This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 459 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 459 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... can be dangerous when there is too much in the air. A) Recycling. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 2. ..... are used in producing weather like plate collisions are used in making mountains. A) Conduction. B) Convection currents. C) Surface currents. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection currents. 3. Global Warming is A) The process by which Earth's atmosphere traps solar energy. B) The movement of warm surface water toward the coast of South America. C) The gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere. D) Caused by a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere. 4. Define an ecosystem A) An individual living thing. B) Multiple individuals of the same species living together. C) Multiple populations of different species living together. D) A community of organisms interacting with the physical environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A community of organisms interacting with the physical environment. 5. Resources that are used must faster than can be naturally replenished. (Once they're gone, they're gone.) A) Nonrenewable resources. B) Renewable resources. C) Natural resources. D) Sustainable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable resources. 6. A single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of the Earth's surface: A) Core. B) Deep Zone. C) Ionsphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep Zone. 7. Why does the Earth have seasons? A) Tilt of the Earth on its axis. B) Earth's shape. C) Earth's rotation around the Sun. D) Earth's rotation on its own axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tilt of the Earth on its axis. 8. Deepest parts where animals had adapted to live in the dark, cold water A) Oceanic. B) Benthic. C) Neritic. D) Intertidal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benthic. 9. Rate at which a country's population grows A) Birth rate. B) Literacy rate. C) Death rate. D) Growth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growth rate. 10. Water that collects underground A) Fault. B) Erosion. C) Magma. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 11. I have locomotion and no cell walls. What kingdom do I belong to? A) The animal. B) Archaebacteria. C) Eubacteria. D) Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The animal. 12. Water running off the land surface A) Evaporation. B) Sublimation. C) Transpiration. D) Run-off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run-off. 13. Acidity or alkalinity of soil determines its pH. Soil with LOW pH can be neutralized by A) Adding more crops/plants. B) Decreasing organic matter. C) Applying ammonium-based fertilizers. D) Crop rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Applying ammonium-based fertilizers. 14. In which biome would you find a black bear? A) Temperate Grassland. B) Temperate Rain Forest. C) Tropical Rain Forest. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate Rain Forest. 15. What is a claim based upon? A) Ideas. B) Hypothesis. C) Rules. D) Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Question. 16. Average number of years a person is likely to live. A) Age structure. B) Life expectancy. C) Survivorship. D) Demography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life expectancy. 17. What is an effect of surface mining on the landscape of a region? A) The number of open meadows decreases. B) Rapid tree growth is triggered. C) Changing land topography improves the flow of rivers. D) Forests are fragmented or lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of open meadows decreases. 18. Bottom of a lake or pond A) Littoral Zone. B) Nekton. C) Benthic Zone. D) Floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benthic Zone. 19. Which risk is associated with using nuclear fission to produce energy in a power plant? A) Depletion of hydrocarbons. B) Depletion of atmospheric oxygen. C) Exposure of workers to radiation. D) Exposure of workers to sulfur dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposure of workers to radiation. 20. You have five toes on each of your feet A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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