This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 296 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 296 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The head office of IMD is at ..... A) Shimla. B) Pune. C) Delhi. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pune. 2. A ..... source of water pollution is water pollution over a larger area, such as roadways, agricultural areas, and industrial sites. A) Point. B) Nonpoint. C) Aquifer. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint. 3. In various physical and chemical forms, carbon cycles through different reservoirs on Earth. In which reservoir does carbon primarily appear as carbon dioxide gas? A) Fossil fuels. B) The biomass. C) Marine organisms. D) The atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The atmosphere. 4. Which of the following plants is most likely to be a pioneer species? A) Grass. B) Shrub. C) Oak tree. D) Lichen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lichen. 5. How are sedimentary rocks formed? A) By hardening and cementing of layers of sediment. B) By fossils getting buried in various layers of sediment. C) By cooling and hardening of hot molten rock from inside the Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By hardening and cementing of layers of sediment. 6. A predictable series of change and replacement over time in a community. A) Climax Community. B) Evolution. C) Ecological Succession. D) Food Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological Succession. 7. Consumers that eat only producers. A) Omnivore. B) Producer. C) Decomposer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbivore. 8. Extreme hunger; starvation A) Famine. B) Pollution. C) Drought. D) Hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine. 9. Which wind system is closest to the equator? A) Doldrums. B) Westerlies. C) Polar easterlies. D) Trade winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade winds. 10. The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called: A) Geology. B) Biology. C) Taxonomy. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxonomy. 11. Home to elks, moose, grizzly bears and lynxes A) Rain. B) Coniferous. C) Deciduous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coniferous. 12. One group of students read a reading passage in silence and one group of students read the passage with the TV on in the background. They both took a comprehension test to see what they understood from the passage and the results were compared. Identify the dependent variable. A) Reading in silence or with the TV on. B) Results of reading comprehension test. C) There isn't one. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Results of reading comprehension test. 13. Lacking enough food to ensure good health A) Famine. B) Food insecure. C) Food secure. D) Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food insecure. 14. Some news stories tell about bad things that happened. They might be about fires, crimes, or deaths. Other news stories tell about good events. They might be about heroes or celebrations. They might tell about special people. Both kinds of stories are news. Yet they are very different kinds of news. A) Descriptive. B) Sequence. C) Compare/Contrast. D) Cause/Effect. E) Problem/Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare/Contrast. 15. When a tree dies and falls down in a forest, termites and mushrooms will begin to break the tree down. termites and mushrooms are A) Scavengers. B) Carnivores. C) Autotrophs. D) Decomposers. E) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 16. Greenhouses gases ..... A) Absorb and radiate heat. B) Destroy the ozone layer. C) Cause respiratory problems. D) Create smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorb and radiate heat. 17. Environmental problems are often solved by A) Scientist. B) Citizens. C) Politicians. D) All of the above working together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above working together. 18. What are the 2 main factors that determine the types of plants that grow in a biome? A) Precipitation and animals. B) Vegetation and growth. C) Logging and oil production. D) Temperature and precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature and precipitation. 19. What gas do plants need to make their own food through photosynthesis? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide. 20. ..... is the process by which organisms make their own food from inorganic sources. A) Primary productivity. B) Secondary productivity. C) Community productivity. D) None of above. 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