This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 624 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 624 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the study of air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community, which ranges from a small area to Earth's biosphere. A) Biology. B) Environmental Science. C) Chemistry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Science. 2. Which of the following would be considered to be prey? A) An animal that has to hunt for its food. B) An animal that is eaten by another animal. C) An organism that makes it own food. D) An organism that feeds on the blood of another animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An animal that is eaten by another animal. 3. What weather is predicted when the atmospheric pressure is falling? A) Calm weather. B) Stormy weather. C) Warm weather. D) Cold weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stormy weather. 4. Estuaries form where A) A lake evaporates. B) A river meets the sea. C) A river becomes dammed. D) A wetland becomes filled in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A river meets the sea. 5. Which phrase best describes diverse ecosystems? A) Ecosystems that have a small population of many species in many different ecological roles. B) Ecosystems that have a high variation of many species in many different ecological roles. C) Ecosystems that have a large population of a few species in many different ecological roles. D) Ecosystems that have a low variation of a few species in a few different ecological roles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystems that have a high variation of many species in many different ecological roles. 6. An individual cannot change its ecological footprint. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. When there are not enough plants to hold topsoil in place, water and ..... carry the topsoil away, leaving the subsoil exposed A) Sunlight. B) Birds. C) Magnetic fields. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 8. Which organisms do cellular respiration? A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Plants and Animals. D) Neither Plants or Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants and Animals. 9. The layer of the atmosphere that gets up to 2000 degrees Celsius is A) Troposphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 10. Farmers increases their use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. What type of pollution would this cause? A) Sediment. B) Nutrient. C) Toxic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxic. 11. The social movement to protect the Earth is A) Environmentalism. B) Environmental science. C) Ecology. D) Ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmentalism. 12. What level often has the most number of organisms in a pyramid of numbers? A) The bottom level (producers). B) The second level (herbivores). C) The third level (primary carnivores). D) The top level (secondary carnivores). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bottom level (producers). 13. Which is not the ingredients of Vehicular Pollution A) Ozone. B) Nitrogen Oxide. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 14. Which of the following will decrease an ecosystems population? A) Abundant Water. B) Plentiful Food. C) Stable Climate. D) Abundant Predations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abundant Predations. 15. Which term is used to describe low density, automobile-dependent community development that is associated with land use that has a negative impact? A) Urban coalition. B) Urban homesteading. C) Urban planning. D) Urban sprawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urban sprawl. 16. "Chilli is spicy" which sense organ is used? A) Eyes. B) Ears. C) Nose. D) Tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tongue. 17. Solar Energy is a type of renewable energy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Why are greenhouse gases so bad? A) They cause people to get sick. B) They trap heat in the atmosphere. C) They have destroyed the entire ozone layer. D) They have caused it to rain less. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They trap heat in the atmosphere. 19. Examples are mushrooms and mold A) Fungi. B) Protista Protista. C) Plantae. D) The animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fungi. 20. ..... is a formal way for the researcher to get comments and criticism from the scientific community. A) Ethics. B) Peer review. C) Hypothesis. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peer review. ← 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