This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 58 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following can be defined as:a change in conditions that causes the Pacific Ocean to be warmer, leading to worldwide changes in weather A) The boy. B) The girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl. 2. In which layer of the atmosphere are polar stratospheric clouds found? A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 3. Which of the following could cause secondary succession? A) Gas leak. B) Acid rain. C) Forest wildfire. D) Ice age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest wildfire. 4. Which of the following is an appropriate unit of primary productivity A) Kg/m2. B) Kg/m/day. C) KJ/m2. D) Kj/ma/yr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kj/ma/yr. 5. What is considered to be in the middle of the pH scale A) Acidic. B) Neutral. C) Basic. D) Indicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutral. 6. Without the ..... there would be no life on the earth. A) River. B) Road. C) Atmosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 7. A tree adds a new layer of wood every year called a tree ring. Scientists examine these rings to learn about ..... A) The classification of the tree. B) Past climate conditions. C) The hardness of the wood. D) How long the tree will live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past climate conditions. 8. Infectious diseases are diseases caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, which is called a A) Pathogen. B) Toxicant. C) Pandemic. D) Carcinogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathogen. 9. When the immigration is less than the emigration rate the population is A) Declining. B) Growing. C) Consistent. D) Staying the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declining. 10. Most of Earth's freshwater is located in ..... A) Ice caps, glaciers, and icebergs. B) The ocean. C) Groundwater. D) Lakes, rivers, streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice caps, glaciers, and icebergs. 11. In nature you will find that if one factor is changed or removed ..... A) The other factors are not affected in any way. B) Only the biotic factors are affected. C) Only abiotic factors are affected. D) All factors in an ecosystem are affected when one thing is increased or decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All factors in an ecosystem are affected when one thing is increased or decreased. 12. Heat that is added or subtracted during a change of state is ..... A) Hidden. B) Latent. C) Latin. D) Sensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latent. 13. The graph shows A) Positive correlation. B) Negative correlation. C) No correlation. D) Distribution correlation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No correlation. 14. Which of the following is the solid layer of the biosphere? A) Atmosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geosphere. 15. Which of the following describes soil and temperature in an ecosystem? A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Unnecessary factors. D) Selection factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factors. 16. Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource? A) Filling a car with gasoline. B) Building wooden furniture. C) Mining copper. D) Burning coal in a power plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Building wooden furniture. 17. Which type of plant adds nitrogen from the air into soil? A) Legumes. B) Tomatoes. C) Carrots. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legumes. 18. The most "outer" section of a tree cookie is called the? A) Pith. B) Heartwood. C) Outer Bark. D) Inner Bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer Bark. 19. Greenhouse gas A) Is made up of carbon dioxide that helps trap heat in Earth's atmosphere. Some is healthy and needed, too much is dangerous. B) Is made up of carbon dioxide that helps trap heat in Earth's atmosphere. It is always dangerous. C) Is made up of just carbon that helps trap heat in Earth's atmosphere. Some is healthy and needed, too much is dangerous. D) Who knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is made up of carbon dioxide that helps trap heat in Earth's atmosphere. Some is healthy and needed, too much is dangerous. 20. These types of statements can be tested, replicated, and verified by other scientists. A) Science. B) Pseudoscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science. ← 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