. 3. Has a role in understanding and helping the environment A) Science. B) Mathematics. C) Social Science. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science. 4. When a species is forced to go extinct A) Ecosystem continue to thrive. B) It reduces the planets biodiversity. C) New species emerge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It reduces the planets biodiversity. 5. Which two kingdoms do not contain organisms with cells that can perform photosynthesis? A) Animal and Fungi. B) Plant and Archaea. C) Plant and Eubacteria. D) Animal and Protists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animal and Fungi. 6. The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc. A) Carbon Footprint. B) Carbon Reservoir or Carbon Sink. C) Carbon Offset. D) Carbon Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon Footprint. 7. During the period of human history known as the ....., human population grew rapidly because of advances in farming methods. A) Industrial Revolution. B) Agricultural revolution. C) "The Tragedy of the Commons". D) Hunter-gatherer period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agricultural revolution. 8. The mudskipper, mangrove trees, cicadas, bracket fungi and monitor lizard in Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve are a ..... A) Habitat. B) Population. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community. 9. Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur in areas of the Pacific Ocean called the "Ring of Fire." Scientists agree that the reason for this is A) That part of the Earth is hotter than all other parts of Earth. B) A large number of people live in these areas. C) The ocean weighs so much that it forces magma up. D) Plate boundaries are located in those areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plate boundaries are located in those areas. 10. Technique of cultivation and breeding of forest plants is called: A) Horticulture. B) Forestry. C) Floriculture. D) Silviculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silviculture. 11. Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called a/an A) Groundwater. B) Watershed. C) Surface water. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundwater. 12. What is the lion in this food chain? A) Producer. B) Primary consumer. C) Secondary consumer. D) Tertiary consumer. E) Quaternary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tertiary consumer. 13. Law of conservation of energy states that energy can not be created or destroyed. It is just transferred from one thing to another. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. What are the two main factors determining climate? A) Average temperature and amount of cloud cover. B) Proximity to a body of water and average temperature. C) The jet stream and average amount of precipitation. D) Average temperature and average precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Average temperature and average precipitation. 15. What is the term for taxes imposed on companies that participate in activities or produce products that are harmful to the environment? A) Subsidies. B) Tax Breaks. C) Green Taxes. D) Cap Taxes. E) Trade Taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green Taxes. 16. Energy is neither created nor destroyed. A) True, according to the first law of thermodynamics. B) False, according to the first law of thermodynamics. C) True, according to the second law of thermodynamics. D) False, according to the second law of thermodynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True, according to the first law of thermodynamics. 17. The relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population A) Statistics. B) Mean. C) Distribution. D) Probability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distribution. 18. A scientific hypothesis: A) Is a testable proposition that explains an observed phenomenon or answers a question. B) Is a prediction about something that has not yet been observed but that you want to test in a controlled manner. C) Includes the design of an experiment that can be used in scientific inquiry. D) Always consists of one independent variable to be measured by a scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a testable proposition that explains an observed phenomenon or answers a question. 19. If 2000 kcal/m2/year of primary production occurs at the producer level of this food web, how much energy will be present for the secondary consumer level? A) 2000kcal/m2/year. B) 200kcal/m2/year. C) 20kcal/m2/year. D) 2kcal/m2/year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20kcal/m2/year. 20. Statistics A) Information gathered during an experiment. B) Collection and classification of data. C) In an experiment, that which does not receive the experimental treatment. D) A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or how it is organized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collection and classification of data. ← 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