This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 262 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 262 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the effect of good farming practices on cities? A) It allowed for mass production. B) It increased the variety of foods. C) It allowed for other trades. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It increased the variety of foods. 2. The upper mantle is also known as the A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asthenosphere. 3. ..... deals with the variations in ecosystems within a geographical location and its overall impact on human existence and the environment. It also addresses the combined characteristics of biotic properties (biodiversity) and abiotic properties (geodiversity). A) Genetic Diversity. B) Species Diversity. C) Ecosystem Diversity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem Diversity. 4. A tax levied on companies that participate in activities or produce products that are harmful to the environment A) Green tax. B) Subsidy. C) Policy. D) Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green tax. 5. Why would the loss of mountain glaciers be a bad thing? A) Countries are dependent on plants and animals that live in those upper elevations. B) Most of the major rivers are fed by melting glaciers. C) The economy of these countries is dependent on the export of ice. D) People aren't affected by the melting of mountain glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most of the major rivers are fed by melting glaciers. 6. ..... :form of culling in which less valuable trees of poor quality are harvested. A) Intermediate cutting. B) Improvement cutting. C) Pulpwood cuts. D) Salvage cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improvement cutting. 7. Organisms that break down dead organisms A) Swamp. B) Benthic zone. C) Dams. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 8. Logging of only certain mature trees A) Healthy Forest Initiative. B) Selective Cutting. C) Slash and Burn. D) Clear-Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selective Cutting. 9. The living factors of an ecosystem are: A) Bionic Factors. B) Abiotic Factors. C) Biotic Factors. D) Abionic Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic Factors. 10. The unique role a species plays in its environment is its ..... A) Community. B) Abiotic factor. C) Niche. D) Trophic level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 11. The energy source that can provide the greatest amount of electricity generation in the United States due to its abundance is A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Nuclear. D) Hydroelectric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 12. Unicellular organisms that live in swamps and produce methane gas are A) Protists. B) Archaea. C) Fungi. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaea. 13. This transports the materials elsewhere A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Erosion. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 14. When irrigation water evaporates, salts are left behind on the soil surface and can cause plant death or lead to A) Soil salinization. B) Desertification. C) Waterlogging. D) Monocropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil salinization. 15. The executive branch of the United States government includes ..... A) The House of Representatives. B) Agencies that monitor the enforcement of laws. C) The Senate. D) The Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agencies that monitor the enforcement of laws. 16. Which of the following is not an endangered species? A) Asiatic lion. B) Dodo. C) Bengal tiger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dodo. 17. Biome occurring in semi-arid interiors of continents; examples are the prairies of North America, the Steppes of Russia and Ukraine, and the pampas of South America. A) Temperate grassland. B) Savannah. C) Taiga. D) Boreal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperate grassland. 18. Developing countries have rapid population growth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The final steps of the experimental method are A) Repeating experiments and communicating results. B) Performing experiment and drawing conclusiions. C) Analyzing data. D) Hypothesizing and predicting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeating experiments and communicating results. 20. La Niña is characterized by ..... of the Western Pacific Ocean. A) A warming. B) A cooling. C) Average temperatures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cooling. ← 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