This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 529 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 529 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a substance is heated, its density ..... A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Remains the same. D) Varies in a predictable pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases. 2. Which is NOT true of consumers? A) They get energy indirectly from the sun. B) They are called heterotrophs. C) They make their own food. D) They sometimes eat other consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They make their own food. 3. What is the primary way in which the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increased? A) Fertilizing crops. B) Increasing solar panels. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) Planting forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. 4. What is blackwater? A) Stormwater. B) Wastewater from everything but toilets. C) Wastewater from toilet water. D) Water from the benthos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wastewater from toilet water. 5. A plant or animal species that is no longer living or existing A) Adaptation. B) Succession. C) Fossil. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinction. 6. The crust of the Earth is A) The outermost part of the geosphere. B) At the center of the earth. C) Part of the atmosphere. D) Made of molten Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The outermost part of the geosphere. 7. Species which are only found in some popular areas that are usually isolated by natural or geographical barriers A) Rare species. B) Extinct species. C) Endemic species. D) Endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endemic species. 8. A small, living aquatic organism would best be observed using which of the following pieces of equipment? A) Compound light microscope. B) Electronic balance. C) Scanning electron microscope. D) Centrifuge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound light microscope. 9. Meeting to lower the release of carbon dioxide A) Kyoto Treaty. B) Carbon Conservation. C) RCRA. D) CAFE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kyoto Treaty. 10. ..... is used to produce two useful forms of energy from the same fuel source, such as when steam in a power plant is used to heat nearby buildings. A) Cogeneration. B) Energy efficiency. C) Smart grid. D) Superinsulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cogeneration. 11. In the scientific method, what is used to test a hypothesis? A) Control group. B) Experiment. C) Exam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control group. 12. What are the variables that are kept the same during an experiment? A) Controls. B) Dependent Variables. C) Independent Variables. D) Observations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls. 13. Animals, forests, grasslands, and trees all belong to which sphere? A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 14. The raising of crops and livestock for food and for other products that are useful to humans. A) Biology. B) Agriculture. C) Ecology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 15. Which type of rock often contains fossils? A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Basalt. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 16. Crop rotation does all of the following EXCEPT A) Minimize erosion. B) Let fields lie fallow. C) Return nutrients to the soil. D) Break cycles of disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Let fields lie fallow. 17. Which elemental gas makes up around 80% of the Earth's atmosphere? A) Hydrogen. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen. 18. What type of organism converts nitrogen into a usable form for plants? A) Fungus. B) Bacteria. C) Mold. D) Earthworms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 19. Algae, parameciums, protozoa, and amoebas are all examples of which kingdom? A) Protist. B) Fungi. C) Eubacteria. D) Animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protist. 20. Which of the following are examples of ecosystem services? A) Pollination of plants. B) Regulation of climate. C) Purification of air. D) Epimorphic regeneration. E) Symbiotic relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollination of plants. ← 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