This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 69 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Adaptions that will help desert plants survive is obtaining and conserving water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. How do tectonic plates contribute to the formation of mountains? A) The movement of tectonic plates causes the Earth's crust to sink, not uplift. B) Plate tectonics and the movement and collision of plates result in the uplift of the Earth's crust. C) Tectonic plates have no impact on the formation of mountains. D) Mountains are formed by volcanic activity, not tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plate tectonics and the movement and collision of plates result in the uplift of the Earth's crust. 3. The wetlands near your school absorb water to prevent the school parking lot from flooding every time it rains. What type of ecosystem service this represents? A) Provisioning. B) Regulating. C) Cultural. D) Supporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regulating. 4. The ..... capacity of an environment is limited by the availability of biotic and abiotic resources. A) External. B) Carrying. C) Limiting. D) Interacting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carrying. 5. Made by weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture. A) Topsoil. B) Soil. C) Sand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 6. The contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human and natural sources (a) A) A air pollution. B) Smog. C) Acid deposition. D) Climate change tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A air pollution. 7. What's the best way to dispose of hazardous chemicals used at home? A) Put them in a leak proof container in the trash. B) Carefully pour them down the drainage. C) Read the labels to see how to dipose of each. D) Bury them in the yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read the labels to see how to dipose of each. 8. The transfer of heat by air currents (or currents in a liquid) is called A) Radiation. B) Conduction. C) Convection. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection. 9. ..... :practice of establishing, treating and reproducing forest stands possessing desired characteristics. A) Stands. B) Salvage cuts. C) Silviculture. D) Pulpwood cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silviculture. 10. ..... are a combination of clay, sand, water and thick oil called bitumen. A) Tar sands. B) Oil shale. C) Tight oil. D) Hydraulic fracturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tar sands. 11. How does energy enter an ecosystem? A) Sunlight. B) Soil. C) Animals. D) Invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunlight. 12. All living and nonliving things with which organisms interact A) Niche. B) Biosphere. C) Environment. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 13. Toxic waste is an example of a ..... A) Pollutant. B) Polluted. C) Pollution. D) Unpolluted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollutant. 14. It consists the outer mantle of the solid earth. A) Lithosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 15. The process where bacteria that convert nitrogen gas into ammonia and nitrites & nitrates compounds is called A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Denitrification. C) Infiltration. D) Nodule formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen fixation. 16. The sun sets in the ..... A) North. B) East. C) South. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West. 17. The ultimate source of energy in our Solar System comes from: A) Water. B) Oxygen. C) The sun. D) Forces within the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun. 18. Safe to drink A) Desalination. B) Potable. C) Pathogen. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potable. 19. Able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply A) Ecolabelling. B) Environmental Economics. C) Corporate. D) Consumer. E) Sustainable. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sustainable. 20. Is water found on Earth's land surfaces A) Surface water. B) Sea water. C) Salt water. D) Permeability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surface water. ← 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