This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 334 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 334 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Search for mineral deposits is called: A) Prospecting. B) Exploration. C) Development. D) Exploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploration. 2. Which list has only consumers? A) Grass, sun, and butterfly. B) Mice, squirrel, and Grass. C) Hawks, lizards, chipmunks. D) Grass, eagles,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hawks, lizards, chipmunks. 3. The amount of land is required to live the way you do A) Ecological Footprint. B) Ecological toll. C) Shoeprint. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological Footprint. 4. Denitrifying bacteria are responsible for changing A) N2 gas into ammonia. B) N2 gas into nitrates. C) Proteins and DNA into ammonia. D) Ammonia and nitrates into N2 gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ammonia and nitrates into N2 gas. 5. True or False:As you go up in trophic levels the concentration of mercury in an organism will decrease. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Without decomposers and detritivores in our environment, we would have A) Dead things piled up everywhere. B) Dead things would just disappear with time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dead things piled up everywhere. 7. Which type of macromolecule is composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur, and can produce tissues, act as hormones, and serve as enzymes? A) Proteins. B) Lipids. C) Nucleic acids. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proteins. 8. What are human modifications to the environment? A) When people change what was there to meet their needs. B) When people recycle and reuse things. C) When people travel to far away places using boats. D) When people use water for drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When people change what was there to meet their needs. 9. What makes up the cloud around the nucleus? A) Protons. B) Neutrons. C) Electrons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrons. 10. Warm ocean currents generally come from A) The North Pole. B) The South Pole. C) The Equator. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Equator. 11. What is the full form of UNFCCC A) United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention. B) United Nations Foundation on Climate Change. C) United Nations Forum for Convention on Climate Change. D) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 12. Leslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school. Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative of all the students in the school? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 13. The Greenhouse Effect is ..... process. A) A man-made. B) An artificial. C) A natural. D) An industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A natural. 14. Wetland dominated by woody plants A) Coral reef. B) Estuary. C) Swamp. D) Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamp. 15. What is the most basic building block of all matter on Earth? A) Atom. B) Molecule. C) Compound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atom. 16. Food has ..... potential energy that our bodies transform into kinetic energy. A) Elastic. B) Nuclear. C) Gravitational. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemical. 17. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the air we breathe? A) Air pollution. B) Smog. C) Emission. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. If a species is only found in one place on Earth we call it a(n) ..... A) Local species. B) Lonesome species. C) Allopatric species. D) Endemic species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endemic species. 19. The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion is called: A) Stewardship. B) Environmental Science. C) Conservation. D) Restoration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation. 20. Humans have a type I survival curve. What does this mean? A) Their chance of survival increases with age. B) Their chance of survival decreases with age. C) Their chance of survival is not dependent on age. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their chance of survival decreases with age. ← 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