This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 306 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 306 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The largest number of individuals that an environment can support long term is ..... A) Immigration. B) Emigration. C) Population density. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying capacity. 2. The following animals are common to which land biome? (anaconda, gorilla, monkey, toucan bird, red-eyed tree frog, python, jaguar, three-toed sloth, anteater, macaw bird) A) Deciduous Forest. B) Tropical Rain Forest. C) Tundra. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical Rain Forest. 3. Where are most ocean trenches located? A) At the boundary between two plates. B) At the center of oceanic plates. C) At the center of continental plates. D) Beneath very wide mountain ranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the boundary between two plates. 4. Which process is believed to initiate the increase in oxygen in our atmosphere? A) Condensation. B) Outgassing. C) Photosynthesis. D) Barometric pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 5. What period of US Environmental Policy was the National Park System created? A) 1st. B) And. C) An offer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 6. True or False:All plants produce flowers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them? A) Ecology. B) Geosciences. C) Biology. D) Environmental Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 8. An animal that eats both plants and animals is a (an) A) Decoposer. B) Carnivore. C) Herbivore. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omnivore. 9. Organisms that eat only plants are ..... A) Carnivores. B) Herbivores. C) Omnivores. D) Food chains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivores. 10. Which agricultural practice helps in reducing the runoff of pesticides into water bodies? A) No-till farming. B) Intensive plowing. C) Overgrazing. D) Monocropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No-till farming. 11. We do not use..... for drinking. A) River water. B) Pond water. C) Ocean water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ocean water. 12. Water continuously moves between oceans, the atmosphere, and land. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. We use ..... to generate electricity. A) Chewing gum. B) Crickets. C) Coal. D) Hillary Clinton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 14. Which of the following would be a way to conserve geological resources? A) Reduce consumption of consumer goods made with mined materials. B) Use only surface mining of metals and other minerals. C) Mine metals only in underground mines. D) Move mining practices to wilderness areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce consumption of consumer goods made with mined materials. 15. Which weather tool measures air pressure? A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Anemometer. D) Psychrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. 16. A group made of different species A) Organism. B) Community. C) Biosphere. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 17. T8-A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate. On what axis will the type of exercise go on? A) X. B) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X. 18. Plants take in carbon-dioxide and releases oxygen through tiny openings called ..... A) Chlorophyll. B) Stomata. C) Nutrients. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stomata. 19. Which of the following has caused an increase in the per capita land consumption? A) Few and poor roads. B) Low urban crime rates. C) Expensive rural land. D) Inter-net based technologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inter-net based technologies. 20. Depletion of ozone layer is a concern because it absorbs ..... A) Heat Energy. B) Chlorine molecules. C) CFC's. D) UV Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) UV Radiation. ← 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