This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 466 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 466 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the three organic materials which are essential for life and each follow a recognizable cycle? A) Carbon dioxide, oxygen, ozone. B) Glucose, insulin, bile. C) Carbon, water, nitrogen. D) Sodium, potassium, calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon, water, nitrogen. 2. Aquatic food webs begin with what? A) Krill. B) Zooplankton. C) Phytoplankton. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phytoplankton. 3. An example of abiotic things in your pond ecosystem is A) Dwarf frog. B) Chara. C) Daphnia. D) Gravel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravel. 4. Environmental Science: A) The circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms. B) A philosophy that has led social movement with the consequences Impact of of human activities on the environment. C) Concern about and action aimed at protecting the environment. D) The systematic study of our environment and our proper place in it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The systematic study of our environment and our proper place in it. 5. Which of the following is not a property of water? A) Anomalous expansion on freezing. B) Universal solvent. C) Low specific heat capacity. D) Transport medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low specific heat capacity. 6. ..... is colorless, tasteless, odorless, and radioactive. A) Radium. B) Halon gas. C) Radon gas. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radon gas. 7. Hydroelectric power produces electricity using ..... A) Wind. B) Sunlight. C) Moving water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moving water. 8. Homologous structures are derived from the same structures in the embryo but: A) Develop to carry out different functions in the adults. B) Disappear in the adults. C) Continue to grow throughout adulthood. D) Become useless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Develop to carry out different functions in the adults. 9. What are the main components of acid rain A) Phosphorous acid and sodium hyrdoxide. B) Sulfuric acid and nitric acid. C) Ethanoic acid and sulfuric acid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sulfuric acid and nitric acid. 10. Natural selection is the unequal survival that results from the presence or absence of particular A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Species. D) Traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traits. 11. What are some ways human impact ecosystems? A) Over farming, burning, release of grasslands. B) Eating too much. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over farming, burning, release of grasslands. 12. When land becomes more desertlike because of human activity or climate change. A) Erosion. B) Desertification. C) Salinization. D) Compost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desertification. 13. Coniferous forests are generally located A) At high temperatures. B) In the Northern Hemisphere. C) Near deserts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the Northern Hemisphere. 14. Countries with high growth rates usually have an age structure that has A) An even distribution over all ages. B) More older people than young people. C) More younger people than older people. D) More middle-aged people than younger people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More younger people than older people. 15. The temperature of the ice water is 10$^\circ$C. A) Qualitative data. B) Quantitative data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative data. 16. Before coal has formed over millions of years, it is a wet, sampling of decaying plant material called ..... A) Peanut Butter. B) Peat. C) Mud. D) Sedimentary Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peat. 17. Which kingdom contains organisms that are multicellular autotrophs? A) Fungi. B) Animal. C) Plant. D) Archaebacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plant. 18. What is the second highest level of the forest? A) Upper Canopy. B) Understory. C) Forest Floor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understory. 19. Which of the following is not an environmental effect of deforestation? A) Reduction of wildlife habitat. B) Soil erosion. C) Loss of topsoil. D) Re-establishment of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re-establishment of trees. 20. The goal of environmental problem solving is to achieve ..... A) A way to waste fossil fuels. B) A solution for some environmental problems. C) All of the options. D) A sustainable world. 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