This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 580 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 580 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Winds:atmosphere:: A) Currents:hydrosphere. B) Salinity:ocean. C) Earthquakes:ionosphere. D) Ocean:climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Currents:hydrosphere. 2. Which of the following would support that insects are consumers? A) Insects get their energy by eating plants or animals. B) Insects get their energy from the air. C) Insects are able to make their own food. D) Insects are able to live without energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insects get their energy by eating plants or animals. 3. Identify the examples as:a organism, population, community, or ecosystem. Water, Fish, Turtles, Oxygen, Rocks and Moss interacting in a river system. A) Organism. B) Population. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 4. This element speeds up eutrophication and mostly results from the weathering of rocks A) Carbonates. B) Sulfates. C) Phosphates. D) Microbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphates. 5. What is genetic drift caused by? A) Human intervention. B) Chance and random events. C) Artificial selection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chance and random events. 6. How can we mitigate the impact of elevated nitrate levels in an ecosystem? A) Increasing nitrate discharge. B) Reducing oxygen levels. C) Implementing better agricultural practices. D) Enhancing algal growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implementing better agricultural practices. 7. Where is the dependent variable placed on a graph? A) X-axis. B) Y-axis. C) Either the x-axis or the y-axis. D) Neither the x-axis nor the y-axis tagsGraphing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Y-axis. 8. Invasive species alter the ecosystem by a ..... in number quickly, this leads to ..... food for the native species. A) Increasing less. B) Decline decreasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing less. 9. Most of the earth's FRESH water is contained where? A) Lakes. B) Rivers. C) Glaciers. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glaciers. 10. The basic unit of structure and function in the human body is the ..... A) Organ. B) Organ system. C) Cell. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell. 11. What is the primary driver of forest loss in Latin America? A) Soybean cultivation. B) Timber harvesting for building. C) Cattle ranches. D) Palm oil plantations. E) Expanding suburban areas of large cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cattle ranches. 12. The remora fish attaches onto sharks for transportation, but doesn't change the shark in any way. Which type of interaction do the remora fish and shark have? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 13. The largest threat to biodiversity is A) Bacteria. B) Plants. C) Humans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans. 14. Which of the following aquatic biomes has less than 1% saltwater? A) Estuaries. B) Lakes. C) Oceans. D) Coastlines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lakes. 15. Which of the following is NOT true about chemistry? A) Is the study of matter and energy. B) Can be applied to environmental science when studying living things. C) Can explain the changes organisms go through. D) Can explain the changes their environments go through. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the study of matter and energy. 16. Eating at the lab tables is not allowed. A) False, I do not agree. B) True, I agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True, I agree. 17. The big bang, plate tectonics, and general relativity are all examples of A) Ethics. B) Hypotheses. C) Predictions. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theories. 18. Which type of data involves numbers that are obtained by counting or measuring? A) Quantitative. B) Qualitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative. 19. Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem A) Food web. B) Food chain. C) Predator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food web. 20. On Mount Everest the temperature decreases as the altitude increases. The summit of this mountain is in which atmospheric layer? A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. ← 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