This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 559 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 559 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The removal of soil by water, wind, ice or gravity A) Erosion. B) Feedback loop. C) Biosphere. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 2. When plants take up groundwater, what does the term evapotranspire mean? A) Absorb water into their roots. B) Evaporating water from their leaves. C) Transpiring water from their roots. D) Absorbing water into their leaves from rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporating water from their leaves. 3. Association used to study a subject when using an experiment is impossible or unethical is a(n) A) Correlation. B) Control group. C) Experimental group. D) Variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correlation. 4. Weather is a region's A) long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions B) number of seasonal daylight hours C) atmospheric conditions on a given day D) lack of ocean currents A) Long-term, prevailing atmospheric conditions. B) Number of seasonal daylight hours. C) Atmospheric conditions on a given day currents. D) Lack of ocean currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmospheric conditions on a given day currents. 5. What is a positive feedback system? A) Amplifies the change in the first quantity and creates more change, resulting in destabilization of the system. B) A process in which changing one quantity will change a second quantity. C) The web of Earth's systems. D) Stability by reducing change or stopping further change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amplifies the change in the first quantity and creates more change, resulting in destabilization of the system. 6. Which factor has the greatest influence on beach erosion in a hurricane? A) Tornado formation. B) Amount of rainfall. C) Storm surge. D) Air pressure change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storm surge. 7. What is the most important function of pioneer species? A) To create rocks. B) To create soil and add nutrients to the environment. C) To look nice. D) Food for animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create soil and add nutrients to the environment. 8. Groundwater is the water found in the ground. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Increased carbon dioxide levels, agal blooms, and rising sea levels are all potential problems associated with A) Global warming. B) DDT pollution. C) Oil pollution. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 10. Biomes are determined by..... A) Precipitation. B) Temperature. C) Altitude. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 11. Single, identifiable source from which pollutants are discharged A) Point source pollution. B) Pollution. C) Nonpoint source pollution. D) Runoffs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point source pollution. 12. What is the order of the layers of the geosphere when starting from Earth's center and moving outward? A) Core, crust, mantle. B) Mantle, core, atmosphere. C) Core, mantle, crust. D) Atmosphere, crust, mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Core, mantle, crust. 13. Who is responsible for overseeing and managing logging operations? A) Forester. B) Timber Cruiser. C) Logging Foreman. D) Skidder Operator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logging Foreman. 14. "Organisms that have moved to a location that does not naturally support them." A) Invasive species. B) Destructive species. C) Unwelcomed species. D) Infected species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasive species. 15. Which best explains how livestock farming contributes to global warming? Animals ..... A) Waste pollutes the soil. B) Are consuming too much grass. C) Decayed matter emits too much carbon dioxide. D) Produce methane when they are digesting food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produce methane when they are digesting food. 16. Which organism below is an invertebrate? A) Snake. B) Bee. C) Fish. D) Turtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bee. 17. Nuclear energy A) Renewable Resource. B) Nonrenewable Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable Resource. 18. Which of the following represents ozone gas molecule: A) O6. B) O4. C) A S. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 19. Which is a chemical indicator of soil quality? A) Bulk density. B) Aggregate stability. C) Soil enzymes. D) Soil pH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil pH. 20. Is a human considered abiotic or biotic? A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic. ← 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