This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 279 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 279 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... any part of a system that interacts to help the system carry out specific functions. A) Input. B) Boundary. C) Component. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Component. 2. A large tree forest is an example of ..... A) A small community. B) A abiotic community. C) A climax community. D) A pioneer species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A climax community. 3. ..... water is salty A) Ocean. B) River. C) Lake. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean. 4. The variety of genes, species, ecosystems and ecosystem processes A) Biodiversity. B) Species evenness. C) Species richness. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 5. Demography is the scientific study of A) Parasitism and disease. B) Modernized countries. C) Human populations. D) None of these tagsSEV5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human populations. 6. What is symbiosis within an ecosystem? A) An interaction between organisms in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another. B) The capturing of prey as a means to maintain life. C) It is a similar relationship of mutual interdependence. D) The function of an organism within an ecological community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a similar relationship of mutual interdependence. 7. Group of different populations that live in the same area A) Community. B) Population. C) Autotroph. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 8. Waves dropping sand on the beach A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition. 9. Which of the following issues is the cause of the other environmental impacts caused by humans? A) Pollution. B) Human population growth. C) Climate change. D) Habitat destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human population growth. 10. You are your parent's child. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. How do the plates move along convergent boundaries? A) They move towards one another. B) They move away from one another. C) They move past one another. D) One moves up and one moves down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They move towards one another. 12. A pack of wolfs hunts the rabbits in the area to the point where there are not enough rabbits to feed the wolves. The pack begins to decrease in size until the rabbit population grows again. Which type of feedback is this? A) Negative Feedback. B) Positive Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Feedback. 13. What is created by forming hard shells based on available minerals? A) Fossils. B) Ice cores. C) Tree rings. D) Paleoclimatologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossils. 14. The process by which oil is heated to separate it into various fuels and other components with different boiling points A) Hydraulic fracturing (fracking). B) Refining. C) Peak production. D) Horizontal drilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refining. 15. Organism that receives energy from producers A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 16. In some cases, mining exposes sulfur oxides to the air. When they join with water, they can form sulfuric acid. As this material moves, what kind of weathering can it cause? A) Chemical weathering. B) Mechanical weathering. C) Erosion. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical weathering. 17. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer? A) Mesosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 18. Which of the following can change a system from being stable? A) Negative feedback. B) Binary feedback. C) Positive feedback. D) Isolated feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive feedback. 19. Choose the correct process described:A chemical combination of a carbon based fuel with oxygen that produces heat or light and releases CO2 A) Photosynthesis. B) Burial and subduction. C) Respiration. D) Combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Combustion. 20. Leo does an experiment to test how the type of water affects the growth of a plant. Which of the following is NOT a constant? A) Amount of water. B) Type of plant. C) Type of soil. D) Type of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Type of water. ← 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