This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 430 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 430 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Match the Definition:A natural environment or area in which an organism lives. A) Endangered species. B) Habitat. C) Niche. D) Threatened species. E) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 2. This theory states that Earth's plates move on top of the mantle at a slow and constant rate due to convection currents A) Plate tectonics. B) Continental drift. C) Seafloor spreading. D) Worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plate tectonics. 3. Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations? A) At plate boundaries. B) In oceans. C) In the middle of continents. D) In the middle of plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At plate boundaries. 4. UNDERSTANDING If the exponent is a negative number ..... A) You will get a large number. B) You will get a small number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You will get a small number. 5. CAUSES DISEASE-NO NUCLEUS A) FUNGI. B) BACTERIA. C) PROTIST. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BACTERIA. 6. Which statement about changes in scientific thought is correct? A) Changes in scientific thought show the general public they cannot rely on science. B) Changes in scientific thought demonstrate a key strength of science:the ability to self-correct and improve. C) Scientific thought and interpretations can never change over time. D) Changes in scientific thought are usually rapid and drastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes in scientific thought demonstrate a key strength of science:the ability to self-correct and improve. 7. A comparison of what will be sacrificed and gained A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Economics. D) Cost-benefit analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cost-benefit analysis. 8. Which of the following resources are considered renewable natural resources? A) * Sunlight * Wind energy * Wave energy * Geothermal energy. B) Sunlight only. C) Petroleum Oil, sunlight, geothermal energy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) * Sunlight * Wind energy * Wave energy * Geothermal energy. 9. Ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, values, and learned ways of life shared by a group of people A) Ethics. B) World view. C) Environmental ethics. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Culture. 10. What is labeled C? A) Infiltration. B) Precipitation. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitation. 11. What do you call the variables that are kept the same in an experiment? A) Controls. B) Independent variable. C) Dependent variable. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls. 12. ..... The amount of a good or service people are willing to sell at a given price. A) Demand. B) Price. C) Selling. D) Supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supply. 13. Select the correct statement. A) We should touch the electric switches with wet hand. B) We should play with sharp knives and scissors. C) We should keep our toys in their correct place after playing with them. D) We should play with the fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We should keep our toys in their correct place after playing with them. 14. What do you call the bacteria that helps to convert ammonia into nitrate A) Nitrifying bacteria. B) Denitriying bacteria. C) Nitrogen Fixing bacteria. D) Nitrogenase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrifying bacteria. 15. Deductive reasoning means ..... A) Guessing without any information. B) Sounding knowledgeable even when you are not. C) Testing and observing patterns to make conjectures. D) Drawing conclusions from situations based on facts and definitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drawing conclusions from situations based on facts and definitions. 16. ..... are wetlands that contain trees that are able to live in places that are either permanently flooded or floored for the majority of the year. A) Marshes. B) Deltas. C) Swamps. D) Mangroves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamps. 17. Little sunlight reaches the floor of coniferous forests because A) Trees grow in dense stands-close together. B) The far north gets little sunlight. C) The soil is poor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees grow in dense stands-close together. 18. For the vast majority of Earth's living things, the ultimate source of energy is the ..... A) Photosynthesis. B) Krebs cycle. C) Moon. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 19. Which statement best describes how estuaries are positive environment for animals and plants A) They flood regularly destroying organisms' habitat. B) They provide a safe hatchery full of nutrients and food. C) They dry up each summer stranding organisms in shallow water. D) Hold high numbers of predators to feed off young organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They provide a safe hatchery full of nutrients and food. 20. In terms of ecosystem services, the sustainability managed ecosystems would: A) Provide enhanced and restored services over unaltered natural ecosystems. B) Provide somewhat diminished or damaged services. C) Provide more and more valuable services than converted ecosystems. D) Restore the original biodiversity of ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide more and more valuable services than converted ecosystems. ← 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