This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 557 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 557 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which particle form bonds with other atoms? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 2. These are traces of organisms that lived long ago. A) Bones. B) Antiques. C) Fossils. D) Dinosaurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossils. 3. What is a nonliving part of an ecosystem called? A) Abiotic factor. B) Animal factor. C) Biotic factor. D) Plant factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factor. 4. It is produced when dimethyl sulfide reacts with oxygen. A) Sulfur dioxide. B) Hydrogen sulfide. C) Sulfuric acid. D) Ammonium sulfate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulfur dioxide. 5. ..... Any addition of matter or energy that degrades the environment for humans and other organisms. A) Biomass. B) Garbage. C) Trash. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollution. 6. The Earth provides humans with an unlimited amount of fossil fuels. They are considered renewable. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which of the following can water NOT dissolve? A) Salt. B) Sugar. C) Oil. D) Baking Soda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil. 8. How are trees beneficial to climate? A) Acts as a line of defense against floods and landslides. B) Cools the earth by absorbing/storing carbon dioxide and converting it to oxygen. C) Protects skin from the sun and filters air pollution. D) Acts as a natural air filter by absorbing pollutants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cools the earth by absorbing/storing carbon dioxide and converting it to oxygen. 9. What is an example of an herbivore? A) A Cat. B) A Horse. C) A Spider. D) A Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Horse. 10. The stem of a leaf can also be called? A) Blade. B) Petiole. C) Bud. D) Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petiole. 11. Which gas is produced at landfills? A) Methane. B) Ethanol. C) Hexane. D) Diesel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 12. Under water, photosynthesis by aquatic plants and phytoplankton is mostly limited by the amount of ..... available. A) Phosphorus. B) Carbon. C) Oxygen. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight. 13. Simple organisms colonize the barren lava produced by a volcanic eruption. This is an example of A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Climax community. D) Rock cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 14. What type of succession occurs after a natural process such as an effusive volcanic eruption? A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Old-field succession. D) Climax community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 15. Is the transfer of thermal energy through the movement of a liquid or gas. A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 16. There are ..... continents in the world. A) 2. B) 7. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 17. What type of water is found in oceans and seas? A) Brackish. B) Saline. C) Mineral. D) Fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saline. 18. What are the two main types of freshwater wetlands? A) Lakes and pond. B) Rivers and streams. C) Littoral zones and benthic zones. D) Marshes and swamps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marshes and swamps. 19. An interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, environmental problems, human impacts on the environment and the solution of environmental problems. A) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. B) ENVIRONMENTALISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 20. The major gas in "natural gas" is A) Butane. B) Methane. C) Hydrogen. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. ← 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