This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 65 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The energy at each trophic level in food webs, chains, and energy pyramids ..... A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 2. Which tectonic boundary is it when two plates collide? A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent. 3. Species that are crucial to the functioning of an ecosystem A) Keystone species. B) Exotic species. C) Invasive species. D) Indicator species. E) Endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keystone species. 4. The layer of the atmosphere that reflects radio waves is the A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermosphere. 5. What is the term for a type of pollution that affects the natural balance of chemicals in an environment and can cause toxicity and acidification? A) Chemical pollution. B) Acidic pollution. C) Toxic pollution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Under the Climate Change, the result of the 1997 Kyoto Summit was an international commitment to A) Reduce the amount rainforest logging. B) Increase the amount of land placed in conservation easement. C) Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. 7. What is feedback in a system? A) A type of natural disaster. B) A type of animal behavior. C) Any process that increases or decreases a change to a system. D) A type of energy source. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any process that increases or decreases a change to a system. 8. Streams start out as rivers but collect into a larger volume of running water. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. A person who studies earthquakes is called a ..... A) Ecologist. B) Biologist. C) Geologist. D) Seismologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismologist. 10. All of the following are renewable resources EXCEPT A) Energy from the sun. B) Minerals. C) Crops. D) Fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minerals. 11. From your reading, what are some of an organism's basic needs? A) Food, water, and shelter. B) Food, water, shelter, space, companionship. C) Food, water, shelter, sanitation, and sleep. D) Food, water, shelter and a place to bear and raise their young. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food, water, shelter and a place to bear and raise their young. 12. Information known as ..... are gathered by senses A) Observations. B) Controls. C) Hypotheses. D) Variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observations. 13. Month growing season A) Deciduous. B) Rain. C) Coniferous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coniferous. 14. The USA is considered a ..... country. A) Developed. B) Developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developed. 15. An atom that has a nucleus that will split is said to be ..... A) Fussion. B) Fissionable. C) Combinable. D) Discontinuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fissionable. 16. Precipitation A) Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds. B) A single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of Earth's surface. C) The flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact. D) Vibration caused by slippage along a fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds. 17. We get information from books and magazines. A) True. B) False. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Validity A) Accuracy. B) IV. C) DV. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accuracy. 19. Solar cells uses ..... to produce electricity. A) UV rays. B) Sunlight. C) Thermal energy. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 20. Water vapor forms water droplets on dust particles, which form into clouds and fall as rain, sleet, snow or hail A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Evaporation. D) Convection current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. ← 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