This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 635 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 635 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Habitat loss is ..... while habitat fragmentation is ..... A) Degradation-breaking apart. B) Destruction-breaking apart. C) Breaking apart-destruction. D) Degradation-subdivision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destruction-breaking apart. 2. Which organism in the picture would increase in population size if there was a significant decrease in the rabbit population? A) Grass. B) Red fox. C) Cougar. D) Wolf spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grass. 3. ..... use small, efficient gasoline engines most of the time, but they also use electric motors when extra power is needed A) Ocean thermal energy conversion plants. B) Electric cars. C) Hybrid cars. D) Wind farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hybrid cars. 4. A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen. Can cause faintness, death. A) Nitrogen oxides. B) Ground-level ozone. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Sulfur dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon monoxide. 5. What animal can be found in a tropical rain forest? A) Bumblebee Dart Frog. B) Indian Pita. C) Wild dogs. D) Bison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bumblebee Dart Frog. 6. Which two primary pollutants most often result in acid rain? A) Sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxide. B) Carbon monoxide and VOCs. C) ZEVs and VOCs. D) Carbonic acid and citric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxide. 7. Which of the following is NOT one of the limitations of trophic levels? A) Trophic levels do not show non-trophic interactions. B) Some species occupy more than one trophic level. C) Do not include decomposers or detritivores. D) They focus too much on competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They focus too much on competition. 8. The Siberian Tigers living on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains are separated from other mountain regions in which the tigers could live. The mountains are an example of a(n) A) Mass extinction. B) He lives in a fragment. C) Invasive species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He lives in a fragment. 9. Some scientists interpret data on weather maps by A) Interpreting weather map symbols. B) Shifting the equatorial and temperate zones. C) Altering the makeup of the troposphere. D) Redistributing Earth's vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpreting weather map symbols. 10. A niche restricted by competition is a A) Fundamental niche. B) Realized niche. C) Resource partitioned niche. D) Displaced niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realized niche. 11. Where is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the starting point of an earthquake? A) Epicenter. B) Fault. C) Magma chamber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicenter. 12. Factors in the environment that are NOT living are called A) Bionic. B) Abiotic. C) Biotic. D) Ambient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 13. The following are disadvantages of which type of energy? Mining alters landscapes and endangers humans Plants are slow to reach full operating capacity Large contributor to acid rain A) Petroleum. B) Coal. C) Natural Gas. D) Nuclear Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 14. Fertilizer runoff into water systems can cause deadly algal blooms for the local fauna and wildlife A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. To help our environment, you should A) Recycle, remember, and reduce. B) Reduce, reuse, and recycle. C) Reduce, repair, and recycle. D) Reuse, replace, and recycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduce, reuse, and recycle. 16. The higher the temperature in an oven, the faster a cake will bake. What is the independent variable? A) Cake flavor. B) Temperature. C) Time. D) Type of oven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature. 17. The cattle egret follows herds of cattle and eat the insects that the cattle stir up as they move through the grassland. The cattle appear to be unaffected by the egrets. This is a ..... type of relationship. A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Symbiotic. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commensalism. 18. Some resources, such as fossil fuels, are ..... and cannot be replaced. A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable. 19. Two methods of soil conservation in farming are A) Reclamation and subsurface mining. B) Landscaping and nylon fencing. C) Selective harvesting and replanting. D) Contour plowing and windbreaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contour plowing and windbreaks. 20. How does a dish-type concentrated solar power system collect solar energy? A) A half-pipe-shaped mirror concentrates light onto oil to heat it up. B) Mirrors collect light onto a single point on a tower. C) Panels absorb sunlight and create electric currents between them. D) A large, curved plate directs sunlight onto fluid to heat it and push a piston. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A large, curved plate directs sunlight onto fluid to heat it and push a piston. ← 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