This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 563 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 563 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Heat being transferred by electromagnetic waves is called A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiation. 2. Uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for 200 years or more A) Old-growth Forest. B) Buffer zone. C) Fishery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old-growth Forest. 3. The most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere is A) Oxygen. B) Argon. C) Hydrogen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen. 4. What is a wilderness area? A) A place where humans aren't allowed. B) A place where predators aren't allowed. C) A place where human activity that alters the area is not allowed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A place where human activity that alters the area is not allowed. 5. What school do you attend? A) Carrollton High School. B) Central High School. C) Villa Rica High. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrollton High School. 6. A rabbit is a herbivore that eats plants. Rabbits are considered A) Primary producers. B) Primary consumers. C) Secondary consumers. D) Tertiary consumers. E) Apex predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary consumers. 7. Values the well-being of entire species, communities, or ecosystems over the welfare of a given individual A) Anthropocentrism. B) Biocentrism. C) Ecocentrism. D) Enthropocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecocentrism. 8. What is the first species to move into an area? A) Invasive species. B) Keystone species. C) Endemic species. D) Pioneer species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pioneer species. 9. ..... biomes have the lowest primary production. A) Cold and dry. B) Warm and wet. C) Warm and dry. D) Cold and wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold and dry. 10. A river that naturally filters drinking water would be considered what type of ecosystem service? A) Provisioning. B) Regulating. C) Supporting. D) Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regulating. 11. Nuclear disintegration releases energy from the nucleus as ..... A) Proton acceleration. B) Neutron acceleration. C) Half-life. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radiation. 12. Natural resources are classified as either renewable or nonrenewable. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. ..... The probability that a condition or action will lead to an injury, damage, or loss. A) Risk. B) Playability. C) Probability. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Risk. 14. What process is the main contributor to the acid rain problem? A) Car exhaust. B) Burning coal and oil. C) Burning wood. D) Air conditioners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning coal and oil. 15. Which of the following is not one of the compositional layers of the Earth? A) Mesosphere. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 16. Which sequence shows a correct pathway for the flow of energy in a food chain? A) Bacteria, grass, fox, owl. B) Grass, grasshopper, frog, snake. C) Fungi, beetle, algae, mouse. D) Algae, snake, duck, deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass, grasshopper, frog, snake. 17. What makes global winds curve rather than move in straight lines? A) The spinning of Earth. B) Changes in air pressure. C) Changes in temperature. D) Differences in latitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spinning of Earth. 18. A primary pollutant A) Soot form smoke. B) Ground-level ozone. C) Acid rain. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soot form smoke. 19. A formal way for the researcher to get feedback (comments and criticism) from the scientific community A) Theory. B) Replication. C) Peer Review. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peer Review. 20. The ozone layer is destroyed by a group of chemicals called A) CFCs. B) GHGs. C) UVs. D) CH4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CFCs. ← 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