This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 566 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 566 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the first species to move into an area? A) Invasive species. B) Keystone species. C) Endemic species. D) Pioneer species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pioneer species. 2. ..... biomes have the lowest primary production. A) Cold and dry. B) Warm and wet. C) Warm and dry. D) Cold and wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold and dry. 3. A river that naturally filters drinking water would be considered what type of ecosystem service? A) Provisioning. B) Regulating. C) Supporting. D) Cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regulating. 4. Nuclear disintegration releases energy from the nucleus as ..... A) Proton acceleration. B) Neutron acceleration. C) Half-life. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radiation. 5. Natural resources are classified as either renewable or nonrenewable. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. ..... The probability that a condition or action will lead to an injury, damage, or loss. A) Risk. B) Playability. C) Probability. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Risk. 7. What process is the main contributor to the acid rain problem? A) Car exhaust. B) Burning coal and oil. C) Burning wood. D) Air conditioners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning coal and oil. 8. Which of the following is not one of the compositional layers of the Earth? A) Mesosphere. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 9. Which sequence shows a correct pathway for the flow of energy in a food chain? A) Bacteria, grass, fox, owl. B) Grass, grasshopper, frog, snake. C) Fungi, beetle, algae, mouse. D) Algae, snake, duck, deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass, grasshopper, frog, snake. 10. What makes global winds curve rather than move in straight lines? A) The spinning of Earth. B) Changes in air pressure. C) Changes in temperature. D) Differences in latitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spinning of Earth. 11. A primary pollutant A) Soot form smoke. B) Ground-level ozone. C) Acid rain. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soot form smoke. 12. A formal way for the researcher to get feedback (comments and criticism) from the scientific community A) Theory. B) Replication. C) Peer Review. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peer Review. 13. The ozone layer is destroyed by a group of chemicals called A) CFCs. B) GHGs. C) UVs. D) CH4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CFCs. 14. What are the 3 main categories into which environmental problems can be grouped? A) Resource depletion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity. B) Natural resource, nonrenewable resource, and renewable resource. C) Biodegradable, nondegradable, and accumulation. D) Industrial Revolution, Agricultural Revolution, and Hunter-gatherers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resource depletion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity. 15. Thermal inversions A) Increase the rate of smog formation. B) Trap high concentrations of pollution at ground level. C) Result in increased levels of acid deposition. D) Are caused by high levels of precipitation. E) Reduce the negative effects of VOCs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trap high concentrations of pollution at ground level. 16. Units for mass A) Grams. B) Cmz. C) ML. D) G/cm3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grams. 17. This consists of a series of steps used by scientists to identify and answer questions. A) Graphical model. B) Statistical populations. C) Scientific method. D) Predictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific method. 18. The study of human population dynamics and statistics A) Geography. B) Anthropology. C) Sociology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sociology. 19. Which of these was established in 1970? A) The first national bank. B) The World Health Organization. C) The Environmental Protection Agency. D) Agenda 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Environmental Protection Agency. 20. Groundwater is found underground in the zone of A) Aeration. B) Saturation. C) Porosity. D) Permeability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saturation. ← 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