This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 97 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Located in northern arctic regions, winter is too cold and dry to permit the growth of trees. A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Chaparral. D) Savannah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tundra. 2. Larger watersheds generally have less runoff than the smaller watersheds. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. In ....., energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves. A) Convection. B) Radiation. C) Conduction. D) Induction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiation. 4. Humans are generally A) Carnivores. B) Herbivores. C) Omnivores. D) Quadribores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivores. 5. Which is NOT considered part of an environment? A) Climate. B) Soil. C) Energy. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 6. Periodic ice ages are due to A) Pollution. B) Burning of fossil fuels. C) Milankovitch cycles. D) Too much cloud cover over a period of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milankovitch cycles. 7. Someone who works on a nature reserve and helps to protect and care for animals is known as a A) Botanist. B) Conservationist. C) Artist. D) Tour guide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservationist. 8. This type of erosion occurs when water gets into the cracks in our road freezes, expands and breaks up the road creating potholes? A) Water. B) Ice. C) Wind. D) Convection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice. 9. Complete the following statement by selecting the correct answer:Natural resources called ..... are the remains of plants, animals, and otherliving things that died millions of years ago. A) Methane. B) Coal. C) Natural gas. D) Fossil fuels. E) Crude oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuels. 10. Provide 2 examples of Biotic Components. A) Rabbit, fox. B) Coal, oil. C) Water, oxygen. D) Sunlight, air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rabbit, fox. 11. The ..... includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact. A) Economy. B) Ecosystem. C) Environment. D) Ecological. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 12. The human blood has a ..... level of acidity. A) Neutral. B) Low. C) High. D) Water-based. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neutral. 13. Energy is lost as Heat at each level of the food chain/pyramid. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Who teaches us in the school? A) Mother. B) Nurse. C) Teacher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher. 15. The ..... islands are volcanoes that become progressively older toward the northwest. A) Austral. B) Wake. C) Hawaiian. D) Tuamotu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hawaiian. 16. Science is an approach to studying the natural world that involves formulating hypotheses and then testing them to see if the hypotheses are supported or refuted A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. What is the smallest level of ecological organization A) Community. B) Ecosystem. C) Organism. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism. 18. Which of the following in NOT an example of a natural resource? A) Coal. B) Sunlight. C) Timber. D) Batteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Batteries. 19. A(n) ..... variable depends on or is changed by another variable. A) Dependent. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent. 20. "atmo-" means A) Gas or vapor. B) Water. C) Earth or rocks. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas or vapor. ← 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