This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 548 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 548 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What accounts for the decreased amount of energy at each trophic level? A) Some energy is lost during the process of converting food to energy. B) Producing new cells, regulating body temperature, moving around. C) All of the options. D) Organisms use much of the energy to carry out the functions of living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the options. 2. Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban areas A) Vehicles and volcanoes. B) Vehicles and industries. C) Industries and agriculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehicles and industries. 3. Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources? A) They can be made in factories. B) They can be recycled. C) They cannot be easily replaced. D) They can never be replaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They cannot be easily replaced. 4. Which of the following is an advantage of using fossil fuels of energy A) The resulting air pollution. B) Limited quantities. C) Versatility in their uses. D) Toxic by-products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Versatility in their uses. 5. Example would be air pollution from a car tailpipe A) Non-Point Source Pollution. B) Runoff. C) Point-Source Pollution. D) Agricultural Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point-Source Pollution. 6. Pioneer species like moss and lichen are most likely to show up after A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 7. Which one of the choices below is NOT a cause for global warming? A) Having too many cows. B) Burning Fossil Fuels. C) Planting new trees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planting new trees. 8. The rate at which producers convert radiant energy into chemical energy A) Trophic level. B) Net primary productivity. C) Gross primary productivity. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gross primary productivity. 9. The net primary productivity of an ecosystem is 1kgC/m2/year, and the energy needed by the producers for their own respiration is 1.5kg C/m2/year. The gross primary productivity of such an ecosystem would be A) .5 kg C/m2/year. B) 1.5 kg C/m2/year. C) 2.0 kg C/m2/year. D) 2.5 kg C/m2/year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2.5 kg C/m2/year. 10. It is very ..... in a desert environment. A) Wet. B) Dry. C) Windy. D) Rainy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dry. 11. The crust, mantle, asthenosphere, and core are all parts of Earth's A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geosphere. 12. These animals are not choosy about what they eat or where they live A) Endangered. B) Specialists. C) Extinct. D) Generalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generalists. 13. Water is a what type of resource? A) Renewable resource. B) Non-renewable resource. C) Continuous resource. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resource. 14. Has a gas engine and electric engine A) Combustion. B) Steam. C) Hybrid. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hybrid. 15. Which equation is balanced? A) Bba + Ahh. B) Ill + H20 $\rightarrow$ Hsu4. C) I + eh $\rightarrow$ it + right. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I + eh $\rightarrow$ it + right. 16. Choose the option that expresses the definition the best. "Logging, mining, building of roads, and urban development." A) Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation. B) Invasive (nonnative species). C) Population and resource use growth. D) Greenhouse effect. E) Overexplotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation. 17. The garbage in landfills takes anywhere from A) Weeks to centuries to breakdown. B) Two weeks to two months to breakdown. C) Three weeks to three years to breakdown. D) Three weeks to three months to breakdown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weeks to centuries to breakdown. 18. Repeatability means A) Being able to try the same experiment, with the same setup, and produce that exact same result. B) Being able to redo an experiment but finding different results. C) Never being able to reproduce the results of an experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being able to try the same experiment, with the same setup, and produce that exact same result. 19. A subduction zone is when a piece of oceanic crust collides with continental crust. What type of boundary is this? A) Convergent boundary. B) Divergent boundary. C) Transform boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent boundary. 20. The things that are kept the same to ensure the results are due to the experiment is called ..... A) Control. B) Constant. C) Independent Variable. D) Dependent Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constant. ← 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