This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 591 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 591 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. NAME THE FAMOUS PERSONALITY BEHIND THE BISHNOI MOVEMENT A) AMRITA DEVI. B) Devi Lal Bahuguna. C) SEETA RANI. D) Shamsher Singh Bisht. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AMRITA DEVI. 2. Logistic growth of a population is seen in populations A) That are growing exponentially. B) That have reached carrying capacity. C) With no emigration or immigration. D) With unlimited resources and no predators or disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That have reached carrying capacity. 3. ..... is a force that causes dust particles to stick together in a nebula. A) Nuclear fusion. B) Gravity. C) Hydrogen. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 4. The study of air, water, and land surrounding an organism or community, including the impact of humans on the environment. A) Chemistry Science. B) Biology. C) Biological Science. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental Science. 5. Which organ system takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide? A) Chemical system. B) Respiratory system. C) Circulatory system. D) Endocrine system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiratory system. 6. What is the name for the mechanism of enzyme activity? A) Lock and key. B) Jigsaw puzzle. C) Hammer and nail. D) Two hands pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lock and key. 7. What percent of total energy gain is transferred to next trophic level? A) 20%. B) 10%. C) 5%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10%. 8. What is the main environmental impact of F-gasses? A) Depletion of the ozone layer. B) Increase in renewable energy. C) Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. D) Improvement in air quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depletion of the ozone layer. 9. A strategy for pollution control that involves regulations and enforcement mechanisms A) Subsidy. B) Command and control approach. C) Policy. D) Lobbying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command and control approach. 10. Which type of organism creates its own food? A) Autotrophes. B) Heterotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autotrophes. 11. Consumer that gets its food by breaking down dead organisms, causing them to rot. A) Pioneers. B) Decoposer. C) Detritivore. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decoposer. 12. In the biocentric view, we have a moral duty to protect the environment and living things even when they do not affect our welfare or benefit our interests A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Photo chemical smog results from the interaction of ..... in the presence of ..... A) Pollutants, sunlight. B) Rain, sunlight. C) Volcanic ash, sunlight. D) Emissions, rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollutants, sunlight. 14. Erosion from clear-cutting is an example of what type of water pollution? A) Nutrient. B) Toxic-chemical. C) Sediment. D) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sediment. 15. Which would be a biotic factor in a biome? A) Types of insects. B) Hours of daylight. C) Types of rocks. D) Yearly rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Types of insects. 16. Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be too A) Warm. B) Cold. C) Dead. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 17. Cracks in rocks widen as water in them freezes and thaws. How does this affect the surface of the Earth? A) A. it reduces the rates of soil formation. B) . It changes the chemical composition of the rocks. C) It exposes the rocks to increased rates of erosion and weathering. D) It limits the exposure of rocks to acid precipitation. tagsSEV1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It exposes the rocks to increased rates of erosion and weathering. 18. Which is not a characteristic of science? A) Conserved to data and facts. B) Open to change. C) Conclusions are first created then support is made. D) Open to criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusions are first created then support is made. 19. If you create a diagram of your family tree, you are making a A) Graphical model. B) Conceptual model. C) Physical model. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceptual model. 20. The establishment of a community in an area of exposed rock that does not have any topsoil is A) Primary succession. B) Competition. C) Tolerance. D) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. ← 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