This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 505 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 505 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The addition of ..... and other gases could sustain new forms of life A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Ammonia. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 2. When glucose and oxygen are the reactants, the process is A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Protein synthesis. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular respiration. 3. The niche of a bat in an ecosystem would be A) To prey on larger carnivores. B) To produce a food source for carnivores. C) To eat mosquitoes; control insect population. D) To annoy people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To eat mosquitoes; control insect population. 4. Organisms that can capture energy from inorganic, nonliving sources (for example:the sun) A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) More destructive. D) Carnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 5. When a species is so rare that it may become extinct it is considered ..... A) Diverse. B) Endangered. C) Well camouflaged. D) Recovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endangered. 6. Who among the following is not a family member? A) Grandfather. B) Uncle. C) Teacher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher. 7. Is water considered abiotic or biotic? A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 8. Non-living A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 9. Which is a way humans have impacted greenhouse effect? A) Decreasing atmospheric O2. B) Decreasing atmospheric CO2. C) Increasing atmospheric CO2. D) Increasing atmospheric O2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing atmospheric CO2. 10. A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural resources A) Nonrenewable resource. B) Renewable resource. C) Natural resource. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource. 11. The stratosphere helps protect Earth from too much ultraviolet radiation because this layer of the atmosphere contains A) Ozone. B) Ions. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone. 12. Solar collectors are parts of ..... A) Passive solar heating systems. B) Active solar heating systems. C) Internal combustion engines. D) External combustion engines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active solar heating systems. 13. Biofuel is A) Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air. B) Energy that comes from the Sun. C) A source of nonrenewable energy. D) Fuel from plant material. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fuel from plant material. 14. ..... currents circulate warm water great distances causing land areas they flow past to have more moderate climates. A) Deep. B) Ocean. C) Surface. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface. 15. What is the disadvantage of coal? A) Air Pollution. B) Not much left. C) World does not use much. D) It is only used to roast hot dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air Pollution. 16. In a temperate forest ecosystem, a black bear feeds on fish that live in a stream while a robin feeds on berries on mountainside bushes. The fish would be classified as a A) Prey. B) Omnivore. C) Decoposer. D) Herbivore. E) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prey. 17. This term below refers to the extreme weather phenomenon that warms the central and eastern Pacific Ocean in winter months due to unusually weak tradewinds. A) The boy. B) Hurricane. C) Tornado. D) Indian Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy. 18. What do we call the permanently frozen soil that prevents plants from growing deep within the soil. A) Permafrost. B) Ice soil. C) Desert pavement. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permafrost. 19. When there is a drought and there is limited water, the water would A) Cause exponential growth. B) Be a limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be a limiting factor. 20. Environmental Science:The study of how the natural world works and how humans and the environment ..... eachother A) Affect. B) Harm. C) Ignore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect. ← 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