This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 514 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 514 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This type of energy is created from swamp plants that died a long time ago and their remains took a long time to decompose before turning into rock A) Coal. B) Natural Gas. C) Wind. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 2. What waste product released during the carbon dioxide oxygen cycle is necessary for the survival of animals? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) People and animals. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 3. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the living organisms in an ecosystem and can reduce biodiversity and cause diseases? A) Biological pollution. B) Ecological pollution. C) Invasive species. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Environmental costs associated with the use of coal include all of the following except A) Particulates that are released into the atmosphere when coal is burned. B) Degradation to land due to mining techniques. C) The creation of highly radioactive waste. D) Trace metals found in coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The creation of highly radioactive waste. 5. Passing of energy, in the form of food, from one organism to another A) Food cycle. B) Food network. C) Food chain. D) Food system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food chain. 6. An area where rivers deposit their load of mineral-rich mud A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Marshes. C) Salt Marshes. D) Swamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt Marshes. 7. ..... can be objects, information, reliable eyewitness testimony, video and images that can demonstrate something as fact, solve a problem. A) Theory. B) Hypothesis. C) Law. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 8. Temperate deciduous forest are located between which two areas: A) The tropics and the cold land around the poles. B) The equator and North America. C) Antartica and Africa. D) Near the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tropics and the cold land around the poles. 9. Plants and animals are examples of ..... factors in an ecosystem. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 10. What kind of igneous rock usually contains large crystals due to slow cooling? A) Clastic. B) Extrusive. C) Organic. D) Intrusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intrusive. 11. Which of the following factors does not help predict future oil production? A) The number of oil refineries operating in the past. B) Cost of obtaining fuels. C) Changes in technology. D) Number of oil deposit discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Number of oil deposit discovered. 12. The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature change disintegrate, and decompose rocks. A) Erosion. B) Plate Boundary. C) Lithosphere. D) Weathering. E) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weathering. 13. Why is a Food Web an important part of an ecosystem? A) It shows the transfer of energy between the living parts of an ecosystem. B) It shows what animals eat. C) It shows what a producer is. D) It shows us how to find our food to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It shows the transfer of energy between the living parts of an ecosystem. 14. Declining number and variety of the species in anarea A) Renewable resource. B) Loss of biodiversity. C) Developing nation. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loss of biodiversity. 15. The chance that an earthquake will occur in St. Elizabeth this year is an example of a A) Correlation. B) Skepticism. C) Risk. D) Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Risk. 16. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion works because water boils at low temperatures when A) In a high-pressure chamber. B) Cooled in a vacuum chamber. C) Under low pressure in a vacuum chamber. D) Pumped from the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under low pressure in a vacuum chamber. 17. The world's smallest biome, it is usually found near coasts. A) Grasslands. B) Rain forests. C) Taiga. D) Chaparral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaparral. 18. This biome has primarily grazing animals like elephants, buffalo, giraffes, etc. A) Chaparral. B) Grasslands. C) Deciduous forest. D) Tropical rain forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grasslands. 19. Demography is the study of: A) World economic conditions. B) Mountains and other physical features on the landscape. C) Urban areas. D) Statistics related to the changing structure of human population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statistics related to the changing structure of human population. 20. Which organisms do photosynthesis? 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