This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 451 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 451 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This cycle is impacted by forest fires and deforestation. A) Water. B) Carbon. C) Nitrogen. D) Phosphorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon. 2. A "threatened" species is the same as an "endangered" species A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which of the following is an interaction in which both organisms are harmed? A) Parasitism. B) Predation. C) Competition. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 4. What state of matter are stars made up of? A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasma. 5. How much of Earth's water is fresh water? A) 1%. B) 3%. C) 97%. D) 77%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3%. 6. If I am testing to see if adding more water to a plant will increase it's height, what would be my independent variable? A) Plant height. B) Amount of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount of water. 7. Environment includes: A) Human diversity, equity, quality of life, institutional structures, political structures. B) Employment, technological growth, financial investment. C) Biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. 8. The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called: A) Forestry. B) Clear cutting. C) Timber harvesting. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 9. Can be broken down by natural processes A) Nonbiodegradable. B) Natural Resource. C) Renewable Resource. D) Biodegradable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodegradable. 10. Which biome is characterized by moderate temperatures, moderate rainfall, and tall grasses? A) Grassland. B) Rainforest. C) Tundra. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grassland. 11. ..... is a measure of stability in an ecosystem. A) Biodiversity. B) Evolution. C) Food chain. D) Energy flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 12. The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. A) Weather. B) Climate. C) Precipitation. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 13. Eutrophication is defined as a change that occurs to an aquatic ecosystem. This change is mainly due to what? A) Newly introduced fish. B) Depletion of the ozone layer. C) Increased nutrient concentration. D) Increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased nutrient concentration. 14. Phosphorus does not travel through which area of Earth's environment? A) Rock. B) Atmosphere. C) Living things. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 15. What two factors determine climate? A) Altitude and Depth. B) Longitude and Latitude. C) Season and Year. D) Temperature and Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature and Precipitation. 16. The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called A) Distribution. B) Probability. C) Statistics. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statistics. 17. What two mechanisms do scientists think help convection currents in mantel move plates? A) Ridge push and Slab pull. B) Normal and Reversed magnetism. C) Action and Reaction tectonic forces. D) Gravitational and Rotational pull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ridge push and Slab pull. 18. Where you will find the ozone layer. A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratosphere. 19. What is the logical way of thinking about the world? A) Ecology. B) Environmental activism. C) The Scientific Method. D) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Scientific Method. 20. Which biome is known to be the warmest during the day and the coldest during the night? A) Savanna. B) Tundra. C) Chaparral. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. ← 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