This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 615 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 615 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... animal care and management will result in healthier, more productive animals, reduced medical expenses, and increased profitability A) Proper. B) Inadequate. C) Poor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proper. 2. Which of the following lists includes only abiotic factors? A) Temperature, water, nutrients, sunlight. B) Animals, water, nutrients, sunlight. C) Animals, plants, fungi, protists. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature, water, nutrients, sunlight. 3. Which type of growth typically only occurs in controlled experimental conditions? A) Exponential. B) Linear. C) Logarithmic. D) None of the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linear. 4. The Gulf of Mexico is a major supplier of the country's fish and shellfish A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, vital for its role in carbon sequestration and biodiversity? A) Yellowstone National Park. B) Great Barrier Reef. C) Galapagos Islands. D) Amazon Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazon Rainforest. 6. Two of the herbivores represented in this food web are? A) Toads and snakes. B) Deer and mice. C) Wolves and raccoons. D) Grasshoppers and toads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deer and mice. 7. Our perception of the world around us, how we understand life, our values and our beliefs is known as A) Ethical decisions. B) Worldview. C) Cultural values. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worldview. 8. What type of energy is produced from materials that were once living, like plants or animal waste? A) Tidal/Wave. B) Wind. C) Biomass. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomass. 9. Personal, human liberties that are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. A) Civil rights. B) Common rights. C) Human rights. D) Sole rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civil rights. 10. The Whos make homemade gifts to exchange. This is an example to A) Greed. B) Sustainable living. C) Over-consumption of resources. D) Ignorance of basic economic capitalistic paradigms in a developed social environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable living. 11. If an author relays all the facts regarding a topic it shows A) Positive Bias. B) Objective. C) Negative Bias. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Objective. 12. It is possible to run out of a renewable resource. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. A system that does not exchange matter or energy with environment. A) Open System. B) Closed System. C) Isolated System. D) Plain System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed System. 14. Amount of genetic variation in a population or among all living organisms A) Genetic Diversity. B) Species Diversity. C) Ecosystem Diversity. D) Geodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic Diversity. 15. What is the term for a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world? A) Law. B) Hypothesis. C) Theory. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 16. This is the crust and the upper most mantle, it is brittle and rigid. A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mantle. D) Convection Currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 17. Rising sea levels would A) Increase coastal property values. B) Expose low-lying islands. C) Accelerate coastal erosion. D) Cleanse coastal aquifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accelerate coastal erosion. 18. Photosynthetic, oxygen-producing bacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae). A) Ozone layer. B) Greenhouse effect. C) Cyanobacteria. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cyanobacteria. 19. The Gulf stream carries ..... water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe. A) Cold. B) Warm. C) Freezing. D) Fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm. 20. Which mining practice destroys streams by blasting out the stream sediments? A) Placer Mining. B) Strip Mining. C) Underground mining. D) Mountaintop removal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placer Mining. ← 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