This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 510 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 510 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An interaction between predators and their preys where the prey produces a large volume of offspring for greater chance their of survival thus satisfying the demand for food of their predators. A) Prey satiation. B) Predator satiation. C) Cryptic satiation. D) Predator adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predator satiation. 2. Which of the following is one way that a person can conserve water? A) Take a bath instead of a shower. B) Wash laundry in small, partial loads. C) Use a low flow shower head and take short showers. D) Water the lawn daily land at mid day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use a low flow shower head and take short showers. 3. Imagine you're an explorer! You've just discovered a farmland where a drought has wiped out all the plants. But, as time passes, you notice new plants beginning to sprout, thanks to the wind and some adventurous birds from nearby areas. What stage of succession is unfolding before your eyes in this farmland? A) Competition. B) Reaction. C) Ecesis. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecesis. 4. Which one uses paint dots on organisms? A) Sampling. B) Direct observation. C) Mark and recapture. D) Indirect observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mark and recapture. 5. To say that an organism is heterotrophic means ..... A) It cannot reproduce asexually. B) It cannot make its own food. C) It cannot breathe oxygen gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It cannot make its own food. 6. 3rd layer-The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core A) Stratosphere. B) Hurricane. C) Mesosphere. D) Thunderstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mesosphere. 7. In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other? A) Convergent. B) Normal. C) Divergent. D) Transform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divergent. 8. Which statement best describes why an algae bloom forms? A) Decreased amounts of fish eating on the algae. B) Decreas of pollution allow algae absorb gases and grow fast. C) High amount of light stimulate photosynthesis to occur. D) High amounts of fertilizer from farms/ fast growth of algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High amounts of fertilizer from farms/ fast growth of algae. 9. What is an effect of land pollution? A) No clean drinking water. B) Loss of habitat for animals. C) Diseases from breathing in poor quality air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loss of habitat for animals. 10. Involves mainly the lithosphere and oceans; eutrophication can be a negative process A) Nitrogen cycle. B) Carbon cycle. C) Phosphorus cycle. D) Water cycle . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorus cycle. 11. What are some examples of biotic factors? A) Plants, animals and soil. B) Bacteria, animals, plants, fungi. C) Water, atmospheric gases (O2, CO2, etc.), soil, and sunlight. D) Rocks, soil, rain, water, tempertaure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria, animals, plants, fungi. 12. During which period(s) did most of today's environmental problems begin? A) During the Industrial Revolution. B) During the Renaissance. C) During the agricultural Revolution. D) During the hunter-gatherer period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the Industrial Revolution. 13. Which of the following is a point-source pollution? A) Pollutants emitted by power plants in a region. B) A sewer pipe dumping raw sewage into a stream. C) Solid waste from consumers in a city. D) Fertilizer runoff from agricultural fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollutants emitted by power plants in a region. 14. Which energy source has no greenhouse gas emissions but has waste products that present a health hazard for humans? A) Natural gas. B) Nuclear. C) Coal. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear. 15. Elevation is a factor in climate because under most conditions, A) Temperature falls as elevation increases. B) Temperature rises as elevation increases. C) Temperature is not affected by elevation. D) Snowfall is unlikely at high elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature falls as elevation increases. 16. Plants are..... A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 17. An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely (badly) affects the health, survival, or activities of any organism. A) Loss of biodoversity. B) Pollution. C) Resource depletion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution. 18. It is believed that the ancestors of tetrapods developed as a result of living in low oxygen and/or shallow waters. A) Lungs. B) Gills. C) Hair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 19. What statement about cap-and-trade systems is true? A) It prohibits companies from emitting any pollution. B) It consistently reduces pollution in all areas. C) It issues permits that allow companies to emit a percentage of the overall amount of a given pollutant. D) It always leads to positive environmental results. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It issues permits that allow companies to emit a percentage of the overall amount of a given pollutant. 20. What is the significance of secondary consumers in an ecosystem? A) They have no significance in an ecosystem. B) They help regulate the population of primary consumers and contribute to the overall stability of the ecosystem. C) They primarily feed on producers. D) They only contribute to the instability of the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They help regulate the population of primary consumers and contribute to the overall stability of the ecosystem. ← 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