This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 459 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 459 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water Code of the Philippines A) PD 1586. B) PD 1067. C) PD 1219. D) PD 1152. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PD 1067. 2. ..... are emitted directly into the atmosphere A) Primary pollutants. B) Secondary pollutants. C) Particulants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary pollutants. 3. Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food. Which do scientist classify as autotrophs? A) Chordates. B) Fungi. C) Plants. D) Molds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 4. Name of the supercontinent? A) Laurasia. B) Antarctic. C) Pangea. D) Eurasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pangea. 5. What are the two waste recovery methods? A) Composting and incineration. B) Composting and recycling. C) Recycling and source reduction. D) Recycling and landfills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Composting and recycling. 6. Which of the following wastes cannot be decomposed by bacteria to form compost? A) Plastic and polythene. B) Bodies of dead animals. C) Leaf. D) Kitchen waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastic and polythene. 7. Which step in the carbon cycle removes carbon from the atmosphere? A) Respiration. B) Combustion. C) Fossilization. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 8. How much more garbage is produced during the Christmas holidays? A) 0% more. B) 10% more. C) 25% more. D) 50% more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25% more. 9. A scientists test algae growth in normal conditions and in the cold? What is the dependent variable? A) Normal conditions. B) Cold weather. C) Algae growth. D) The algae will grow less in the cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algae growth. 10. The primary cause of the introduction of invasive species introduction is ..... A) Too much food. B) Human action. C) Weather events. D) Asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human action. 11. Organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms, heterotroph. A) Carnivore. B) Omnivore. C) Herbivore. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumer. 12. The percentage of a volume of soil that is empty space A) Spacing. B) Porosity. C) Weathering. D) Seeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Porosity. 13. Deforestation takes place by ..... A) Human activities. B) Only by natural resources. C) Both of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 14. Choose the correct answer and fill in the missing content in the concept below? "..... of a territory (a locality, a country, or a continent.....) is the number of inhabitants. living in that territory" the total number of people living in that territory" A) Population size. B) Number of residents. C) Population size. D) Number of population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population size. 15. What is the purpose of fuel desulfurization? A) To reduce NOx emissions from exhaust systems. B) To remove sulfur from fuels before burning. C) To eliminate SO2 from industrial chimney emissions. D) To reduce VOC emissions from certain liquids and gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To remove sulfur from fuels before burning. 16. Human populations increase most rapidly in developing nations. Which of the following would have the most rapid increase in population? A) Kenya. B) Germany. C) USA. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kenya. 17. Where biomes overlap A) Biome overlap. B) Overlapping Biomes. C) Ecotone. D) Autotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecotone. 18. When a population's growth slows then stops, following a period of exponential growth ..... A) Immigration. B) Logistic growth. C) Emigration. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logistic growth. 19. Using the 'CER' writing strategy for scientific discussion and questioning, what is needed for proper use of the 'E': A) A direct statement agreeing or disagreeing with the question. B) The reasoning behind why evidence given supports a claim. C) Citation and direct quote (or data) confirming the claim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citation and direct quote (or data) confirming the claim. 20. The forest biome receiving the most annual precipitation is A) Deciduous forest. B) Coniferous forest. C) Rain forest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain forest. ← 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