This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 631 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 631 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does eating less meat help the environment? A) It keeps the pigs from getting lonely. B) It lowers Greenhouse gas emissions by lowering demand for meat. C) Cows are tasty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It lowers Greenhouse gas emissions by lowering demand for meat. 2. As part of the ....., plants use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen into the atmosphere. A) Water cycle. B) Nitrogen cycle. C) Carbon-oxygen cycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon-oxygen cycle. 3. Which relationship does both organisms benefit? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 4. Where rivers flow into the ocean, mixing freshwater with saltwater, brackish ecosystems occur which are called A) Bogs. B) Flood plains. C) Estuaries. D) Limnetic zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estuaries. 5. Accurate measurements A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science. 6. Which of the following is not a reason why rain forests are cleared? A) To find new species. B) To export wood. C) To make farm land. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find new species. 7. Sundar Lal Bahuguna is associated with A) SARDAR SAROVAR AANDOLAN. B) Chipko movement. C) APPIKO MOVEMENT. D) Narmada Bachao Andolan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chipko movement. 8. Which of the following is NOT an example of a sustainable resource? A) Fresh water. B) Coal. C) Timber. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 9. Developed countries have: A) Greater personal wealth. B) Higher health standards. C) No poverty. D) Rapid population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greater personal wealth. 10. Is the systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding about it A) Observational Science. B) Science. C) Descriptive Science. D) Environmental Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Science. 11. I am a huge bird. My eyes are bigger than my brain. I am an ..... A) Peacock. B) Penguin. C) Ostrich. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ostrich. 12. Tragedy of the Commons results in what type of ownership? A) Public. B) Private. C) Semi private. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public. 13. Sicyopus cebuensis is declared as extinct by DENR (2015), was first documented in Naga, River in 1998 by Chen and Shao. Type of Goby fish that is considered to be one of the smallest in the world. The fish thrive in? A) Salt water. B) Fresh water. C) None of the above. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fresh water. 14. Environmental science is a(n) ..... because it usesknowledge to solve practical problems. A) Earth. B) Applied. C) Physical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Applied. 15. What is the biocapacity for the United States? A) -4.5 gha. B) 4.5 gha. C) -6.7 gha. D) 7.3 gha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -4.5 gha. 16. Bio = A) Earth. B) Sphere. C) Life. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 17. A home is built with clear glass panels that allow sunlight to pass through. This is an example of A) Active solar. B) Passive solar. C) Parabolic collector. D) Photovoltaic Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive solar. 18. Oil and natural gas result from the decay of ..... that accumulated on the ocean floor. A) Bacteria. B) Tiny marine organisms. C) Plants. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tiny marine organisms. 19. Aerosols A) Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds. B) A single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of Earth's surface. C) Tiny, liquid droplets found in the atmosphere. D) The flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tiny, liquid droplets found in the atmosphere. 20. Which sense organ helps us to smell flowers? A) Ears. B) Nose. C) Skin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nose. ← 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