This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 62 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Often generates wastes that are more toxic than the original substance A) Composting. B) Recycling. C) Incineration. D) Source reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incineration. 2. Which of these contains steps in the right order? A) Ask a question, state your hypothesis, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion. B) State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion. C) Ask a question, form your hypothesis, conduct and experiment, analyze the results, draw a conclusion. D) State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, make a conclusion, experiment, analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ask a question, form your hypothesis, conduct and experiment, analyze the results, draw a conclusion. 3. Among the choices below, which best defines the word ecosystem? A) Interaction of living organism and their non living environment. B) Consumption of predators to their prey. C) Decomposition of the carcass made by decomposer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interaction of living organism and their non living environment. 4. Which of the following processes is a part of the rock cycle? A) Weathering. B) Crystallization. C) Metamorphosis. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Industrial Revolution:Agricultural Revolution:: A) Animal muscle:fossil fuels. B) Hunters:gatherers. C) Agricultural revolution:hunter-gatherers. D) Hunter-gatherers:population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural revolution:hunter-gatherers. 6. An earthquake of magnitude ..... would be 31.7 times stronger than an earthquake of magnitude 6. A) 4. B) 6.1. C) 7. D) 37.7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 7. In which layer of the atmosphere do we live and weather occurs? A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 8. Which is referred to as an ordinance of reason promulgated by for the common good by Him who is in charge, according to St. Augustine? A) Goal. B) Law. C) Principle. D) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law. 9. Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy A) Photovoltaic cell. B) Uranium. C) Biomass. D) Electric generator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electric generator. 10. A focus of environmental science NOT studied in ecology is the A) Interaction among living things. B) Use of natural resources. C) Influence of humans on the environment. D) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Influence of humans on the environment. 11. A specific statement about what will happen if a hypothesis is true A) Observation. B) Inference. C) Experiment. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prediction. 12. In the respiration process, plants take in ..... A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Nutrients. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 13. Removing a mountaintop to reach the ore that lays underneath. A) Open Pit Mining. B) Fracking. C) Mountaintop Removal. D) Contour Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountaintop Removal. 14. The ..... Revolution was characterized by a shift from human and animal power to fossil fuels. A) Agricultural. B) Industrial. C) Hunter-Gatherers. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial. 15. Some prokaryotes developed a unique chemical process that allowed complex forms of life to develop. They were able to use sunlight to make simple sugars and oxygen out of water and carbon dioxide. The process is called A) Respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Bacteria. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 16. When the nuclei of certain isotopes (atoms) are unstable and spontaneously decompose, this is called ..... A) Radioactive. B) A melt down. C) Ionization. D) Half-life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radioactive. 17. Why is the Simpson's diversity index useful? A) It tells us the total number of species in an environment. B) It tells us the relative number of the different species in an environment. C) It is a combination of total number and the ratio of species to describe the diversity of an environment. D) None of the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a combination of total number and the ratio of species to describe the diversity of an environment. 18. When the animal dies, what do you call those organisms that break them down? A) Producers. B) Decomposers. C) Consumers. D) None of the choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposers. 19. Who reviews articles for peer-review journals? A) Friends of the scientists who wrote the article. B) Anonymous and indepenedent experts. C) The scientists who did the experiment. D) People who paid for the experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anonymous and indepenedent experts. 20. The nuclear fuel cycle has a low net energy yield. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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