This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Living Factors that affect living organisms in an ecosystem A) Biotic Factors. B) Plankton. C) Abiotic Factors. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic Factors. 2. Vitex parviflora A) Molave. B) Pandan. C) Narra. D) Select. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Molave. 3. Where is Easter Island located? A) Middle of Atlantic Ocean. B) Pacific Ocean. C) Polynesia. D) Close to the Caribbean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacific Ocean. 4. Which movement of Earth causes day and night? A) Rotation. B) Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 5. Which of these is not an example of carbon sequestration? A) Planting more trees and green spaces. B) Reducing coal based electricity. C) Fertilizing the ocean with iron to encourage algae growth. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reducing coal based electricity. 6. Results published in ..... are the most respected in science because they have passed through a rigorous evaluation process involving feedback from multiple source. A) News magazine. B) Peer-reviewed journal. C) Web journals. D) Weekly newspapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peer-reviewed journal. 7. Environmental organization, from least to most, might be listed as A) Individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere. B) Individual, population, community, population, biosphere. C) Species, population, community, and biosphere. D) Individual, community, ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere. 8. In aquaponics, plants provide nitrogen for the fish. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Chemical reactions involving sunlight, air, car exhaust, and ozone cause which of the following to form? A) Primary pollutants. B) Sick-building syndrome. C) Smog. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. 10. What process is most responsible for the formation of new oceanic crust? A) When magma rises up from the mantle at divergent boundaries. B) When one plate subducts under another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When magma rises up from the mantle at divergent boundaries. 11. The boundary where new oceanic crust is formed A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Convergent plate boundary. C) Transform plate boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent plate boundary. 12. "Turbidity" is the measure of a body of water's ..... A) Cloudiness. B) Eutrophication. C) Temperature change. D) Flocculation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloudiness. 13. What are some ways to protect habitats and the organisms living in them? A) Increase land reclamation and dredging activities. B) Use non-biodegradable fertilizers and pesticides. C) Reduce deforestation and adopt proper waste management practices. D) Encourage industrialization and pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce deforestation and adopt proper waste management practices. 14. In which situation are the atmosphere and geosphere interacting? A) A running river erodes soil on a mountain. B) A volcano release hot lava that causes a glacier to melt. C) Sediments from a desert are carried by wind to a rainforest. D) Humans burn fossil fuels that pollute the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sediments from a desert are carried by wind to a rainforest. 15. What does the chloriform count measure? A) And. coli. B) Hardness of water. C) PH. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. coli. 16. What type of energy comes from heat generated deep inside the earth from items like hot rocks, hot water and steam? A) Solar. B) Wind. C) Biomass. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geothermal. 17. Which of the following might occur as a result of plastic trash accumulating in the ocean? A) Turtles mistake clear plastic bags for jellyfish, ingest them, and die of intestinal blockage. B) Sea birds are strangled by plastic six-pack rings. C) Sea mammals, such as seals, become tangled in clear plastic fishing lines and drown. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Where does the energy from an ecosystem come from? A) Trees. B) Sun. C) Plants. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 19. Which biome has more salinity? A) Marine. B) Freshwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine. 20. All the parts of Earth that life exists:water, land, atmosphere A) Biosphere. B) Heterotroph. C) Biome. D) Primary Producer. 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