This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 594 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 594 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The dirty air can cause many diseases. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Analogous structures are not evidence of evolution because A) They are not inherited from a common ancestor. B) They are not found in fossils. C) They look different. D) They are not an advantage to the organisms that have them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are not inherited from a common ancestor. 3. Which of the following is NOT an impact of consuming too much resources? A) Climate change. B) Declining ecosystem health and biodiversity. C) Increasing ecosystem health and biodiversity. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing ecosystem health and biodiversity. 4. Which of the following wrote "Silent Spring" ? A) Rachel Carson. B) Robert Shelford. C) Marjory Stoneman Douglas. D) Frank Egler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rachel Carson. 5. Effects of the agricultural revolution A) Soil erosion. B) Habitat destruction. C) Plant and animal domestication. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 6. Any factor in an ecosystem that has never had the ability to sustain life is called? A) Biotic Factor. B) Abiotic Factor. C) Limiting Factor. D) Non-Living Factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic Factor. 7. Layers of the crust from innermost to outermost A) Crust, Mantle, inner core, outer core. B) Mantle, inner core, outer core, crust. C) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle. D) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. 8. Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies A) Erosion. B) Granite Rock. C) Igneous Rock. D) Sedimentary Rock. E) Rock Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous Rock. 9. The energy consumed by organisms A) Can be stored in fat and sugar molecules. B) Remains constant at all trophic levels. C) Undergoes magnification in food chains. D) Is not partially lost during digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be stored in fat and sugar molecules. 10. Which of the following is not a benefit of a wetland? A) They filter and clean water as well, absorbing toxins and other pollutants. B) They provide rich farmland and are a source of fuel when the water is drained from the area. C) They absorb and store vast quantities of storm water, helping reduce floods and recharge aquifers. D) They provide critical habitat for many plant and animal species that could not survive in other habitats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They provide rich farmland and are a source of fuel when the water is drained from the area. 11. The middle layer of the sun's interior that contains very tightly packed gas is called the ..... A) Photosphere. B) Chromosphere. C) Radiation zone. D) Convection zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiation zone. 12. Where does nuclear fusion occur? A) Space. B) Radiation Zone. C) Photosphere. D) The Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Core. 13. Which science is involved in studying the types of rocks? A) Plant biology. B) Geology. C) Ecology. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geology. 14. Which of the following terms means "selective breeding of organisms by humans for desirable characteristics" ? A) Artificial Selection. B) Adaptation. C) Natural Selection. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artificial Selection. 15. A step in the movement of energy through an ecosystem; an organism's feeding status in an ecosystem A) Trophic level. B) Energy pyramid. C) Photosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trophic level. 16. Projected extinction rates may be underestimated due to ongoing impacts of a growing human population and environmental degradation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Resources that can be renewed, adjusted and manipulated. A) Non-renewable. B) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable. 18. Where does water go when water evaporates from a puddle on the street? A) It doesn't go anywhere. B) It sinks into the street. C) It rises into the atmosphere. D) It goes into outer space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It rises into the atmosphere. 19. What cause noise pollution? A) People take public transport. B) People turn down TV. C) The traffic makes too much noise. D) The traffic makes too many fumes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The traffic makes too much noise. 20. When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing ..... A) Lava. B) Magma. C) Mineral Crystals. D) Igneous Rocks. 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