This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 363 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 363 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are some of the vital resources of the tropical rain forest biomes? A) Medicines. B) Rubber. C) Oils. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Which period in time impacted the environment with burned prairies?Prairies are large open areas of grassland. A) Hunter-gathererperiod. B) Agricultural revolution. C) Industrial revolution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunter-gathererperiod. 3. The processes that break down prexisting rock near or on the Earth's surface. A) Cementation. B) Compaction. C) Erosion. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weathering. 4. The capacity of ecosystems to regenerate what people demand from those surfaces. A) Sustainability. B) Ecological Footprint. C) Global Hectares. D) Biocapacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biocapacity. 5. This man was a preservationaist and largely responsible for having Yosemite added as a national park. A) Aldo Leopold. B) John Muir. C) Gifford Pinchot. D) Theodore Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Muir. 6. Definition:Salt tolerant plant A) Sea Kale. B) Halophyte. C) Hydrophyte. D) Xerophyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Halophyte. 7. What are the two most significant abiotic factors that influence life in a biome? A) Temperature & precipitation. B) Latitude & longitude. C) Elevation & altitude. D) Longitude & altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature & precipitation. 8. This plant is an example of a stem that we eat A) Lettuce. B) Strawberry. C) Celery. D) Carrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celery. 9. Sphere containing all water A) Biosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 10. What is a secondary pollutant? A) Pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities. B) Pollutants that react with other primary pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollutants that react with other primary pollutants. 11. Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic. 12. Air pollution causes all of the following, except A) Holes in the ozone layer. B) Increased particles in the air. C) Acid rain. D) Healthy air to breath. E) Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Healthy air to breath. 13. What type of species interaction is indicated by the following description:Ticks and fleas feed on the blood of their canine host and the canine is harmed. A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 14. Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas? A) Vehicles, volcanoes. B) Vehicles, industries. C) Industries, agriculture. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehicles, industries. 15. How does biomass reduce our carbon footprint by producing less CO2 than fossil fuels? A) Plants absorb the same amount of CO2 that is released when it is burned. B) Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere and put it permanently into the ground. C) Biomass filters CO2 to make it more environmentally stable. D) Biomass doesn't release any CO2 when burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants absorb the same amount of CO2 that is released when it is burned. 16. An ocean current flowing from the south pole to the equator is most likely a A) Warm current. B) Cold current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold current. 17. Coal is A) Renewable. B) Non Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non Renewable. 18. All of the following make up the 3 major categories of environmental problems except A) Resource depletion. B) Pollution. C) Loss of biodiversity. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overpopulation. 19. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF AIR TRANSPORT? A) BUS. B) SHIP. C) HELICOPTER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HELICOPTER. 20. Air is made of nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and water (H2O). What do these all have in common? A) They are all pure elements. B) They are all ions. C) They are all individual atoms. D) They are all molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are all molecules. ← 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