This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 555 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 555 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Under water, photosynthesis by aquatic plants and phytoplankton is mostly limited by the amount of ..... available. A) Phosphorus. B) Carbon. C) Oxygen. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight. 2. Simple organisms colonize the barren lava produced by a volcanic eruption. This is an example of A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Climax community. D) Rock cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 3. What type of succession occurs after a natural process such as an effusive volcanic eruption? A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Old-field succession. D) Climax community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 4. Is the transfer of thermal energy through the movement of a liquid or gas. A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 5. There are ..... continents in the world. A) 2. B) 7. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 6. What type of water is found in oceans and seas? A) Brackish. B) Saline. C) Mineral. D) Fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saline. 7. What are the two main types of freshwater wetlands? A) Lakes and pond. B) Rivers and streams. C) Littoral zones and benthic zones. D) Marshes and swamps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marshes and swamps. 8. An interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, environmental problems, human impacts on the environment and the solution of environmental problems. A) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. B) ENVIRONMENTALISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 9. The major gas in "natural gas" is A) Butane. B) Methane. C) Hydrogen. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 10. Which of the following organisms would you find in a Littoral Zone A) Decomposers. B) Insect larvae. C) Clams. D) Rooted plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rooted plants. 11. What could be happening if a macroinvertebrate no longer lives in a stream? A) The water quality is improving. B) The water quality is unchanged. C) The water quality is decreasing. D) There is no connection between water quality and macroinvertebrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The water quality is decreasing. 12. Climates are classified according to which two major factors? A) Elevation and precipitation. B) Latitude & temperature. C) Elevation & latitude. D) Precipitation & temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation & temperature. 13. When is it safe to cross at a zebra crossing? A) When the traffic has slowed down. B) The traffic on one side has stopped. C) Any time it is always safe just to cross and not look. D) When traffic on both sides has stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When traffic on both sides has stopped. 14. Which of the following phrases describes the term biodiversity? A) Species that have become extinct. B) The animals that live in an area. C) Species that look different from one another. D) The number and variety of species that live in an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number and variety of species that live in an area. 15. ..... is a secondary air pollutant that forms when NOx and VOCs react with heat and sunlight A) Carbon oxide. B) Sulfur oxide. C) Ozone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone. 16. What is the process of moving sediments from location to another? A) Deposition. B) Erosion. C) Weathering. D) Compaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 17. Which of these is NOT a cause of habitat loss? A) Biodiversity. B) Energy development. C) Agricultural development. D) Urban sprawl. E) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 18. What is a tree plantation? A) A natural forest. B) A cultivated forest with 1 or 2 species. C) A cultivated forest with many species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cultivated forest with 1 or 2 species. 19. It is okay to taste material used in labs. A) False, I do not agree. B) True, I agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False, I do not agree. 20. Which of the following is not a sphere of Earth A) Biosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exosphere. ← 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