This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 249 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 249 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Horizon B, what brings subsoil to the surface? A) Pillbugs. B) Earthworms. C) Lady bugs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthworms. 2. The measure pf the amount of land needed by a person based on is/her lifestyle A) Sustainability. B) Carbon footprint. C) Ecological footprint. D) Greenhouse effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological footprint. 3. This purified form of limestone can be used to correct the pH of acidic lakes and rivers. A) Agricultural lime. B) Baking soda. C) Food scraps. D) Lime soda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural lime. 4. Lions, giraffes, and elephants would be found in what biome? A) Savanna. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Savanna. 5. Which is classified as an ecosystem? A) A bumble bee. B) A bee hive. C) Bees, grass, trees, birds, frogs. D) Bees, grass, frogs, water, sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bees, grass, frogs, water, sunlight. 6. Water vapor that escapes from trees into the atmosphere is known as ..... A) Condensation. B) Transpiration. C) Evaporation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 7. Why was solar power not immediately popular? A) No one liked how the solar panels looked. B) People feared solar power, because they didn't understand how it worked. C) There were many other better, renewable options. D) It was expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was expensive. 8. How do earthworms best contribute to soil function? A) Earthworms add more organic matter to the soil. B) Earthworms modifies soil structure by providing more aggregates and pores. C) Earthworms eat unnecessary organisms in soil. D) Earthworms absorb too much water and drains them to groundwater storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthworms modifies soil structure by providing more aggregates and pores. 9. A variable is something in an experiment that can A) Not change. B) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change. 10. Can non living things give birth to their young ones? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 11. Measure of the demands made by one person or group on global natural resources. A) Tragedy of the commons. B) Environment. C) Commercial fishing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy of the commons. 12. A place that contains everything an organism needs is a A) Biosphere. B) Habitat. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 13. These are formed when molten magma cools down. A) Sedimentary rocks. B) Igneous rocks. C) Metamorphic rocks. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Igneous rocks. 14. A researcher did an investigation to see if corn seeds would sprout at different times depending on the temperature of the water in which they were placed. What is the independent variable? A) How long to sprout. B) Type of seed used. C) Water temperature. D) How much water used. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water temperature. 15. Which of these is not one of the 4 main ways humans have altered the earth's landscape? A) Hunting and Gathering. B) Industry. C) Sporting events. D) Urban Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sporting events. 16. Reduce means ..... A) To go up. B) To make smaller. C) To make something. D) To take in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make smaller. 17. Passed in 1980 to set aside money for cleanup of hazardous waste sites A) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). B) Clean bill act. C) Air pollution act. D) Superfund Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superfund Act. 18. A(n) ..... is anything that flows into a system (energy, matter, information, etc.). A) Input. B) Output. C) Model. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Input. 19. Bees pollinate the fruit trees and get nectar and pollen to feed their young, this is an example of A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 20. What kind of energy conversion is facilitated by wind turbines? A) Converting kinetic energy into mechanical energy. B) Converting hydroelectric energy into solar energy. C) Converting mechanical energy into wind energy. D) Converting wind energy into kinetic energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Converting kinetic energy into mechanical energy. ← 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