This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 672 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 672 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following has the greatest efficiency out of all of the natural resources? A) Hydroelectric. B) Fossil fuels. C) Solar. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelectric. 2. Who first coined the term ecosystem? A) Arthur G. Tansley. B) Aristotle. C) Sunderlal Bahuguna. D) Arjun G. Tandle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthur G. Tansley. 3. What is the earliest stage of coal? (this has the least amount of energy and is the youngest) A) Peat. B) Lignite. C) Bituminous. D) Anthracite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peat. 4. The variety of organisms in a given area is called: A) A species. B) A gene. C) Abiotic factors. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 5. How can someone reduce the size of their ecological footprint? A) Eat less meat. B) Drive less. C) Use public transportation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Which is the following causes the difference in weather that we see during the different seasons. A) The distance from the sun. B) The rotation of the Earth. C) The angle at which the sun's rays hit the Earth. D) Distance from the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The angle at which the sun's rays hit the Earth. 7. ..... is needed for burning and breathing. A) Air. B) Water. C) Wind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air. 8. What global phenomenon has caused some organisms to move toward the poles or to higher altitudes? A) Habitat fragmentation. B) Pollution. C) Warming temperatures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warming temperatures. 9. Which of the following forest management practices is the harvesting of trees before they reach maturity? A) Silviculture. B) Propagation. C) Intermediate cuttings. D) Timber stand improvements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intermediate cuttings. 10. The troposphere of the Earth's atmosphere supports life because it contains A) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases. B) Water, nitrogen, helium, and argon. C) Water, oxygen, carbon monoxide, methane. D) Water, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases. 11. What will happen if a nonrenewable resource is used up faster than it can be replenished or regenerated? A) The resource will become abundant. B) The resource will be replenished. C) The resource will be replenished. D) The resource will become scarce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The resource will become scarce. 12. On the top of the zone of saturation is A) Water table. B) Zone of aeration. C) Lava. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water table. 13. The United States government encouraged the use of cars as transportation in part by A) Building interstate highways. B) Charging high gasoline taxes. C) Tax credits for automobile owners. D) Constructing mass public transportation like subways and trains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building interstate highways. 14. Where the earth slopes downward:water gets deeper, but lots of sun, where dolphins play A) Oceainic. B) Benthic. C) Intertidal. D) Neritic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neritic. 15. How do wetlands help prevent flooding? A) They provide habitat. B) They absorb extra runoff. C) The provide nutrients. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They absorb extra runoff. 16. A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes A) Granite. B) Sedimentary Rock. C) Igneous Rock. D) Metamorphic Rock. E) Continental Drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphic Rock. 17. Located in tropical zone A) Coniferous. B) Deciduous. C) Rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 18. As water moves through the water cycle, the total amount of water in Earth ..... A) Decreases. B) Fluctuates with the seasons. C) Increases. D) Stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stays the same. 19. Examples of producers are a A) Lion and cheetah. B) Zebra and gazelle. C) Acacia tree and stargrass. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acacia tree and stargrass. 20. What is a limiting factor? A) Something that can become scarce in an environment. B) Something that keeps an animal in its habitat. C) Something that prevents an animal from hunting. D) Something that is plentiful in an environment. 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