This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 330 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 330 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy A) Decoposer. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 2. Forests provide recreational activities through ..... A) Forest trails. B) Wildlife parks. C) Sightseeing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. What four things do every organism need for survival? A) Food, water, dirt, and a hat. B) Protection, water, food, and air. C) Air, sun, dirt, and water. D) Light, electricity, and worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection, water, food, and air. 4. Something that might happen because of global warming is A) Melting polar ice caps. B) More reflected sunlight off the ice pack. C) Lower sea levels. D) A sale on bathing suits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting polar ice caps. 5. ..... is a relationship between organisms in which one benefits and the other is not affected. A) Parasitism. B) Host. C) Vector. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 6. The most significant threat to species is A) Loss of habitat. B) Pollution. C) Hunting. D) Fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loss of habitat. 7. What enters the top of the leaf and provides the energy for photosynthesis? A) Water. B) Sunlight. C) Oxygen. D) Glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 8. Occurs when the ecological footprint is larger than the biological capacity to replenish resources and absorb wastes/pollution A) Ecological negativity. B) Carbon footprint. C) Ecological deficit. D) Ecological income. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological deficit. 9. Number of different species present in an ecosystem A) Ecosystem diversity. B) Habitat fragmentation. C) Species diversity. D) Genetic diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species diversity. 10. What element makes up the ozone layer/ A) 3 oxygen molecules. B) 3 carbon molecules. C) 3 hydrogen molecules. D) 3 nitrogen molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 oxygen molecules. 11. Heat and energy in the Earth A) Geothermal energy. B) Passive solar heating. C) Solar energy. D) Electrical generator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geothermal energy. 12. The transfer of energy that takes place when variations in temperature move the matter making up air. A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Radiation. D) Exclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convection. 13. Gamma radiation can be used to treat A) Cataracts. B) Sunburn. C) Reduced crop yields. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cancer. 14. Pollutants that are not broken down by natural processes area are A) Nonrenewable. B) Nonbiodegradable. C) Biodegradable. D) Both (A) and (C). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonbiodegradable. 15. This is the social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world-and, by extension, people-from undesirable changes brought upon by human actions. A) Environmental Science. B) Environmentalism. C) Resources. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmentalism. 16. Farmers increase their use of pesticides and herbicides. What type of pollution would this cause? A) Sediment. B) Nutrient. C) Toxic. D) Bacterial. E) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxic. 17. What is the correct order of Earth's atmospheric layers from the bottom to top? A) Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere. B) Stratosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere. C) Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere. D) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere. 18. The closer you live to the ocean, the more likely your climate will be a ..... A) Marine climate. B) Tropical climate. C) Continental climate. D) Subtropical climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine climate. 19. The average global temperature has ..... during the 20th century. A) Remained the same. B) Increased every year. C) Risen some years and fallen others, but has increased overall. D) Risen some years and fallen others, but has decreased overall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Risen some years and fallen others, but has increased overall. 20. There are many more ..... then there are primary consumers A) Secondary Consumers. B) Producers. C) Tertiary Consumers. D) Suns. 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