This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 437 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 437 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Amount of energy in a food pyramid transferred from one level to the next A) 0%. B) 10%. C) 78%. D) 100%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10%. 2. Acids have a pH A) Below 7. B) Above 7. C) 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Above 7. 3. Runoff is ..... A) Water that runs off of city streets or farms. B) Water that is difficult to catch. C) Water that contains too many pathogens. D) Water that has too much sediment pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water that runs off of city streets or farms. 4. Car exhaust has been blamed for increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Some scientists believe this additional carbon dioxide in the air may cause ..... A) Global warming. B) Increased biodiversity. C) Habitat preservation. D) Ozone destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 5. What are the 3Rs? A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. The number of different plants and animal found within an area. The more varied an ecosystem is, the more stable the ecosystem. A) Biodiversity. B) Homeostasis. C) Biotic. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 7. Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles at 1345 metres above sea level. Weathering and erosion are reducing its height at an average rate of 01 mm per year. Calculate how many years it would take to reduce Ben Nevis to sea level. A) 13 450 000 000. B) 13 450 000. C) 13 450. D) 1345. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13 450 000. 8. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater is a /an? A) Watershed. B) River system. C) Surface water. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquifer. 9. What do you call the relationship that exists when one organism kills and consumes another organism? A) Commensalism. B) Competition. C) Mutualism. D) Parasitism. E) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Predation. 10. All of the following are negative impacts caused by technological inventions EXCEPT A) Global warming. B) Climate change. C) Hurricanes. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollution. 11. The warmest layer of the atmosphere is the A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 12. Which of the following is not included in the environment? A) Stars. B) Trees. C) Buildings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars. 13. The tragedy of the ..... is when everybody shares ownership of a resource, there is a strong tendency to exploit and misuse that resource. A) Community. B) Exploitation. C) Commons. D) Educated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commons. 14. All of the following are examples of freshwater ecosystems EXCEPT ..... A) Ponds. B) Estuaries. C) Lakes. D) Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estuaries. 15. What happens if there are more births than deaths in a country? A) The population decreases. B) This results in an increase in population. C) The population stays the same but there are more children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This results in an increase in population. 16. Is the following concept true or false? "Population growth is when the population size of a locality at the end is lower than the beginning of a certain period" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sai. 17. Which biome would have the lowest net primary production? A) Tropical rain forest. B) Temperate grassland. C) Coral reef. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 18. The drilling for freshwater increases along a coastal area. What is a likely consequence of this action? A) An intrusion of salt water into aquifers. B) The loss of water resources in estuaries. C) The destruction of estuaries because of an increase in sea levels. D) A decrease in salt concentration in inlet waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An intrusion of salt water into aquifers. 19. The process that allows organisms to use nitrogen A) Assimilation. B) Denitrification. C) Fixation. D) Ammonification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assimilation. 20. When one celestial object casts its shadow over another celestial object A) Eclipse. B) Tides. C) Black Hole. D) Solar Flare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eclipse. ← 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