This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 451 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 451 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Because the only thing that can enter the Earth's atmosphere is energy from the sun, and the only thing that can leave Earth's atmosphere is heat, we call the Earth A) A closed system. B) An open system. C) A sustainable planet. D) A problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A closed system. 2. In recent years, the human population has A) Increased exponentially. B) Decreased exponentially. C) Decreased slowly. D) Increased slowy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased exponentially. 3. Pollution is the contamination of the environment by any chemical agent at levels considered harmful to the health, survival, or activities of organisms A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Scientific Question:Will a person fall asleep faster if they listen to music?What is the manipulated variable? A) Music. B) Time to fall asleep. C) Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Music. 5. A volcanic eruption sends..... A) Lava, ash and smoke. B) Lava, ash and water. C) Lava, ash and spinning wind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lava, ash and smoke. 6. It is an air transport with the last name of a water transport. A) Cargo Ship. B) Airplane. C) Space Rocket. D) Spaceship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spaceship. 7. The unit of heat needed to raise one gram of water one degree celsius A) Carbohydrate. B) Anemia. C) Edible. D) Calorie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calorie. 8. A ..... is a waste disposal facility where wastes are put in the ground and covered each day with a layer of dirt, plastic, or both. A) Landfill. B) Incinerator. C) Compost heap. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landfill. 9. The flock of white seagulls that are fighting over a single food source (Nemo & Dory) depicts which ecological relatioship? A) Intraspecies Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intraspecies Competition. 10. Randomness in a system A) Open. B) Steady. C) Closed. D) Entropy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entropy. 11. Full Form of HUDCO A) Housing and Urban Development Corporation. B) Housing and Urban Development Company. C) Housing and Urban Disaster Corporation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Housing and Urban Development Corporation. 12. In the U.S. about 50 million tons of waste per year is dumped into the ocean A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. DDT and DNA are both dangerous pesticides A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Which is the most direct way in which biodiversity can provide a source of income? A) Medicines. B) Ecotourism. C) Research. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecotourism. 15. Which tool is used to measure the volume of a liquid? A) Triple beam balance. B) Graduated cylinder. C) Magnifying glass. D) Bunsen burner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graduated cylinder. 16. Water moves or flows over the land surface. A) Infiltration. B) Condensation. C) Surface Runoff. D) Sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface Runoff. 17. When a population has unlimited resources, and it continues to grow to its FULL LIVING POTENTIAL, it is called A) Peak. B) Top shelf. C) Resource controlled limit. D) Biotic potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic potential. 18. All the living and non-living things with the organisms interact A) Natural resource. B) Environment. C) Fossil fuel. D) Ecological footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment. 19. A primary consumer is likely to consume ..... A) Herbivores. B) Carnivores. C) Producers. D) Omnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producers. 20. Which statement best compares natural selection and artificial selection? A) Both natural selection and artificial selection are man driven. B) Both natural selection and artificial selection are nature driven. C) Natural selection is man driven and artificial selection is nature driven. D) Natural selection is nature driven and artificial selection is man driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural selection is nature driven and artificial selection is man driven. ← 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