This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 366 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 366 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Energy created from wood, peat moss, and manure is called ..... energy. A) Biomass. B) Geothermal. C) Natural. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. 2. How do the plates move along transform boundaries? A) They move towards one another. B) They move away from one another. C) They move past one another. D) One moves up and one moves down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They move past one another. 3. Nutrients that you need include A) Micronutrients. B) Macronutrients. C) Both micro and macronutrients. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both micro and macronutrients. 4. ..... cannot be regenerated over time by natural processes A) Renewable resources. B) Nonrenewable resources. C) Expendable resources. D) Nonexpendable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable resources. 5. Radon is usually found in this location in your home. A) Attic. B) Basement. C) Bathroom. D) Kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basement. 6. All biotic and abiotic components interact with each other to ensure that the system is perpetuated. Which environmental principle would describe this statement. A) EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE. B) OURS IS A FINITE EARTH. C) EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. D) NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE STEWARDS OF GOD'S CREATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. 7. Which is not a type of rock? * A) Metamorphic. B) Sedimentary. C) Igneous. D) Indigenous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indigenous. 8. Which is NOT a type of land use? A) Residential. B) Industrial. C) Commercial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 9. Theses affect climate change through gases and dust particles thrown into the atmosphere and may warm or cool the earth's surface depending on how sunlight interacts with the material. A) Mountains. B) Volcanoes. C) Oceans. D) Greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanoes. 10. Which one of the following function is not performed by the animal community for the plant community: A) Pollination of flowers. B) Dispersal of fruits and seeds. C) Supply of oxygen. D) Supply of carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supply of oxygen. 11. Which of the following can NOT be composted? A) Banana peels. B) Used coffee grounds. C) Egg shells. D) Plastic silverware. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic silverware. 12. A Savanna has a GPP of 2.3 kgC/m2/year and the cellular respiration is 1.5 kgC/m2/year. What is the NPP? A) 3.8 kgC/m2/year. B) 1 kgC/m2/year. C) .8 kgC/m2/year. D) 1.8 kgC/m2/year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .8 kgC/m2/year. 13. The term to describe how water in clouds falls back to earth A) Transpiration. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation. 14. What is a primary role of decomposers in an ecosystem? A) They eliminate matter by taking nitrogen from the ecosystem. B) They eliminate matter by taking phosphorus from the ecosystem. C) They cycle matter by returning carbon and other matter to the ecosystem. D) They cycle matter by returning oxygen and other matter to the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They cycle matter by returning carbon and other matter to the ecosystem. 15. Percolate A) Filter gradually through a porous surface or substance. B) Rapidly go through a substance with no time to filter out impurities. C) A chemical compound commonly found in eutrophied lakes and streams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filter gradually through a porous surface or substance. 16. What are the different types of volcanoes? A) Tsunamis, floods, landslides. B) Hailstorms, blizzards, droughts. C) Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes. D) Shield volcanoes, cinder cone volcanoes, stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes), and lava domes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shield volcanoes, cinder cone volcanoes, stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes), and lava domes. 17. Air masses have properties from where they ..... A) Were formed. B) End up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were formed. 18. Which best identifies a biome? A) Exists around the equator. B) Usually described by their vegetation. C) Defined by their nearness to human habitation. D) Contains 2 ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Usually described by their vegetation. 19. Which natural event shaped the continents? A) Ice ages. B) Milankovitch cycles. C) Forest fires. D) Plate tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plate tectonics. 20. What are the 3 types of biodiversity? A) Genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity. B) Hot diversity, cold diversity, and moderate diversity. C) Animal diversity, plant diversity, and mineral diversity. D) Red diversity, blue diversity, and green diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity. ← 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