This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 533 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 533 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Create a list of resources involved in the Dead Zone. A) Coal, oil, natural gas. B) Plastic, metal, glass. C) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide. 2. An organism that eats dead organisms A) Ecosystem. B) Producer. C) Scavenger. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scavenger. 3. Science or Pseudoscience:Personal bias and the opinion of the scientist. A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 4. ..... The study of how people choose to use resources to produce goods and services and how goods and services are distributed to the public. A) Economics. B) Resources. C) Supply. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics. 5. What is the final stage of ecological succession? A) Starting point. B) Midway stage. C) Climax community. D) Decomposition phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax community. 6. BIOdiversity means a variety of ..... A) People. B) Plants. C) Life. D) Places. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 7. Tectonic plates are found on this layer A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 8. When is land most at risk for erosion? A) End of spring. B) Middle of summer. C) Beginning of winter. D) Beginning of fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beginning of winter. 9. Which of the following is/are the main factor(s) responsible for the rapid rate deforestation? A) Rapid growth of population in the developing countries. B) Extension of agriculture and grazing lands. C) Rising demand for lumber, timber, paper, fuel-wood and charcoal, and other forest products. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Why is studying environmental science important? A) We can understand our world better. B) We can understand why people commit crimes. C) We can understand how the president is elected. D) We can understand what a verb is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We can understand our world better. 11. Which term refers to resources that can be replaced or replenished in a short period? A) Renewable. B) Depleted. C) Non-renewable. D) Abundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 12. Wetland that contains nonwoody plants and cattails A) Swamp. B) Marsh. C) Estuary. D) Coral Reefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marsh. 13. Taiga is A) A cold, treeless, desert-like biome found near the Poles. B) A forest biome dominated by trees with cones like pine trees. C) Found mostly in Africa. D) A dry, rocky biome found in the north part of South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A forest biome dominated by trees with cones like pine trees. 14. What percent of Earth's freshwater is available for humans to use? A) 35. B) Less than 1. C) 97. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than 1. 15. Paramecium, Amoeba, and Euglena (the 3 amigos) are organisms found in kingdom ..... A) Bacteria. B) Protista. C) Plantae. D) The animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protista. 16. All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area makeup a(n) ..... A) Population. B) Ecosystem. C) Community. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem. 17. Which of the following is the diverse study of life and organisms and their personal attributes? A) Chemistry. B) Ornthology. C) Biology. D) Earth Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biology. 18. There are two "revolutions" that changed the human population, and the way resources were used. What was the "revolution" where machines using fossil fuels increased agricultural yields, improved medicine, and provided better sanitation? A) Agricultural Revolution. B) Spanish-American Revolution. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Civil Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 19. What is an adaptation for a tropical rain forest? A) Fur. B) Nocturnal. C) Large leaves. D) Losing leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large leaves. 20. The Preservation ethic says that people should put natural resources to use, but that we have a responsibility to manage them wisely A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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