This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 83 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do we call the movement around the sun, which takes 365 days. A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Circular. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 2. A carnivore is an ..... A) Organism that eats only meat. B) Organism that eats only plants. C) Organism that eats all things-meat and plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism that eats only meat. 3. What two biomes get less than 10 inches of rainfall per year? A) Temperate Deciduous Forest and the Taiga. B) Chapparal and Desert. C) Tropical and Temperate grasslands. D) The desert and the tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The desert and the tundra. 4. There is more fresh water on Earth than salt water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Deserts are A) Covered with sand and contain no plant life. B) Found only in North America. C) Often formed on the dry side of mountain ranges. D) Never located in cooler climates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Often formed on the dry side of mountain ranges. 6. Which process involves conversion of light energy to chemical energy A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Transpiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 7. A consumer that eats only producers is called a(n) A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Autothroph. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 8. Industrialized agriculture is often referred to as "high input" because it requires a great deal of: A) Pesticides. B) Fertilizers. C) Fossil fuels. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 9. C6H12O6 + 6O2 $\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 6H2O is known as: A) Cellular photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Molecules of carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration. 10. Environmental Science is the study of how the natural world ..... and how humans interact with it. A) Is created. B) Works. C) Is destroyed. D) Is made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Works. 11. What is the best pro about renewable resources? A) They are inexpensive. B) They are always available. C) They create pollution. D) They are expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are always available. 12. Controlling animals and plants for humans to use is known as ..... A) Agriculture. B) Domestication. C) Cultivate. D) Nomadic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Domestication. 13. Estuaries are very productive ecosystems because they receive fresh nutrients from A) Lakes and ponds. B) Rivers and oceans. C) Marshes and swamps. D) Streams and springs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers and oceans. 14. After measuring the height in an experiment, what would be the next step the scientists would do? A) Scientists will formulate a hypothesis. B) Scientists will design their experiment. C) Scientist will identify materials needed. D) Scientists will analyze their data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientists will analyze their data. 15. Another term for acid rain is A) High pH liquid. B) Condensation. C) Acid deposition. D) Aquatic erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid deposition. 16. .... to hurt his feelings, I avoided the question. A) Not wanted. B) Not wanting. C) Not want. D) Want not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not wanting. 17. Animals that live in the desert A) Are usually nocturnal. B) Hibernate in winter. C) Usually have thin skin to absorb water. D) Include camels, moose, and various reptiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are usually nocturnal. 18. A non-renewable resource CANNOT be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Areas that have soil layers are in ..... succession A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Exceptional. D) Contemporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary. 20. Golden crowned-flying fox Acedoron jubatosis one of the heaviest bat in the world, declared as CRITICALLY endangered bat species. Recently recorded in Malones, Dalaguete roosting in a tree together with 3 other species of fruit bat. It is locally called? A) Bat Species. B) Bang. C) Black starling. D) Tagamaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bang. ← 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