This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 643 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 643 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The situation in the previous question (ground water resources are depleted) may cause farmers to make a decision as to whether they will stay in this farming profession or find a new career. This type of decision is primarily based on A) A cost-benefit analysis. B) Ethics. C) Ecology. D) The scientific method. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cost-benefit analysis. 2. Aquatic A) Land. B) Water. C) Air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 3. What is migration away from an area? A) Emmigration. B) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emmigration. 4. Ecology was coined by A) Haeckel. B) Tansley. C) Harrison. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haeckel. 5. Flocculation is ..... A) The coming together (coagulating) of small suspended particles in water. B) The coming together (coagulating) of large suspended particles in water. C) The coming together (coagulating) of large dissolved particles in water. D) The coming together (coagulating) of small dissolved particles in water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The coming together (coagulating) of small suspended particles in water. 6. Which of the following areas of the United States are considered biodiversity hotspots? A) Florida Everglades and the Pacific Northwest. B) Great Lakes and the Grand Canyon. C) Tennessee. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. What's the full form of IUCN? A) International Union for Conserving Nature. B) International Union for Climate and Nature. C) International Union for Conservation of Nature. D) Indian United Committee for Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International Union for Conservation of Nature. 8. A collection of all the organisms that live in an area together with their nonliving environment is a(n) A) Community. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 9. A way of using natural resources at a rate that does not deplete them A) Ecological usage. B) Geological usage. C) Green usage. D) Sustainable use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainable use. 10. The policies that focus on rewarding good behavior is which type of environmental policy? A) Regulations. B) Incentives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incentives. 11. What is the reason for the seasons? A) Wobble. B) Precession. C) Eccentricity. D) Axial tilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axial tilt. 12. What form of Nitrogen is absorbed by plant roots? A) Nitrates. B) Nitrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrates. 13. Three main types of biogeochemical cycles are hydrologic, atmospheric, and ..... A) Sedimentary. B) Astrological. C) Hydromorphic. D) Macrologic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary. 14. Nutrient cycling and purification of air and water-these are an example of what? A) Goods. B) Supply. C) Demand. D) Services. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Services. 15. Can you predict a volcanic eruption? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 16. Which will add more organisms to a population? A) 5 animals die. B) 0 animals are born. C) 3 animals immigrate to the population. D) 2 animals emmigrate from the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 animals immigrate to the population. 17. This includes the living plants and animals on Earth. A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 18. Which answer is not one of the 5 structural layers of the Earth? A) Lithosphere. B) Mantle. C) Outer core and inner core. D) Asthenosphere. E) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 19. The hydrologic cycle is also known as the A) Nitrogen cycle. B) Water cycle. C) Carbon cycle. D) Phosphorus cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water cycle. 20. Why do plants make and spread seeds? A) To create food for animals. B) To drink up the nutrients. C) To make more plants. D) To make food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make more plants. ← 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