This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 125 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 125 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere are called A) Continents. B) Mesospheres. C) Crust. D) Tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tectonic plates. 2. The diagram below shows a simple food chain. Which of the following animals might compete with the snake in this food chain? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 3. Fossil fuel usage in the US is contributing to global warming because of the amount of ..... that is being released into the atmosphere. A) Oxygen. B) Sulfur. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Radioactivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 4. ..... consist of a mixture of hydrocarbons with a low viscosity which cannot flow because the rock containing it is not porous. A) Tar sands. B) Oil shale. C) Tight oil. D) Tight sands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tight oil. 5. Which profession do we rely heavily on when creating virtual platforms that can relay and contain information used to inform the public and private sectors of environmental issues, concerns, products and/or hot topics? A) Civil Engineer. B) Web Developer. C) Wastewater Specialist. D) Physicist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Web Developer. 6. The policy of multiple use requires that national forests be managed for A) Timber. B) Wildlife habitat. C) Recreation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. An interaction in which one organism kills and eat another is ..... A) Prey. B) Symbiosis. C) Predation. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predation. 8. Inside the combustion chamber of a coal-fired power plant A) Steam is directed against turbine blades and causes the blades to turn. B) The turbine sets the generator in motion. C) Electricity is generated. D) Burning fossil fuels releases energy in the form of heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning fossil fuels releases energy in the form of heat. 9. Monocots DO NOT have A) Parallel veins. B) Tap Root. C) 3 Petals. D) Fibrous Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tap Root. 10. Chernobyl is a town located in present day Ukraine, formerly USSR. On Saturday, April 26th, 1986 at exactly 1:23 am, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. What caused the reactor to explode? A) Sabotage by an enemy of the USSR. B) An experiment gone wrong. C) To this day, the reason is unknown. D) Earthquakes struck the plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An experiment gone wrong. 11. As water is heated, it changes into gaseous state known as water vapor and rises into the atmosphere A) Water Evaporation. B) Water Condensation. C) Water Respiration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water Evaporation. 12. Matter that organisms require for their life processes are A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Nitrifying bacteria. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 13. What is the study of how living things interact with their environment? A) Biochemistry. B) Chemistry. C) Ecology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 14. Water underground is stored in ..... A) Reservoirs. B) Aquifers. C) Wells. D) Depositories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquifers. 15. What are 3 benefits of wetlands? A) Flood control, provide habitat for animals, and filter pollution. B) Filter pollution, combat global warming, act as a natural barrier for predators. C) Flood control, filter pollution, preserve snake endangered species. D) Provide habitat for animals, great bird-watching locations, perfect place to dump toxic waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood control, provide habitat for animals, and filter pollution. 16. Education moves from the home to formal schooling A) Industrial. B) Agricultural. C) Horticultural. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial. 17. The amount of water used for these essential services can be drastically reduce by using of water-saving fittings and fixtures A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Hydrosphere is A) The living organisms on the Earth. B) All the water on Earth. C) The gases surrounding the Earth. Earth. D) The solid section of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All the water on Earth. 19. We are using freshwater unsustainably through waste and pollution, and do not charge enough for its use. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. A mixture of smoke, fog and chemicals in the air is known as ..... A) Oxygen. B) Radiation. C) Smog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smog. ← 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