This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 659 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 659 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A scientist wants to see if flower petal color attracts more pollinators. The Scientist uses different colored impatiens (a type of flower) and measures how many pollinators visits each of the different colored flowers over the span of 3 hours. What is the Scientists Independent Variable? A) The type of pollinator. B) The color of the flower petal. C) The number of visits. D) The amount of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The color of the flower petal. 2. What are rules and regulations to regulate human activities on the environment called? A) Renewable resources. B) Environmental policies. C) Nonrenewable resources. D) Ecological footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental policies. 3. Which is NOT a result of the reduction in stratospheric ozone? A) Reduced photosynthetic activity. B) Increased skin cancer. C) Increased eye problems. D) Increased birth defects. E) Suppressed immune systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased birth defects. 4. Countries with a small ecological footprint don't suffer from the effects of human activity on climate change. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Which is the correct order of the structural layers outermost to innermost? A) Asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core and lithosphere. B) Lithosphere, mesosphere, asthenosphere, outer core and inner core. C) Mesosphere, lithosphere, asthenosphere, inner core and outer core. D) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core and inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core and inner core. 6. How much of Earth's land is used for agriculture? A) 14%. B) 24%. C) 38%. D) 52%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 38%. 7. The term Ecological Footprint includes A) The environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required. B) Providing raw materials the individual or population consumes. C) Disposal or recycling of waste the individual or population produces. D) All of the other options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other options are correct. 8. Fill in the missing phrase for the concept below? ".....is the change of environmental components that do not comply with environmental technical regulations and environmental standards, causing adverse effects on humans and animals. creature" A) Environmental contamination. B) Environmental pollution. C) Depression of enviroment. D) Environmental crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental pollution. 9. In what way can a dam harm fish populations? A) Releases toxic pollutants into the water. B) Filters out food particles, starving fish. C) Attracts invasive species that outcompete native fish. D) Interferes with fish migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interferes with fish migration. 10. This process takes Carbon Dioxide and converts into Sugar/Carbohydrates and Oxygen A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular Respiration. C) Combustion. D) Decomposition tagsCarbon Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 11. Natural Disasters are becoming more frequent. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. In the thermosphere and stratosphere, as elevation increases, temperature ..... A) Decreases. B) Stays the same. C) Increases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increases. 13. Hunter-gatherers are people who obtain food by collecting plants and by hunting wild animals or scavenging their remains. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Area dominated by woody plants such as flood-tolerant trees and shrubs A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Swamp. C) Salt Marshes. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swamp. 15. Trout is to headwaters as plankton is to: A) Ocean floor. B) Downstream. C) Marshes. D) Ocean surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Downstream. 16. How much is precipitation anticipated to increase over this century? A) There will be no change in precipitation over this century. B) It is anticipated to decrease due to climate change. C) By 3 to 5%. D) By 1 to 2%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By 3 to 5%. 17. Sources of environmental pollution are divided into how many main groups? A) 2 groups. B) 3 groups. C) 4 groups. D) 5 groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 groups. 18. Why is deforestation happening? A) To clear land for agricultural use and for lumber, or to build things. B) To create canals and tunnels. C) To provide irrigation systems to farms. D) Because people prefer clear land over forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To clear land for agricultural use and for lumber, or to build things. 19. Air is denser near the Earth's surface because of ..... A) Gravity. B) Temperature. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravity. 20. For evolution to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is "naturally selected for" must A) Live a long time. B) Leave the area. C) Reproduce. D) Coevolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reproduce. ← 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