This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 554 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 554 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Plates of the lithosphere float on the A) Crust. B) Core. C) Asthenosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asthenosphere. 2. The layer of hot rock, between the Earth's crust and core. A) Mantle. B) Asthenosphere. C) Subduction. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 3. An Autotroph is another name for a ..... A) Producer. B) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producer. 4. The study of interrelationship between biotic and abiotic components and among biotic component is known as A) Ecology. B) Ecosystem. C) Environmental Science. D) Ecological Pyramid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 5. Sand, gravel, and crushed rock A) Alloy. B) Compound. C) Quarry. D) Aggregates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aggregates. 6. The result of an earthquake in the ocean is a ..... A) Tsunami. B) Hurricane. C) Tornado. D) Mudslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunami. 7. This leader encourages group members to participate, but retains the final say over the decision-making process. A) Autocratic. B) Democratic. C) Open/Laisser-Faire. D) Situational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic. 8. What characteristics differentiated troposphere from the layers of atmosphere? A) I and III only. B) I, II, and III. C) II and III only. D) I, II, III and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I and III only. 9. Explain the importance of wetlands in the environment. A) Wetlands do not provide any ecosystem services. B) Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services and support a wide variety of plant and animal species. C) Wetlands only support a few plant and animal species. D) Wetlands are not important for the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services and support a wide variety of plant and animal species. 10. What is land called that is suitable for farming? A) Growable. B) Fallow. C) Arable. D) Plantable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arable. 11. What is immigration? A) Entering a foreign country to live. B) Leaving one country to live in another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entering a foreign country to live. 12. Emphysema, heart disease and lung cancer are ..... of air pollution. A) By products. B) Causes. C) Long-term effects. D) Examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long-term effects. 13. The Hetch Hetchy dam construction was one of the first debates between the anthropocentrist and ecocentrist environmental philosophies. What decision was eventually made regarding the dam? A) A dam was built in another location that was not a National Park. B) The dam was built in the Hetch Hetchy valley. C) A dam was constructed, then later removed. D) No dam was constructed; San Francisco had to find another source of fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dam was built in the Hetch Hetchy valley. 14. The release of water vapor from plants is called A) Combustion. B) Transpiration. C) Evaporation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 15. A small bird lands on a hippo and eats the ticks off the hippo's back. This helps the bird by giving it an easy meal and helps the hippo by removing annoying pests from its skin. Which type of symbiotic relationship do the bird and hippo share? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 16. Evidence of fertilizer use A) Decaying plants. B) Dead animals. C) Algal bloom. D) Phosphate in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algal bloom. 17. An example of an item made from a renewable resource would include ..... A) Cotton rag. B) Motor oil. C) Styrofoam egg carton. D) Aluminum soda pop can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton rag. 18. The gradual increase in average global temperatures due to higher concentrations of gases is known as: A) Climate change. B) Global warming. C) Greenhouse gases. D) Milankovitch cycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global warming. 19. Taiga or great north woods A) Rain. B) Coniferous. C) Deciduous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coniferous. 20. How many mass extinctions have happened BEFORE the current one? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. ← 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