This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The warmest temperature zone of the ocean is the A) Thermocline. B) Deep zone. C) Open ocean. D) Surface zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface zone. 2. The entire group studied is called the A) Sample. B) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 3. THE FASTEST MEANS OF TRANSPORT IS? A) AEROPLANE. B) TRAIN. C) SHIP. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AEROPLANE. 4. The overuse of pesticides and antibiotics has led to the rise in ..... A) Resistance. B) Adaptation. C) Natural selection. D) Artificial selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resistance. 5. Consumers that eat only plants A) Carnivores. B) Omnivores. C) Herbivores. D) Scavengers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivores. 6. Which phrase defines a scientific theory? A) An untested idea. B) An educated guess. C) An accepted description. D) A well-supported explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A well-supported explanation. 7. Which of the following in a natural resources? A) Water. B) Food. C) Sunlight. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. What is the definition of the tragedy of the commons? A) When humans overuse a natural resource. B) When the short-term, positive effects go to the individual, while the long-term, negative effects are spread out to the group. C) When humans act selfishly, thinking of their own self-interest. D) When plants and animals compete for space, resources, and/or food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the short-term, positive effects go to the individual, while the long-term, negative effects are spread out to the group. 9. Per capita land consumption means the A) Amount of land a country uses as a whole. B) Amount of land each person uses. C) Type of land covered by state capitals. D) Type of land people live on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amount of land each person uses. 10. Information gathered is A) An amazing thing. B) Data. C) Its not relevant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Data. 11. Isolines connecting points of equal temperature are called A) Isotherms. B) Isobars. C) Contour Lines. D) Equality Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isotherms. 12. The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support ..... A) Demography. B) Emigration. C) Exponential growth. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying capacity. 13. Describes the routes that carbon atoms take through the environment. Earth's oceans function extensively in this cycle. The largest human impact on the ..... cycle is through our use of fossil fuel as an energy source A) Water. B) Phosphorus. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon. 14. Observation or inference? The folder is blue A) Observation. B) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 15. How do biodiversity and sustainability work together? A) The lower the biodiversity the greater the sustainability. B) The higher the biodiversity, the less sustainable the ecosystem. C) The higher the biodiversity, the greater the sustainability. D) Biodiversity has nothing to do with sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The higher the biodiversity, the greater the sustainability. 16. What type of forest is the Great Smoky Mountains? A) Tropical Rain forest. B) Coastal Forest. C) Coniferous forest. D) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deciduous forest. 17. Rene grew bacteria from the mouth on special plates in the laboratory. She placed drops of different mouthwashes on bacteria on each plate. Which step of the scientific method is this? A) Stating the problem. B) Forming a hypothesis. C) Conducting an experiment. D) Drawing a conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conducting an experiment. 18. What was the first United States National Park? A) Yosemite. B) Yellowstone. C) Joshua Tree. D) The Grand Canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellowstone. 19. Which will occur if humans continue to overload water systems with excess nutrients? A) Chemosynthesis. B) Eutrophication. C) Nitrification. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eutrophication. 20. A planet traveling around the Sun is called A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) The Big Bang Theory. D) Solar Cycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. ← 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