This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 381 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 381 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The arrangement of members around a statistical population is called A) A distribution. B) A mean. C) A sample. D) A probability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A distribution. 2. Transpiration from the forests affects the relative humidity and precipitation in a place. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 3. Risk is the ..... of a negative outcome. A) Sample. B) Statistic. C) Probability. D) Event. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Probability. 4. When scientists formulate a testable idea about their scientific questions, they have formed a(n) A) Conclusion. B) Hypothesis. C) Question. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 5. . What is a way that humans can help endangered species, such as the Bald Eagle, from becoming extinct A) Stop hunting. B) By protecting their natural habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By protecting their natural habitat. 6. What is the largest coral reef on the planet? A) Line book w Ree f, Fiji. B) Great Chago Archipelago, Indian Ocean. C) Amazon Reef, Brazil. D) Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 7. Have a definite shape and volume A) Solids. B) Liquids. C) Gases. D) Thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solids. 8. Which of the following would be considered a primary consumer? Something that eats plants A) Green plant. B) Kite. C) Snake. D) Rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rabbit. 9. What are the three types of fresh water ecosystems? A) Streams, ponds, wetlands. B) Marine, estuarine. C) Saltwater, ocean water. D) None of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Streams, ponds, wetlands. 10. Which is a difference between a tropical rainforest and a deciduous forest? A) A tropical rainforest is smaller in size than a deciduous forest. B) A tropical rainforest recieves more sunlight than a deciduous forest. C) A tropical rainforest recieves more annual precipitation than a deciduous forest. D) A tropical rainforest has more lakes and ponds than a deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tropical rainforest recieves more annual precipitation than a deciduous forest. 11. Which of the following populations has a random dispersion A) Pine trees in a pine forest. B) Flock of flamingoes. C) Solitary snakes in a desert. D) Herd of bison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solitary snakes in a desert. 12. The smallest units that still have all of the chemical properties. A) Electrons. B) Matter. C) Elements. D) Atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atoms. 13. A ..... is what you can learn about an object by using your 5 senses. A) Qualitative Observation. B) Quantitative Observation. C) Theory. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualitative Observation. 14. Determine the total size of this statistical population of dwarf wedge mussels. A) 60. B) 70. C) 80. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60. 15. Which of the following is not true of a deciduous tree in winter? A) Its leaves shed the snow. B) It stops doing photosynthesis. C) It uses food stores in its trunk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its leaves shed the snow. 16. A group of philosophy that involves the study of behaviors of good and bad, right or wrong. A) Fossil Fuel. B) Theories. C) Economics. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethics. 17. Type of ecological succession in which plants and animals colonize a habitat that was previously inhabited. A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary succession. 18. What does the prefix milli-mean? A) 1/100. B) 100. C) 1, 000. D) 1/1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1/1, 000. 19. What is the difference between and autotroph and a heterotroph? A) A heterotroph makes its own food, an autotroph needs to eat its food. B) An autotroph makes its own food, a heterotroph needs to eat its food. C) An autotroph eats grass and plants, a heterotroph eats other animals. D) They are both the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An autotroph makes its own food, a heterotroph needs to eat its food. 20. The Richter scale best describes the A) Frequency of a wave. B) Duration of an earthquake. C) Location of a wave. D) Magnitude of an earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magnitude of an earthquake. ← 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