This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 100 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 100 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these sayings best describes how an ecosystem operates? A) Early bird gets the worm. B) A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. C) Its always darkest before the dawn. D) Curiosity killed the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. 2. The average year-to-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and cloud cover in an area are known as its A) Weather. B) Climate. C) Global warming. D) Seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 3. The atmosphere includes A) Rocks. B) Air. C) Plants. D) Atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 4. Biomagnification A) Underground rock formation that holds water. B) Law designed to improve water quality. C) Non point source pollution. D) Process by which increasing amounts of toxins in the bodies of organisms as toxins move up the food chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Process by which increasing amounts of toxins in the bodies of organisms as toxins move up the food chain. 5. How can nutrients be a pollutant? A) Not enough nutrients. B) Too many nutrients. C) Lack of specific nutrients. D) Imbalance of nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too many nutrients. 6. Uranium is a A) Renewable resource. B) Nonrenewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable resource. 7. Genetic diversity, species diversity, ecological diversity, and functional diversity are best characterized as elements of A) Cultural diversity. B) Abiotic resources. C) Biological diversity. D) Biospheres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological diversity. 8. Select true or false:Hydropower is energy that comes from wind. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. An environment that contains water, fish, turtles, sand, rocks and oxygen is considered to be a(n). A) Organism. B) Population. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 10. The term "biodiversity" refers to A) The number of species living on Earth. B) The number & variety of species that are considered renewable. C) The number & variety of species living on Earth. D) The number & variety of species that live in an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number & variety of species that live in an area. 11. What phase of the growth curve are human beings currently in? A) Exponential Growth Phase. B) Lag Phase. C) Deceleration Phase. D) Stable Equilibrium Phase tagsEN.LS2.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exponential Growth Phase. 12. What does the table tell us about the relationship between births to young mothers and total fertility rate? A) If women start having babies young, they have more babies. B) The higher the percentage of women who are giving birth between 15-19 years of age, the higher the total fertility rate. C) Both of these answers are correct. D) Neither are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these answers are correct. 13. Coal and Natural Gas are made from plants that have decomposed and fossilized over millions of years. A) True. Both are from plants. B) False. Coal is made from plants but Natural Gas is made from animals. C) False. Coal is made from animals but Natural Gas is made from plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. Coal is made from plants but Natural Gas is made from animals. 14. Headquartered in New York City, the 190 member nations of the following organization work together to promote peace and to help solve economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems A) World Trade Organization. B) European Union. C) United Nations. D) Kyoto Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United Nations. 15. A person who estimates timber volume is called a A) Skidder. B) Timber Cruiser. C) Forest technician. D) Logging foreman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timber Cruiser. 16. Which kingdom is unicellular and could include such illnesses such as step throat and staph infections? A) Eubacteria. B) Archeabacteria. C) Protists. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eubacteria. 17. A meniscus is the curved upper surface of a liquid in a graduated cylinder A) True. B) False-Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Centimeters A) .01. B) .1. C) 100. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) .01. 19. The fact that fossil fuels formed at the bottom of swamps implies that A) There was little or no oxygen in that environment. B) Most of Earth's surface was once covered by swamps. C) Swamps are under large amounts of pressure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There was little or no oxygen in that environment. 20. A broad explanation that applies to a wide range of situations and observations and that is supported by several lines of evidence and broadly accepted by the scientific community; describes HOW something happens. A) Law. B) Theory. C) Inference. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Environmental Sciences Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books