This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 604 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 604 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured? A) Qualitative. B) Quantitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative. 2. Which career would you pursue if you wanted to spend your days digging and excavating, studying other cultures and preserving ancient artifacts? A) Mechanical Engineer. B) Wildlife Biologist. C) Chemist. D) Archaeologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archaeologist. 3. Isolines connecting points of equal elevation are called A) Contour Lines. B) Equality Lines. C) Isotherms. D) Isobars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contour Lines. 4. The amount of space a substance takes up A) Volume. B) Mass. C) Density. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volume. 5. True or False:Most communities can only support up to three or four trophic levels. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Protects us from harmful UV rays A) Oxygen. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Ozone layer. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone layer. 7. Which of the following are ways in which we can predict and measure an El l Niño or La Nina event? A) Measure taking measurements of surface winds. B) Taking measurements of surface winds. C) Both answers are correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both answers are correct. 8. With each transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next, about ..... of the energy is lost A) 10%. B) 30%. C) 60%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 90%. 9. Air pressure is lowest in which of the following places: A) Middle of a mountain. B) Bottom of a mountain. C) Top of a mountain. D) Equal at all places. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Top of a mountain. 10. Who was the first naturalist to study evolution? A) Charles Darwin. B) Gregor Mendel. C) Carolus Linnaeus. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Darwin. 11. What is Radiation? A) When heat is passed from particle to particle through an object. B) When particles get heated, expand, and become less dense. C) When heat transfers by waves through empty space. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When heat transfers by waves through empty space. 12. ..... such as rain, snow, and sleet is part of the water cycle. A) Precipitation. B) Evaporation. C) Respiration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precipitation. 13. What is the size of sand in diameter? A) > 2mm. B) 2mm-0.05mm. C) 0.05mm-0.002mm. D) <0.002mm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2mm-0.05mm. 14. The boundary responsible for mountain formation A) Divergent plate boundary. B) Convergent plate boundary. C) Transform plate boundary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent plate boundary. 15. Why do endangered species matter? A) Because they are endangered of going extinct. B) Because it will decrease the amount of biodiversity. C) Because if they die we cannot study them as pets. D) Because they cannot be observed in a controlled habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it will decrease the amount of biodiversity. 16. The form of in cell respiration that requires free oxygen. A) Aerobic. B) Anaerobic. C) Photosynthesis. D) Cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aerobic. 17. The study of how living things interact with each other and with their non living environment? A) Zoology. B) Botany. C) Microbiology. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecology. 18. Molecules are most compact in A) Solids. B) Liquids. C) Gases. D) Hibernation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solids. 19. Where satellites orbit. A) Troposphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exosphere. 20. Relieving a nation from repaying some of the money it owes other nations in exchange for protecting its biodiversity is called a A) Debt-for-nature swap. B) Conservation concession. C) Species Survival Plan. D) Wildlife corridor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debt-for-nature swap. ← 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