This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 563 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 563 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Major causes of environmental problems: A) Decreasing growth, inclusion of biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. B) Using not a lot of water, driving electric cars. C) Population growth, wasteful unsustainable resource growth, exclusion of biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population growth, wasteful unsustainable resource growth, exclusion of biodiversity, chemical cycling, solar energy. 2. Describe the role of a primary consumer in a food chain. A) It feeds on secondary consumers in a food chain. B) It feeds on producers in a food chain. C) It has no role in a food chain. D) It is responsible for producing food in a food chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It feeds on producers in a food chain. 3. Traditional agriculture may use all of the following EXCEPT A) Teams of work animals. B) Irrigation. C) Fossil fuels. D) Organic fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 4. Which organisms are omnivorous? A) Raccoons. B) Snakes. C) Toads. D) Grasshoppers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raccoons. 5. The depleation of the world's marine fish stocks due to overfishing is an example of; A) The sustainable use of resources. B) The competitive exclusion principle. C) The failure of international treaties. D) The eminent domain principle. E) The tragedy of the commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The tragedy of the commons. 6. Why has the world population dramatically increased? A) Better medicine. B) Better sanitation. C) Better technology. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Which of the following plants is likely to be a pioneer species for primary succession? A) Lichen. B) Grass. C) Shrub. D) Oak tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lichen. 8. Sudden explosions of algae and plant life in a body of water A) Cultural eutrophication. B) Algal bloom. C) Wastewater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algal bloom. 9. A(n) ..... is anything that flows out of a system (energy, matter, information, etc.). A) Input. B) Output. C) Model. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Output. 10. In some developing countries poverty causes illness and contributes to poor standards of education. In the absence of knowledge of family planning methods and hygiene, this contributes to population growth and illness, adding further to the causes of poverty; "a vicious circle of poverty." A) Positive Feedback Loop. B) Negative Feedback Loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive Feedback Loop. 11. Which of the following is NOT an ionic compound? A) CaO. B) NaOH. C) BaCl2. D) Lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lightning. 12. Which on of the following is from the environmental problems? A) Natural resources. B) Loss of biodiversity. C) Pollution. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 13. The tundra could also be called a desert. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. We can use tidal energy from the moving ..... to make electricity. A) Sun. B) Air. C) Panels. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 15. Bacteria primarily carry out ..... A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Denitrification. C) Phosphorication. D) The carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen fixation. 16. We are separate from and in charge of nature A) Sustainable world. B) Anthropocentric. C) Nonrenewable resource. D) Planetary management worldview. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropocentric. 17. How many kingdoms are there? A) 2. B) 4. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 18. What is the effect of the Earth's tilt on our weather? A) No effect. B) This tilting is what gives us the four seasons of the year-spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter. Since the axis is tilted, different parts of the globe are oriented towards the Sun at different times of the year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This tilting is what gives us the four seasons of the year-spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter. Since the axis is tilted, different parts of the globe are oriented towards the Sun at different times of the year. 19. Never drink filtered water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The following are the primary air pollutants except: A) Carbon monoxide. B) Nitrogen oxides. C) Ground level zone form. D) Volatile organic compounds. 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