This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 394 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 394 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Big and strong plants are called ..... A) Trees. B) Herb. C) Mango. D) Climber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 2. Living things get what they need from the ..... in which they live. A) Land. B) Air. C) Environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment. 3. An organisms that feeds by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms. A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) Director. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decoposer. 4. How do heterotrophs get the Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus for their cells? A) From the air. B) From the soil. C) From consuming other organisms. D) From cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From consuming other organisms. 5. Temperature and pressure ..... as you move towards the center of the Earth. A) Decrease. B) Increase. C) Neither answer is correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase. 6. Whose home was the early Philadelphia? A) Lenape People. B) Indians. C) Americans. D) Europeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lenape People. 7. Which of the following is a renewable and non-renewable source of valuables available for human use? A) Technology. B) Entertainment. C) Rainstorms. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy. 8. ..... is made up of the facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community. A) Heat island. B) Infrastructure. C) Megalopolis. D) Sprawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrastructure. 9. In which aquatic zone would you be likely to find cattails and reeds? A) Littoral. B) Eutrophic. C) Benthic. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Littoral. 10. A reintroduced population of wolves in a national park is 90 percent grey and 10 percent black, consistent with the wolf population in other regions. After several generations in isolation, the national park's wolf population is 60 percent grey and 40 percent black. The wolf population has likely experienced A) Natural selection. B) Genetic drift. C) Mutations. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic drift. 11. Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil-restoring crops with cash crops and reducing in-puts of fertilizer and pesticides. A) Food bank. B) Food waste. C) Global food crisis. D) Sustainable agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainable agriculture. 12. A role played by an organism in an ecosystem is known at its A) Niche. B) Job. C) Role. D) Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Niche. 13. A sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down a hill A) Landslide. B) Earthquake. C) Eruption. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landslide. 14. NO.14 When the surface soil is washed away through excessive rains and floods, it is called: A) Soil erosion. B) Land degradation. C) Biodiversity. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil erosion. 15. Atmospheric greenhouse gases help heat the atmosphere by A) Increasing the amount of solar radiation reaching Earth. B) Storing energy produced by human activity. C) Absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth. D) Increasing the average density of air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absorbing infrared radiation released by Earth. 16. What are the potential threats to waterfowl populations and their habitats? A) Overpopulation of waterfowl. B) Lack of food sources. C) Habitat loss, pollution, climate change, hunting, and invasive species. D) Natural predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat loss, pollution, climate change, hunting, and invasive species. 17. Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds inflight? A) Observing. B) Hypothesizing. C) Drawing conclusions. D) Analyzing data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observing. 18. A broad and comprehensive statement of what is thought to be true; it is supported by much evidence and repeated experimentation. A) Hypothesis. B) Theory. C) Guess. D) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 19. This cold biome has tall trees that photosynthesize all year round A) Tundra. B) Tropical Rainforest. C) Taiga. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taiga. 20. The production of electricity is an industry that is the largest producer of ..... A) Primary pollutants. B) Secondary pollutants. C) Noise pollution. D) Light pollution. 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