This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term scientists use to describe how reproductively successful an organism is in its environment? A) Adaption. B) Fitness. C) Speciation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fitness. 2. After the ..... of liquid water on Earth's surface, water vapor rises into the atmosphere. A) Transpiration. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 3. Oil spills, pesticides and sewage are threats to ..... A) Coral reefs. B) Lakes. C) Rivers. D) Freshwater marshes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral reefs. 4. A human-centered worldview A) Anthropocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentrism. 5. One of the main reasons poverty exists is because land in poorer countries is used for either subsistence farming or nomadic herding. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The temperature is currently 3$^\circ$. A) Climate. B) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather. 7. WHICH STATE IS RECENTLY BEEN AWARED AS ORGANIC STATE OF INDIA A) SIKKIM. B) MANIPUR. C) HE WILL DIE. D) ASSAM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIKKIM. 8. Which among the following celestial bodies is the largest? * A) Mars. B) Earth. C) Venus. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neptune. 9. What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Rift. D) Island Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain. 10. Is the following statement true or false? "Genetic diversity is the genetic diversity of all individual plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 11. According to a random telephone survey of 200 adults, 75% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. What is the population in this survey? A) 200 adults. B) Adults in the U.S. C) 75% of adults. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adults in the U.S. 12. Both P and S waves travel through solids. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Temperature inversions can ..... air pollution A) Trap. B) Move. C) Eliminate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trap. 14. Habitat availability increases for a population. How would the carrying capacity of the prey change? A) The carrying capacity would increase as more resources become available. B) Carrying capacity occurs independent of factors in the environment. C) The carrying capacity would decrease as more resources became available. D) The carrying capacity is set in an environment and cannot change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The carrying capacity would increase as more resources become available. 15. When paper has a Forest Stewardship Council logo on it, the paper is A) Made from rainforest wood. B) Not made from wood. C) Made from sustainably harvested wood. D) Recycled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made from sustainably harvested wood. 16. Which of the following is an example of a primary pollutant? A) Acid rain. B) Ozone. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Asbestos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon monoxide. 17. Which soil conservation method is used to replant crops in different areas after each season? A) Intercropping. B) Crop rotation. C) Contour farming. D) Terracing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop rotation. 18. Water can not pick up harmful substances. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. How does the carbon cycle function? A) In the carbon cycle, carbon travels between and stays among organisms on Earth. B) In the carbon cycle, carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms and the Earth. C) In the carbon cycle, carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms and the Earth and back into the atmosphere. D) In the carbon cycle, carbon stays in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the carbon cycle, carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms and the Earth and back into the atmosphere. 20. Latitude lines are used to measure A) Degrees North & South. B) Degrees East & West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degrees North & South. ← 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