This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 530 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 530 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which major forest biome consists mostly of coniferous trees (pine, spruce, fir)? A) Tropical rainforest. B) Taiga, or boreal forest. C) Temperate deciduous forest. D) Tropical dry forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taiga, or boreal forest. 2. A disease wipes out most of the rabbit population in a forest. What type of limiting factor would this be? A) Density-independent. B) Density dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density dependent. 3. Who works for the agency North Carolina Wildlife Commission responsible for controlling the harvest of wildlife? A) Urban Forester. B) Wildlife Biologist. C) Wildlife Manager. D) Game Warden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Game Warden. 4. Role or position and species has in its environment A) Habitat. B) Ecological niche. C) Ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecological niche. 5. What are the 3 types of consumers? A) Herbivore, carnivore, autotroph. B) Autotroph, omnivore, herbivore. C) Herbivore, autotroph, carnivore. D) Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore. 6. India is in the Northern Hemisphere and Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere. In June, it is summer in India and winter in Australia. What is the main reason the seasons are opposite in the two countries? A) Because Earth is tilted on its axis. B) Because the Sun rotates on its axis. C) Because Earth revolves around the Sun. D) Because of the distance between the countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Earth is tilted on its axis. 7. A close relationship between 2 or more species is called: A) Predation. B) Competition. C) Symbiosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbiosis. 8. Which month does El nino and La nina occur? A) June. B) September. C) December. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) December. 9. All living things are made of these A) Organisms. B) Populations. C) Communities. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cells. 10. What was the Deep Water Horizon? A) A coal mine. B) A boat (ship). C) An oil rig. D) A power company. E) A body of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An oil rig. 11. One group of gases that is responsible for destroying ozone in the ozone layer is A) CFCs. B) Carbon monoxide. C) Car exhaust. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CFCs. 12. What is a major advantage of mass transit over private vehicles? A) Reduces congestions on roads. B) More convenient for most Americans. C) Uses more energy. D) Takes less time tagsSEV5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduces congestions on roads. 13. Loss of biodiversity is the number and variety of species. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. An organism that can make its own food A) Decoposer. B) Producer. C) Consumer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 15. Effective scientists are always ....., meaning that they do not simply accept what they hear from others. A) Controlled. B) Variable. C) Believable. D) Skeptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeptical. 16. Nitrogen compounds are converted back into atmospheric N2 by bacteria and burning of fossil fuels through this process A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Ammonification. C) Nitrification. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denitrification. 17. What happens to rain that falls through a polluted atmosphere? A) It becomes water vapor. B) It becomes acid rain. C) It disappears. D) It evaporates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It becomes acid rain. 18. What do invasive species do to the habitat they move into? (paragraph 2) A) Crowd out local plants and animals. B) Eat all the mice and deer. C) Create a food chain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crowd out local plants and animals. 19. Toxins accumulation in the tissues of organisms as they pass through a food chain/web is called ..... A) Eutrophication. B) Biomagnification. C) Ecological succession. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomagnification. 20. Ocean currents are powered by A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. ← 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