This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 526 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 526 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Esutary is considered the most productive aquatic habitat A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The estimated number of years an individual is expected to live is known as the A) Carrying capacity. B) Surviviorship code. C) Life expectancy. D) Birth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life expectancy. 3. In the last several hundred years, both human population and resource consumption have A) Decreased dramatically. B) Decreased slightly. C) Increased dramatically. D) Stayed the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased dramatically. 4. What type of power plant uses scraps from farming and waste products to generate electricity? A) Hydroelectric Power Plant. B) Geothermal Power Plant. C) Biomass Power Plant. D) Nuclear Power Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomass Power Plant. 5. How does latitude affect the Earth's climate? A) The sun's rays are most direct at the equator and the least direct at the poles. B) Latitude does not affect the climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun's rays are most direct at the equator and the least direct at the poles. 6. Ecosystem found in shallow, tropical seas A) Coral reef. B) Barnacle. C) Open ocean. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral reef. 7. Decomposers have what role in the ecosystem? A) Provide food. B) Recycle nutrients. C) Serve as primary producers. D) Give off oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycle nutrients. 8. An organism is resistant to a chemical if it A) Has a gene that enables it to break down the chemical. B) Has been exposed to a small amount of the chemical over time. C) Was not in the area where the chemical was applied. D) Did not eat anything with the chemical on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has a gene that enables it to break down the chemical. 9. The approach to development LEAST likely to result in sprawl is A) Leapfrog development. B) Commercial (strip) development. C) High-density multi-use development. D) Low-density single-use development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-density multi-use development. 10. It's important to ..... plastic. A) Recycle. B) Cycle. C) Throw. D) Wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycle. 11. If you wanted to convince your elected leaders that steps should be taken to reduce soil erosion along the bank of the creek that runs through your neighborhood, you would probably be most effective working with your A) Local government. B) State representative. C) United States Senator. D) Congressional Representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local government. 12. What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called? A) Mantle. B) Innercore. C) Outercore. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. 13. When a substance is heated, its density ..... A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Remains the same. D) Varies in a predictable pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 14. Which is NOT true of consumers? A) They get energy indirectly from the sun. B) They are called heterotrophs. C) They make their own food. D) They sometimes eat other consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They make their own food. 15. What is the primary way in which the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increased? A) Fertilizing crops. B) Increasing solar panels. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Planting forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. 16. What is blackwater? A) Stormwater. B) Wastewater from everything but toilets. C) Wastewater from toilet water. D) Water from the benthos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wastewater from toilet water. 17. A plant or animal species that is no longer living or existing A) Adaptation. B) Succession. C) Fossil. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinction. 18. The crust of the Earth is A) The outermost part of the geosphere. B) At the center of the earth. C) Part of the atmosphere. D) Made of molten Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The outermost part of the geosphere. 19. Species which are only found in some popular areas that are usually isolated by natural or geographical barriers A) Rare species. B) Extinct species. C) Endemic species. D) Endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endemic species. 20. A small, living aquatic organism would best be observed using which of the following pieces of equipment? A) Compound light microscope. B) Electronic balance. C) Scanning electron microscope. D) Centrifuge. 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