This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ecological pyramid always starts with the following at the base A) Decoposer. B) Producer. C) Consumer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 2. Cynometra cebuensis a new species of Caesalpiniaceae described by Franz Siedensharz in 2013. It is only found in ..... A) Mt. Lantoy, Argao, Cebu. B) Tabunan Forest, Cebu City. C) Mt. Lanaya, Carmen, Cebu. D) Mt. Mayana, Barley, Cebu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tabunan Forest, Cebu City. 3. The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 4. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of renewable resources? A) They can be intermittent (only available at certain times or in certain places). B) They release a lot of CO2 and have a large carbon footprint. C) They are renewable and will always be available. D) Renewable resources have no disadvantages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can be intermittent (only available at certain times or in certain places). 5. Land used for houses, businesses, industry and roads A) Rangeland. B) Farmland. C) Parks and preserves. D) Urban land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urban land. 6. A spent fuel rod is one that has lost all of its radioactivity A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What is the term scientists use to describe how reproductively successful an organism is in its environment? A) Adaption. B) Fitness. C) Speciation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fitness. 8. After the ..... of liquid water on Earth's surface, water vapor rises into the atmosphere. A) Transpiration. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 9. Oil spills, pesticides and sewage are threats to ..... A) Coral reefs. B) Lakes. C) Rivers. D) Freshwater marshes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral reefs. 10. A human-centered worldview A) Anthropocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentrism. 11. One of the main reasons poverty exists is because land in poorer countries is used for either subsistence farming or nomadic herding. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The temperature is currently 3$^\circ$. A) Climate. B) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather. 13. WHICH STATE IS RECENTLY BEEN AWARED AS ORGANIC STATE OF INDIA A) SIKKIM. B) MANIPUR. C) HE WILL DIE. D) ASSAM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIKKIM. 14. Which among the following celestial bodies is the largest? * A) Mars. B) Earth. C) Venus. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neptune. 15. What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Rift. D) Island Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain. 16. Is the following statement true or false? "Genetic diversity is the genetic diversity of all individual plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms" A) Correct. B) Sai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 17. According to a random telephone survey of 200 adults, 75% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. What is the population in this survey? A) 200 adults. B) Adults in the U.S. C) 75% of adults. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adults in the U.S. 18. Both P and S waves travel through solids. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Temperature inversions can ..... air pollution A) Trap. B) Move. C) Eliminate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trap. 20. Habitat availability increases for a population. How would the carrying capacity of the prey change? A) The carrying capacity would increase as more resources become available. B) Carrying capacity occurs independent of factors in the environment. C) The carrying capacity would decrease as more resources became available. D) The carrying capacity is set in an environment and cannot change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The carrying capacity would increase as more resources become available. ← 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