This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 190 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 190 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What triggered a chain of events that eventually cause the dinosaurs to become extinct? A) Fires. B) Asteroid. C) Volcanoes. D) Starvation. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asteroid. 2. What are the statues of Easter Island called? A) Totem Field. B) Rock Monuments. C) Nice. D) Hula Stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nice. 3. One species benefits from its relationship with another species for whom the relationship does no harm nor good. This relationship is best described as A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Competitive exclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commensalism. 4. Hydropower uses ..... to turn turbines that run generators. A) Steam. B) Moving water. C) Uranium. D) Tides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving water. 5. What part of the United States gets the most acid rain? A) Northeast. B) West Coast. C) South. D) Gulf Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northeast. 6. An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what? A) Aquifer. B) Spring. C) Well. D) Reservoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aquifer. 7. Specialised field of ecology connected with conservation and economic exploitation of organisms is called: A) Production ecology. B) Hexicology. C) Applied ecology. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Applied ecology. 8. Earth's thin outer layer is the A) Shell. B) Amplitude. C) Crust. D) Ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust. 9. Places where an organism usually lives are referred to as: A) Habitats. B) Communities. C) Food webs. D) Populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitats. 10. A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed A) Parasitism. B) Symbiosis. C) Predation. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 11. Which is a RENEWABLE resource? A) Water. B) Fossil fuels. C) Minerals. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 12. What is a common trait of animals? A) They are autotrophs. B) They have a cell wall. C) They are multicellular. D) They are prokaryotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are multicellular. 13. Which number represents the epicenter of an earthquake? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 14. A process by which infrared radiation is absorbed and reradiated near the Earth A) The greenhouse effect. B) Convection current. C) Convection. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The greenhouse effect. 15. How does species diversity help maintain the health of ecosystems? A) It influences the physical characteristics of the habitat. B) It determines the size of the population. C) The different species play different roles and increase adaptability. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The different species play different roles and increase adaptability. 16. Sunlight may be blocked by which of the following in a pond? A) Bacteria. B) Algae blooms. C) Fish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algae blooms. 17. Law trying to prevent brownfields A) PCB. B) RCRA. C) CDR. D) DDT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RCRA. 18. The greatest cause of biodiversity loss today is A) Pollution. B) Habitat loss and change. C) Climate Change. D) Invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat loss and change. 19. A consumer that eats only producers ..... A) Omnivore. B) Carnivore. C) Autotroph. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbivore. 20. One theory states that by the year 14000, the axis of Earth will point toward the starVega. This is due to the very slow wobble of the axis of Earth. Which change is MOST likely to occur because of the movement of the axis? A) ) Seasons will become more severe. B) ) Winter and Summer months will reverse. C) ) Glacial coverage will expand near the poles. D) ) More daylight will increase temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ) Winter and Summer months will reverse. ← 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