This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 269 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 269 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Controlling the overpopulation of wildlife is regulated at the federal and state level. Which professional is responsible for enforcing the rules and laws associated with hunting, fishing and possession of wildlife? A) Game Warden. B) Park Ranger. C) Forester. D) Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Game Warden. 2. How do most primary producers make their own food? A) By using light energy to make carbohydrates. B) By using chemical energy to make carbohydrates. C) By changing water into carbon dioxide. D) By breaking down remains to make carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By using light energy to make carbohydrates. 3. Which layer is made of the crust and upper mantle? A) Lithosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 4. The most important species in an area A) Dominant Species. B) Keystone Species. C) Apex Predators. D) Indicator Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keystone Species. 5. Cebu black shama Copsychus cebuensis also known as ..... Endangered endemic bird with a recent recorded large population in Nug-as Forest. This bird species preferred understory thickets of remaining forest patches. A) Owl. B) Basement. C) Tagamaya. D) One night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basement. 6. What is the core cause of the current environmental crisis? A) Rapid growth of the human population. B) Climate change. C) Invasive species. D) Lack of environmental laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rapid growth of the human population. 7. Who was the first environmentalist? A) Theodore Roosevelt. B) John Muir. C) George Perkins Marsh. D) Aldo Leopold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George Perkins Marsh. 8. ..... succession occurs where plants have NOT previously existed. A) Primary. B) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 9. Any natural material that is used by humans such as water, gas, minerals, forest and animals A) Natural resources. B) Pollution. C) Ecology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resources. 10. What do we need to replace nonrenewable resources with? A) Renewable/sustainable resources. B) Other nonrenewable resources. C) We don't need to replace them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable/sustainable resources. 11. Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelengths? A) Microwaves. B) Visible light. C) Gamma rays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gamma rays. 12. What is a harmful algal bloom caused by algae that produce reddish pigments? A) Red tide. B) Cultural eutrophication. C) Pathogen. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red tide. 13. Fertilizer use is associated with what environmental impact? A) Harmful algal blooms. B) Acid rain. C) Deforestation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harmful algal blooms. 14. From what does oil form? A) Marine organisms. B) Terrestrial plants. C) Dinosaurs. D) Lava or magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine organisms. 15. Storm drains produce which type of waste? A) Municipal solid waste. B) Industrial waste. C) Hazardous waste. D) Wastewater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wastewater. 16. ..... is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years. A) Renewable Energy Resource. B) Non-Renewable Energy Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable Energy Resource. 17. The sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats and is eaten then eaten by another. A) Food chain. B) Water cycle. C) Food web. D) Cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food chain. 18. Which areas on Earth are warming the fastest? A) Pacific Ocean. B) Sahara Desert. C) Tropical rainforests. D) Arctic and Antarctic regions (by the poles). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arctic and Antarctic regions (by the poles). 19. I am travelling to Delhi by bus. Which place will I go and board a bus. A) Parking lot. B) Bus stop. C) Railway station. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bus stop. 20. Which of the following would you expect to see in the emergent layer of a tropical rain forest? A) Grasses, insects, and small succulents. B) Eagles, bats, and snakes. C) Lichens, mosses, and dwarf woody plants. D) Epiphytes, small burrowing mammals, and burrowing toads. 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