This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 321 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 321 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperatures is: A) Recovery. B) Incineration. C) Leachatesource. D) Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incineration. 2. How many members are in a small family? A) Four. B) Six. C) Five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four. 3. Consists of rocks and minerals on and below Earth's surface A) Geosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geosphere. 4. Which of these describes what happened when buffaloes were almost hunted to extinction in United States? A) Biomagnification. B) Eutrophication. C) Pollution. D) Overexploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overexploitation. 5. Which profession ensures that visitors to national and state parkgrounds, campgrounds and recreational areas abide by rules and regulations as it pertains to natural habitats, preservation and safety? A) Botanist. B) Entomologist. C) Park Ranger. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Park Ranger. 6. How does low Dissolved Oxygen levels affect organisms? A) Organisms may die or have to leave if levels get too low. B) Organisms go through more cellular respiration. C) Organisms eat more. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organisms may die or have to leave if levels get too low. 7. Extinctions, migrations of species, movement to different geographical locations are all adverse effects of A) Milankovitch cycles. B) Primary succession. C) Global warming. D) Ocean biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global warming. 8. One way that bacteria and fungi are important to the environment is that they A) Produce oxygen. B) Use the sun's energy to make their own food. C) Are a major food source in many ecosystems. D) Break down dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break down dead organisms. 9. Energy is transformed in an ecosystem as consumers eat producers and its ability to do work diminishes. Which natural law does this example display? A) Law of conservation of matter. B) 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. C) Law of Nature. D) Law of gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. 10. What type of organisms are called autotrophs? A) Omnivores. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producers. 11. What are elements? A) Different subatomic particles. B) Different kinds of atoms. C) Ions. D) Noble gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different kinds of atoms. 12. It is one of the key components of environmental systems in which it tackles about the water bodies, including oceans, rivers, and lakes A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 13. Exposure to too much radon gas can cause A) Lung cancer. B) Sun burn. C) Blindness. D) Acne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lung cancer. 14. Carbon moves between which two reservoirs through the process of diffusion? A) Atmosphere & biosphere. B) Atmosphere & lithosphere. C) Lithosphere & biosphere. D) Hydrosphere & atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrosphere & atmosphere. 15. In what layer does convection occur? A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Shell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 16. Natural resources + Ecosystem services A) Natural capital. B) Natural resources. C) Ecosystem Services. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural capital. 17. A resident of ..... is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint. A) Indonesia. B) France. C) The United States. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The United States. 18. What is one of the goals of New York City's sustainability plan? A) Increase energy use. B) Improve mass transit. C) Limit access to parks. D) Expand the city's boundaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improve mass transit. 19. Which of the following is likely to be researched by an environmental scientist? A) The effect of oil spills on marine animals. B) The anatomy of a platypus. C) The chemical composition of a compound. D) The velocity of a cheetah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The effect of oil spills on marine animals. 20. Which reservoir contains the most carbon? A) Atmosphere. B) Deep oceans. C) Vegetation. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep oceans. ← 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