This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 527 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 527 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Meeting to lower the release of carbon dioxide A) Kyoto Treaty. B) Carbon Conservation. C) RCRA. D) CAFE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kyoto Treaty. 2. ..... is used to produce two useful forms of energy from the same fuel source, such as when steam in a power plant is used to heat nearby buildings. A) Cogeneration. B) Energy efficiency. C) Smart grid. D) Superinsulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cogeneration. 3. In the scientific method, what is used to test a hypothesis? A) Control group. B) Experiment. C) Exam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control group. 4. What are the variables that are kept the same during an experiment? A) Controls. B) Dependent Variables. C) Independent Variables. D) Observations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls. 5. Animals, forests, grasslands, and trees all belong to which sphere? A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 6. The raising of crops and livestock for food and for other products that are useful to humans. A) Biology. B) Agriculture. C) Ecology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 7. Which type of rock often contains fossils? A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Basalt. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 8. Crop rotation does all of the following EXCEPT A) Minimize erosion. B) Let fields lie fallow. C) Return nutrients to the soil. D) Break cycles of disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Let fields lie fallow. 9. Which elemental gas makes up around 80% of the Earth's atmosphere? A) Hydrogen. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 10. What type of organism converts nitrogen into a usable form for plants? A) Fungus. B) Bacteria. C) Mold. D) Earthworms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 11. Algae, parameciums, protozoa, and amoebas are all examples of which kingdom? A) Protist. B) Fungi. C) Eubacteria. D) Animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protist. 12. Which of the following are examples of ecosystem services? A) Pollination of plants. B) Regulation of climate. C) Purification of air. D) Epimorphic regeneration. E) Symbiotic relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollination of plants. 13. Which major forest biome consists mostly of coniferous trees (pine, spruce, fir)? A) Tropical rainforest. B) Taiga, or boreal forest. C) Temperate deciduous forest. D) Tropical dry forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taiga, or boreal forest. 14. A disease wipes out most of the rabbit population in a forest. What type of limiting factor would this be? A) Density-independent. B) Density dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density dependent. 15. Who works for the agency North Carolina Wildlife Commission responsible for controlling the harvest of wildlife? A) Urban Forester. B) Wildlife Biologist. C) Wildlife Manager. D) Game Warden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Game Warden. 16. Role or position and species has in its environment A) Habitat. B) Ecological niche. C) Ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological niche. 17. What are the 3 types of consumers? A) Herbivore, carnivore, autotroph. B) Autotroph, omnivore, herbivore. C) Herbivore, autotroph, carnivore. D) Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore. 18. India is in the Northern Hemisphere and Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere. In June, it is summer in India and winter in Australia. What is the main reason the seasons are opposite in the two countries? A) Because Earth is tilted on its axis. B) Because the Sun rotates on its axis. C) Because Earth revolves around the Sun. D) Because of the distance between the countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Earth is tilted on its axis. 19. A close relationship between 2 or more species is called: A) Predation. B) Competition. C) Symbiosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbiosis. 20. Which month does El nino and La nina occur? A) June. B) September. C) December. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) December. ← 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