This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences β Quiz 111 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 111 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water levels in a salt marsh is considered a(n) ..... factor. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Benthic. D) Photic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 2. Climate change caused by extra carbon dioxide in the air that causes heat to get trapped in the atmosphere is called A) Global warming. B) Photosynthesis. C) Smog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 3. What organisms in this Tundra food web are primary consumers? A) Snowy owl, snowshoe hare, and lemming. B) Snowshoe hare, ermine and lemming. C) Lemming, snowshoe hare and caribou. D) Snowshoe hare only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lemming, snowshoe hare and caribou. 4. Rain, sleet, snow & ice fall from the sky A) Precipitation. B) Radiation. C) Convection current. D) Water cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precipitation. 5. Wind and water erosion are LEAST likely to affect ..... A) Mountains. B) Rocks. C) Soil. D) Tides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tides. 6. Decomposers give energy and nutrients back to ..... A) The Sun. B) The Soil. C) Consumers. D) Herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Soil. 7. The measure of the change in elevation is A) Divide. B) Gradient. C) Permeability. D) Porosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gradient. 8. Land cover and land use are related, and humans can change A) Neither. B) Both. C) Land cover only. D) Land use only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both. 9. Fgfb A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 10. What type of symbiotic relationship exists between two or more where both benefit? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Cannibalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 11. Hot glass looks the same as cold glass A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. There are six criteria in evaluating web resources. One of these has the following questions. Which criterion is this talking about?Are there dates on the page to indicate when the page was written, when the page was first placed on the Web, or when the page was last revised? A) Coverage. B) Currency. C) Accuracy. D) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Currency. 13. A sustainable city is A) A city that use clean energy. B) A city tha reduce the pollution that they generate. C) A city that recycle, reuse and reduce. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 14. Theory or Law?The cell ..... of living things:living things are made of cells, which explains how things grow and live. A) Theory. B) Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 15. A living thing A) Organism. B) Ecosystem. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism. 16. A factory in Florida had dumped toxic waste into the soil for 40β―years. Since the company is no longer in business, government officials removed the toxic soil and piled it up into large mounds until they can finish evaluating how to treat the waste.How may the toxins harm the ecosystem? A) Poison the water. B) Stop plants form growing. C) Harm the animals that are exposed to them. D) All of the other answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other answers. 17. What must happen to a metamorphic rock before it becomes a sedimentary rock? A) It must be broken down into sediment. B) It must be melted into magma. C) Its minerals must dissolve in water. D) It must be exposed to high temperature and pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It must be broken down into sediment. 18. The Island of Cebu is part of what faunal region of the Philippines? A) Greater Luzon. B) Palawan. C) Greater Negros-Panay. D) Bohol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greater Negros-Panay. 19. A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms A) Ecotourism. B) Keystone species. C) Fossil fuels. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 20. Carbon dioxide gas in the air is part of which sphere? A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books