This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Brian was flying to Orlando. When he took off in his hometown it was raining. Brian noticed the clouds were dark when the plane was taking off the ground. But, once the plane got above the cloud cover, he noticed the clouds were white. If Brian was to create an experiment about this observation, what would be his next step? A) Form a question. B) Create an experiment. C) Analyze data. D) Create a conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form a question. 2. As energy moves from one trophic level to the next, a significant amount of energy will be lost in the form of A) Herbivores consumed by carnivores. B) Heat dissipating into the environment. C) Plants consumed by herbivores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat dissipating into the environment. 3. What is "upwelling" ? A) When wind near a shore pushes surface water away, nutrient rich cold water rises from the depths. B) Water rises from springs at the bottom of lakes. C) It is when cold water sinks in the Norwegian Sea. D) It is when the Coriolis effect makes currents go around in a circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When wind near a shore pushes surface water away, nutrient rich cold water rises from the depths. 4. Is the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core. A) Lithosphere. B) Mantle. C) Core. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 5. Mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters A) Safe Drinking Water Act. B) Clean Water Act. C) Clean Air Act. D) Resource Conservation Recovery Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clean Water Act. 6. The part of the Earth that contains all the rock and minerals is the ..... A) Hydrosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 7. The primary type of land cover in the United States today is A) Forest land. B) Cropland. C) Urban land. D) Parks and preserves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forest land. 8. What is the estimated temperature of Earth's inner core? A) 3, 000$^\circ$C to 4, 000$^\circ$C. B) 400$^\circ$C to 500$^\circ$C. C) 4, 000$^\circ$C to 5, 400$^\circ$C. D) 300$^\circ$C to 425$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4, 000$^\circ$C to 5, 400$^\circ$C. 9. A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a specific question A) Hypothesis. B) Theory. C) Law. D) Research question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis. 10. Organisms that eat other organisms are called? A) Producers. B) Autotrophs. C) Heterotrophs. D) Chemotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heterotrophs. 11. Process in which subatomic bonds that bind the components of the atomic nucleus are broken apart, releasing huge amounts of energy A) Nuclear energy. B) Nuclear fusion. C) Nuclear fission. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear fission. 12. Which is not a type of consumer? A) Producer. B) Herbivore. C) Scavenger. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producer. 13. Which among the following is / are the Economic services performed by wild species?Nitrogen-fixation Production of medicines Pollination of crops Greenwashing Select the correct option from the codes given below: A) Only 1 & 2[B] Only 2 & 3[C] Only 2, 3 & 4[D] Only 1, 2 & 3. B) Only 2 & 3. C) Only 2, 3 & 4. D) Only 1, 2 & 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only 1, 2 & 3. 14. Mice eat seeds, small fruits and berries, beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, and an underground fungus. What happens if all the grasshoppers die? A) The mice die because of a food source being removed. B) The mice survive due to biodiversity. C) The beetles and caterpillars increase in population. D) The beetles and caterpillars decrease in population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mice survive due to biodiversity. 15. Minerals are an important resource that comes from the earth. Which is NOT an example of a mineral? A) Salt. B) Coal. C) Iron. D) Chlorophyll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chlorophyll. 16. What is one way human actions can affect the atmosphere? A) Burning fossil fuels reduces convection. B) Passing through the atmosphere using airplanes and rockets disrupts the jet stream. C) Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. 17. An increase in the amount of nutrients, such as nitrates, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem A) Runoff. B) Eutrophication. C) Swamps. D) Marshes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eutrophication. 18. What is the sun mostly made up of A) Helium. B) Core. C) Carbon. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrogen. 19. Define a population A) An individual living thing. B) Multiple individuals of the same species living together. C) Multiple populations of different species living together. D) A community of organisms interacting with the physical environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multiple individuals of the same species living together. 20. Economy includes: A) Biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. B) Human diversity, equity, quality of life, institutional structures, political structures. C) Employment, technological growth, financial investment. D) None of above. 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