This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 627 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 627 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first step in finding an ore deposit is A) Finding placer deposits. B) Smelting. C) Testing the salt content of rocks. D) Exploring rock formations for mineralization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exploring rock formations for mineralization. 2. Where are algal blooms located? A) Benthos. B) Top of water layer. C) Middle of water layer. D) On the shore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Top of water layer. 3. Gas to Liquid A) Melting. B) Freezing. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 4. What is the term for the process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other? A) Predation. B) Parasitism. C) Coevolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coevolution. 5. Department of Energy (DOE)-Creates and maintains policies regarding energy sources, alternative energy, and safety handling energy material, such as ..... material. A) Gamma. B) X-ray. C) Nuclear. D) UV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear. 6. A chemical to disinfect water A) Copper Sulphate. B) Distilled Water. C) Iron Sulphate. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chlorine. 7. What part of the tree absorbs minerals and nutrients from the soil? A) Roots. B) Trunk. C) Branches. D) Leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roots. 8. We can buy bread and biscuits from this shop? A) Stationary. B) Bakery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bakery. 9. According to the law of supply and demand, reduced oil productionleads to. A) Lower demand for oil. B) Lower oil prices. C) Higher prices for oil. D) Exploration of new fuel sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higher prices for oil. 10. Sees criticism as conspiracy A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pseudoscience. 11. Which of the following organisms does not belong with the rest? A) Moss. B) Grass. C) Algae. D) Wild flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algae. 12. Who is known as 'Tree Man of India'? A) Rajendra Singh. B) Jadav Payeng. C) Marimuthu Yoganathan. D) S. P. Godrej. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marimuthu Yoganathan. 13. Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, the older the rocks get A) The younger the rocks get. B) The smellier the rocks get. C) The harder the rocks get. D) The older the rocks get. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The older the rocks get. 14. Which of the following describes the aphotic zone in an aquatic ecosystem? A) The very bottom of a body of water. B) The zone where no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur. C) The shallow, near-shore zone. D) The uppermost layer where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The zone where no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur. 15. Where does seafloor spreading take place? A) Convergent boundaries. B) The continentals shelves. C) Transform boundary. D) Mid-ocean ridges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mid-ocean ridges. 16. The lower region of this level of the atmosphere is called the ionosphere, and has an electrical charge A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermosphere. 17. The Sun transforms matter into energy through nuclear fusion. What can be inferred about the Sun from this fact? A) The Sun is losing mass and hydrogen. B) The Sun is losing volume and hydrogen. C) The Sun is losing mass and helium. D) The Sun is losing volume and helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sun is losing mass and hydrogen. 18. What are pull factors? A) The reasons people are forced to leave rural areas and move to cities. B) The reasons people are drawn to cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reasons people are drawn to cities. 19. You find a rock in which the grains are arranged in parallel bands of white and black crystals. The rock is probably a(n) A) Igneous rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Metamorphic rock. D) Extrusive rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic rock. 20. When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called ..... A) A community. B) A biome. C) A biosphere. D) An Earthsphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A biosphere. ← 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