This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 532 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 532 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The leaking or spilling of chemicals or raw sewage into a body of water is ..... pollution. A) Air. B) Water. C) Land. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 2. Which of these is a decomposer? A) Bacteria. B) A fox. C) A hummingbird. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 3. The job of an organism within an ecosystem is also called its A) Habitat. B) Biomass. C) Niche. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 4. In the next few decades to a century, it is anticipated that there will be a significant ..... of glacial ice. A) Expansion. B) Growth. C) Advancement. D) Loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loss. 5. Occurs where an ecosystem was already established. A) Primary Succession. B) Secondary Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary Succession. 6. Plants are unable to utilize nitrogen gas (N2) in the atmosphere unless it is first converted into ammonium (NH4). Which of these is a process that will do that? A) Assimilation. B) Biotic fixation. C) Nitrification. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic fixation. 7. Chlorinate A) The addition of lead, mercury and arsenic into the water before you consume it. B) The removal of chlorine from the water supply before it is released into a stream, lake, or ocean. C) The removal of lead, mercury, and arsenic from the water before you consume it. D) The addition of chlorine to disinfect the waterbefore it is released into a stream, lake, or ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The addition of chlorine to disinfect the waterbefore it is released into a stream, lake, or ocean. 8. All of the energy available to the consumers in a certain area A) Resource availability. B) Gross Primary Productivity. C) Net Primary Productivity. D) Resource Partitioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Net Primary Productivity. 9. Which of the following consists of a group of individuals of the same species? A) Community. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 10. I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What kingdom do I belong to? A) Eubacteria. B) Archaebacteria. C) Fungi. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eubacteria. 11. Principles or standards considered to be important A) Value. B) Risk. C) Data. D) Experiment. E) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Value. 12. What is the center of the Earth called? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Biosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Core. 13. One reason the world is growing so quickly is because ..... A) The world has infinite resources for everyone. B) Birth rate is higher than death rate. C) There are more and more places for people to live. D) Death rate is higher than birth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birth rate is higher than death rate. 14. All of the following are types of pollution except ..... A) Water. B) Air. C) Littering. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recycling. 15. True or False:It costs more to eat healthy than it does to eat badly. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. The air in soil is crucial because A) The insects, bacteria, fungi and other organisms in soil need air for respiration. B) Plant roots need air for respiration. C) Both of these are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these are correct. 17. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of coal? A) Energy produced is inconsistent and unreliable. B) Burning coal produces air pollution. C) Burning coal contributes to climate change. D) Coal is less expensive than renewable energy sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy produced is inconsistent and unreliable. 18. What IS a proxy that scientists use to study past climates? A) Tree Rings. B) Ocean pH. C) Soil Nutrients. D) Keystone Species Counts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tree Rings. 19. Fertilizer farm runoff A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source pollution. 20. Most of the fresh water on Earth is located where? A) Icecaps. B) Glaciers. C) Lakes and Rivers. D) A and B only. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B only. ← 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