This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 91 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 91 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Evaporation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduction. 2. Energy Resources. Pick the ODD ONE OUT. * A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Fossil Fuel. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomass. 3. What would NOT make an energy resource with a low net energy more competitive in the marketplace A) Subsidies. B) Tax breaks. C) Full-cost pricing. D) Technology improvements. E) Affordable pricing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full-cost pricing. 4. In a proper experiment, how many variables should be changed at a time? A) One. B) None. C) Two or more. D) How ever many makes sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 5. Which of the following rocks is formed by regional metamorphism? A) Basalt. B) Gneiss. C) Hornfels. D) Andesite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gneiss. 6. Liquid matter takes the shape of ..... A) Gas. B) Water. C) A pet. D) Its container. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its container. 7. Which of the following is a sink for carbon? A) Ocean. B) Rock. C) Fossil Fuels. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil Fuels. 8. Which of the following ecological levels of organization are arranged from largest to smallest? A) Ecosystem, population, community. B) Biosphere, ecosystem, community. C) Community, population, ecosystem. D) Biosphere, population, ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere, ecosystem, community. 9. Groundwater is stored in underwater reservoirs called ..... A) Gaseous Water. B) Water CAves. C) Aquifers. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifers. 10. Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones A) Surface currents. B) Tectonic plates. C) Salinity. D) Tributaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tributaries. 11. Succession is the process of change in a community:*In primary succession the process starts with bare rock and its pioneer species are- A) Weeds and Grasses. B) Large Trees. C) Lichen and Moss. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lichen and Moss. 12. The humane care and treatment of animals by providing adequate housing, sanitation, nutrition, water, and veterinary care is called: A) Animal welfare. B) Animal rights. C) Pet ownership. D) Livestock ownership. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animal welfare. 13. Which is not a factor that influences daily weather? A) Heat. B) Air pressure. C) Elevation. D) Moisture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elevation. 14. A forest protection plan guides a landowner who A) Wants to keep their forest as a natural area. B) Wants to cut some of their trees every few years as they mature. C) Wants to improve the quality of their woodland. D) Wants to make a forest where there currently isn't one. E) Wants to make sure that their forest is protected from fire, insects, grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Wants to make sure that their forest is protected from fire, insects, grazing. 15. The 'outputs' of a chemical reaction. Located on the right side of a chemical equation. A) Products. B) Reactants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Products. 16. Transportation systems, communication systems, water services, power supplies, and schools are all examples of A) Infrastructure. B) Rural areas. C) Ecological footprints. D) Land use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infrastructure. 17. A species with a restricted tolerance for environmental conditions is A) A specialist. B) A generalist. C) An autotroph. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A specialist. 18. Product made from the refining of crude oil A) Net energy. B) Coal. C) Petrochemical. D) Commercial energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petrochemical. 19. Symbiosis is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species A) Benefits. B) Is killed. C) Is harmed. D) Is unaffected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benefits. 20. The removal and transport of surface material by water and wind is known as A) Corrosion. B) Erosion. C) Repetition. D) Salinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. ← 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