This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 572 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 572 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring? A) Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce. B) Because they come from dominant alleles. C) Because they come from recessive alleles. D) Because the trait is an acquired phenotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce. 2. Biome that receives more rain than a desert but not enough rain to support a forest. A) Prairie. B) Savanna. C) Grasslands. D) Steppe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grasslands. 3. Approximately how many years ago did Earth form? A) 460 years. B) 460, 000 years. C) 4.6 million years ago. D) 4.6 billion years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4.6 billion years ago. 4. Nonliving parts of an ecosystem are classfied as A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Ecosystem factors. D) Habitat factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factors. 5. Which landform is NOT formed by deposition? A) Canyons. B) Deltas. C) Sandbars. D) Beaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canyons. 6. Kudzu, a vine covering many acres of North Carolina, was introduced to the United States in 1876 to control erosion. Over the years, scientists found that kudzu creates problems by growing rapidly and preventing other plants from getting sunlight. Which best describes kudzu? A) A noncompetitive species. B) An invasive, nonnative species. C) An agent of erosion. D) An abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An invasive, nonnative species. 7. Which continent is dedicated to scientific research, particularly in climate and glaciology? A) Antarctica. B) Europe. C) Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antarctica. 8. Which of these events would result in a rapid decline in the effects of global climate change? A) Increasing community recycling programs. B) Increasing the use of renewable energy sources. C) Increasing in habitat recovery in natural ecosystems. D) Increasing organic sustainable farming techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing the use of renewable energy sources. 9. At the start of the Industrial Revolution, about 10, 000 years ago, humans ..... A) Began planting crops and domesticating animals. B) Changed animal power to machines that ran on fossil fuels. C) Started living in villages. D) Started to use resources sustainably and were very concerned about the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changed animal power to machines that ran on fossil fuels. 10. Where is the ozone layer, which absorbs UV radiation, located in our atmosphere? A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratosphere. 11. Consumers are unaware of the damage caused by their consumption due to lack of full-cost pricing. Current government subsidies often increase environmental degradation.What kind of changes to subsidies would NOT promote sustainability: A) Tax pollution. B) Shift from environmentally harmful to environmentally beneficial subsidies. C) Tax waste. D) Lowering taxes on pollution and waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lowering taxes on pollution and waste. 12. Which of these trophic levels has the most energy? A) First stage consumers. B) Second stage consumers. C) Third stage consumers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First stage consumers. 13. NO.2 Which of the following is a necessary condition for sustainable development? A) Increase in the quality of life. B) Reduction in the level of pollution. C) Conservation of stock of natural capital. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. What is an example of a human disturbance? A) Deforestation. B) Drought. C) Tsunami. D) Changing Seasons tagsSEV4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation. 15. ..... are smaller towns or cities that are outside a large city, but still within the urban area. A) Heat Islands. B) Infrastructures. C) Megalopolis. D) Suburbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suburbs. 16. There are limits to many of our ....., materials and energy sources provided by nature, that humans need to survive. A) Natural Resources. B) Ecology. C) Environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resources. 17. This biome's temperature is very cold at night and then extremely hot in the day A) Tropical rain forest. B) Temperate rain forest. C) Chaparral. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 18. A law of economics that states that the demand for goods or services increases, the value of the good or service also increases A) Economics. B) Ecology. C) Law of supply an demand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Law of supply an demand. 19. -cone bearing shrubs and trees (pines). A) Coniferous. B) Temperate. C) Deciduous. D) Tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coniferous. 20. Which statement is true about oceanic crust? A) It is made of melted rock. B) It is the thinner than continental crust. C) It is thicker than continental crust. D) It is made of liquid metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the thinner than continental crust. ← 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