This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 476 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 476 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is there a high amount of rain at the equator? A) High winds lead to storm and rain. B) Large amounts of water evaporating lead to high humidity. C) Warm air rises and condenses leading to rain. D) As air rise it becomes warmer and loses mositure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warm air rises and condenses leading to rain. 2. Though extinction is a natural process, it has become a problem because A) Environmentalists have brought it to our attention. B) Unknown organisms are going extinct. C) The rate of extinction has increased dramatically. D) The types of organisms becoming extinct are popular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rate of extinction has increased dramatically. 3. What type of organism has the biggest species diversity? A) Mammals. B) Reptiles. C) Birds. D) Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insects. 4. Any factor in the environment that limits the size of a population A) Limiting factor. B) Habitat. C) Biotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factor. 5. Determine the type of reasoning:Every president of the United States has been male. The next two presidents will be male. A) Inductive. B) Deductive. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inductive. 6. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) n the diagram of a food web and on your knowledge of biology. What is the original source of energy for this food web? A) Chemical bonds in sugar molecules. B) Enzymatic reactions. C) The Sun. D) Chemical reactions of bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sun. 7. The decision-making model can be used to make A) No decisions. B) All decisions. C) Some decisions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All decisions. 8. Name the layers of the atmosphere in order A) Thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere. B) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. C) Stratosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, troposphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. 9. Which of the following consists of a group of individuals of different species that live an interact with each other? A) Community. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 10. Almost all weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 11. The highest population an environment can support is called A) A limiting factor. B) Exponential growth. C) Carrying capacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrying capacity. 12. Energy Pyramid is always ..... A) Inverted. B) Upright. C) Inverted or Upright. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upright. 13. Why is Earth's atmosphere most concentrated at its surface? A) Global winds move air molecules closer to the surface. B) Gravity pulls the air molecules closer to the surface. C) Global winds move air molecules away from the surface. D) Gravity pushes the air molecules away from the surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity pulls the air molecules closer to the surface. 14. All eons are made up of eras. Arrange the three eras of the Phanerozoic eon from youngest to oldest. A) 1. Paleozoic- "old life" 2. Mesozoic- "middle life"3. Cenozoic- "recent life". B) 1. Mesozoic- "middle life"2. Cenozoic- "recent life" 3. Paleozoic- "old life". C) 1. Mesozoic- "middle life"2. Paleozoic- "old life"3. Cenozoic- "recent life". D) 1. Cenozoic- "recent life" 2. Mesozoic- "middle life"3. Paleozoic- "old life". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. Cenozoic- "recent life" 2. Mesozoic- "middle life"3. Paleozoic- "old life". 15. Which of the following are human activities that affect the enviroment A) Pollution. B) Resource depletion. C) Loss of biodiversity. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. Plants absorbing groundwater and pumping it into the atmosphere is called A) Transpiration. B) Sublimation. C) Evaporation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 17. Which is the Earth's densest atmospheric layer A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 18. Process of breaking down food to yield energy. A) Precipitation. B) Detritivore. C) Cellular respiration. D) Water cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cellular respiration. 19. The temperature at which condensation occurs is A) Dew point. B) Condensation. C) Condensation nuclei. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dew point. 20. Which of the following effects a population differently when there are different numbers of individuals in a given area? A) Species Evenness Factors. B) Species Richness Factors. C) Density Dependent Factors. D) Density Independent Factors. E) None of the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Density Dependent Factors. ← 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