This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 112 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 112 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In a hypothesis, what variable comes after the word IF A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 2. The value of a landscape based on its beauty or attractiveness. A) Ecolabelling. B) Aesthetic Value. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Market Failure. E) Ecological Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aesthetic Value. 3. Members of a population may be prone to inherited genetic diseases if A) The level of genetic diversity of the population is high. B) Inbreeding takes place frequently within the population. C) A variety of habitats are available to the population. D) Interactions between populations takes place in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inbreeding takes place frequently within the population. 4. *Plants and plant-like organisms make their own food or energy (glucose) from sunlight. A) Chemotrophs. B) Heterotrophs. C) Autotrophs. D) Saprophytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autotrophs. 5. Repeated application of irrigated water in dry climates leads to ..... A) A drop in productivity of the land by more than 10%, leading to desertification. B) A build up of nutrients, leading to increased levels of erosion. C) A build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinization. D) Decreased phosphorus and nitrogen, leading to eutrophication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A build up of salts in the soil, leading to salinization. 6. Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair is called A) Bias. B) Disagreement. C) Civil Discourse. D) Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 7. Aquifers are an example of which two spheres interacting? A) Biosphere and hydrosphere. B) Geosphere and hydrosphere. C) Hydrosphere and atmosphere. D) Atmosphere and geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere and hydrosphere. 8. People with different Worldviews and Cultures may have A) Similar views and hence would easily have a universal standard of environmental ethics. B) Different values and hence, their actions toward the environment may differ. C) Mixed values and hence, their actions toward the environment may be similar. D) No values and hence, their actions toward the environment may differ. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different values and hence, their actions toward the environment may differ. 9. Experiment A) Procedure designed to test a hypothesis. B) The probability of an unwanted outcome. C) A three-dimensional model you can touch. D) A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or how it is organized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Procedure designed to test a hypothesis. 10. I have a nuclear membrane, can do photosynthesis and am multicellular. What kingdom do I belong to? A) The animal. B) Archaebacteria. C) Plantae. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantae. 11. Reforestation refers A) To cutting down of trees and other plants that are local to the area. B) To planting of different trees and other plants that are not local to the area. C) To planting trees and other plants that are local to the area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To planting trees and other plants that are local to the area. 12. Effects of hunter-gatherers societies A) Soil erosion. B) Extinction. C) Air pollution. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 13. Water Quality monitor stations in the provinces are known as ..... stations. A) Real Time Water Quality. B) Regular Testing Water Quality. C) Real Time Water Quantity. D) Regular Time Water Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Real Time Water Quality. 14. Using solar and wind power help reduce acid rain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mineral. D) Erosion. E) Continental Drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 16. The selective breeding of organisms, by humans, for specific characteristics is known as ..... A) Natural Selection. B) Artificial Selection. C) Evolution. D) Resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artificial Selection. 17. Representation of the feeding relationships & flow of energy in a food chain A) Food pyramid. B) Food network. C) Food system. D) Food assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food pyramid. 18. This absorbs almost all the ultra-violet radiation that reaches the earth. A) Atmosphere. B) Greenhouse Gases. C) Stratospheric Ozone. D) Tropospheric Ozone tagsEasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropospheric Ozone tagsEasy. 19. According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same? A) . oil prices would drop. B) Oil prices would increase. C) Oil usage would drop. D) Oil usage would increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oil prices would increase. 20. Our warmest month is August. A) Climate. B) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. ← 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