This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 40 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False. In this energy pyramid, the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the trophic level before it has stored. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Which of the following is NOT a step in the nitrogen cycle? A) Nitrogen Fixation. B) Decomposition. C) Assimilation. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposition. 3. ..... :allow for the intentional setting of fires with controlled boundaries under certain conditions; also known as controlled burns. A) Harvest cutting. B) Prescribed burns. C) Stands. D) Silviculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prescribed burns. 4. Which best describes the causes of a thunderstorm? A) Cool, moist air near Earth's surface and an unstable atmosphere. B) Warm, moist air near Earth's surface and an unstable atmosphere. C) Warm, dry air near Earth's surface and an unstable atmosphere. D) Cool, dry air near Earth's surface and an unstable atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm, moist air near Earth's surface and an unstable atmosphere. 5. What is the primary cause of habitat destruction? A) Natural disasters. B) Alien invasion. C) Human activities. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human activities. 6. What does toxic mean? A) Poisonous. B) Murky. C) Dirty. D) Salubrious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poisonous. 7. Which of the following is a natural resource A) Electricity. B) Gasoline. C) Sunlight. D) Wifi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 8. Which of the following is the earth's largest reservoir of carbon dioxide? A) Atmosphere. B) Icebergs. C) Oceans. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceans. 9. Gasoline prices often influence how motivated U.S. buyers are to choose fuel-efficient cars. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. During the agricultural revolution A) Fossil fuel use increased. B) Plants and animals were domesticated. C) Human populations decreased due to disease. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants and animals were domesticated. 11. Renewable energy resources produce less ..... than fossil fuels. A) Pollution. B) Energy. C) Wind. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollution. 12. Storage sites for nuclear wastes A) Can only be located in mountain ranges. B) Will always leak lethal amounts of radioactivity. C) Must be located in areas that are extremely geologically stable. D) Should be able to undergo the process of transmutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must be located in areas that are extremely geologically stable. 13. All of the different BIOTIC factors in an ecosystem. A) Community. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 14. The water cycle is ..... A) The process by which water moves in and out of the atmosphere. B) A blanket of air that surrounds the earth. C) Gravitational pull of the moon causing the oceans on the Earth to rise and fall. D) The creation of oxygen by plant through photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process by which water moves in and out of the atmosphere. 15. Diagram showing the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem. A) Food web. B) Producer. C) Food chain. D) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food web. 16. The reactants of this process are carbon dioxide and water. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 17. In ....., heat is transferred by the currents within a fluid. A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Coreolis effect. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 18. How is species richness measured? A) The number of genetic variations within a species. B) The physical characteristics of the habitat. C) The number of different species in an ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of different species in an ecosystem. 19. The layer of the atmosphere containing the ionosphere and auroras is A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 20. What is a natural resource? A) Resources we get from our house. B) Resources we get from nature. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resources we get from nature. ← 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