This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 397 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 397 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which human activity contributes to the most Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Reducing deforestation. B) Burning of fossil fuels. C) Planting trees. D) Using renewable energy sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning of fossil fuels. 2. Which biome has the highest temperature? A) Desert. B) Tropical Rain Forest. C) Tropical Dry Forest. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical Dry Forest. 3. You've learned in school that all mammals have fur. You see an animal you've never seen before and it has fur, so you assume it must be a mammal. This is an example of ..... A) Inductive reasoning. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Abductive reasoning. D) Transductive reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deductive reasoning. 4. Contains floating rafts of algae A) Marsh. B) Swamp. C) Sargasso Sea. D) Coral reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sargasso Sea. 5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Arctic tundra? A) High latitude. B) Permafrost. C) Contains coniferous trees. D) Contains mosses and lichens. E) Short growing season for plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contains coniferous trees. 6. What is the prime mover of surface currents? A) Earthquakes. B) Heat from the sun. C) Inflow from rivers. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 7. Earth day is celebrated on- A) 22 March. B) 22 April. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22 April. 8. True or False:The two reasons farmers would need to cut down trees is to plant crops or make room for livestock. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact is called A) Environment. B) Natural world. C) Natural resources. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environment. 10. This is the only nutrient that is NOT cycled through the atmosphere? A) Carbon. B) Nitrogen. C) Phosphorous. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorous. 11. Dory set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable? A) Distance traveled by the ball. B) Height of the ramp. C) Mass of the ball. D) Ball type. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance traveled by the ball. 12. A potential source of natural short-term climate change can be seen with A) Volcanoes. B) Wetland delineation. C) Ecological succession. D) Earthquake activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanoes. 13. Water from precipitation that flows over the surface of the land A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Transpiration. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runoff. 14. The ..... was a binding agreement produced at Earth Summit to reduce the number of species going extinct A) Biodiversity Treaty. B) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. C) Earth Charter. D) Agenda 21 tagsSEV4SEV5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity Treaty. 15. Process by which phosphorus and nitrgoen get into water and can cause excessive growht of algae is called A) Hypoxia. B) Eutrophication. C) Fixation. D) Nitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eutrophication. 16. Which of the following is not a cause of pollution? A) Excess fertilizer use. B) Over fishing. C) Burning of fossil fuels. D) Waste disposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over fishing. 17. The first 350 m in depth of the ocean A) Surface zone. B) Thermocline. C) Deep zone. D) Aphotic zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surface zone. 18. Tell if the item is an abiotic factor or biotic ..... TREE A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic. 19. What is a peer review? A) A system for writers to submit for publishing. B) A system for checking research papers before publishing. C) A system for publishers to submit writing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A system for checking research papers before publishing. 20. Fungi and bacteria belong to which group of biotic components of the ecosystem? A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposers. ← 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