This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 678 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 678 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is when water vapour rises and the air becomes cooler, causing water droplets to form. A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Precipitation. D) Percolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 2. The closer a biome is to the equator, the more we would expect it to be A) Warmer & weather. B) Warmer and drier. C) Cooler & wetter. D) Cooler and drier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warmer & weather. 3. Urban areas rely on ..... areas to supply resources such as food, water, building materials, and fuels. A) Rural. B) Suburban. C) Forest. D) Heat island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rural. 4. What do trees release into the environment? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Carbon monoxide. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 5. The following are disadvantages of which type of energy? Unpopular, generates protests Plants are $ $ $ to build because of legal challenges Potential for catastrophic meltdowns and accidents Possible terrorist targets A) Petroleum. B) Coal. C) Natural Gas. D) Nuclear Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear Energy. 6. It is a market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. A) Cap and trade. B) Supermarket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cap and trade. 7. Most of Earth's ..... are located around the Pacific Rim. A) Active volcanoes on land. B) Active volcanoes in the ocean. C) Deep ocean currents. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active volcanoes on land. 8. According to ....., the origin of blue bull is not traced to the species of cow. A) Zoology. B) Psychology. C) Theology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zoology. 9. Which abiotic factor causes organic matter to decay more rapidly in deciduous forests than in coniferous forest? A) Colder and dryer winters. B) Warmer and wetter summers. C) More topsoil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warmer and wetter summers. 10. Salvinia molesta, a floating aquatic plant, first entered Lake Naivasha in Kenya when a person's fish ponds flooded. The plant quickly grew, changing the habitat of parts of the lake. This is an example of a problem due to ..... A) Reintroduction programs. B) Exotic species. C) Habitat fragmentation. D) Edge effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exotic species. 11. What are the four most important materials needed by living organisms? A) Water, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen. B) Water, food, oxygen, carbon. C) Water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous. D) Water, carbon, food, phosphorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous. 12. All of the following describe habitat fragmentation, EXCEPT: A) Gaps form within a habitat. B) Patches of suitable habitat are surrounded by unsuitable habitat. C) Often a result of habitat loss. D) Increases the number of species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increases the number of species. 13. The environmental protection act was enacted in the year A) 1980. B) 1986. C) 1992. D) 1997. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1986. 14. What is one reason that trash and litter can be potentially harmful to wildlife? A) They may look at it is as a food source. B) It obscures the scent of other food sources. C) They can use it to build nuclear weapons. D) The creation of litter and trash reduces the habitats of predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They may look at it is as a food source. 15. The movement of the lithospheric plates changes the number of continents on Earth. This change would be seen over A) Millions of years. B) Decades. C) Thousands of years. D) Centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Millions of years. 16. Which is a synonym for an autotroph? A) Heterotroph. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. 17. What kind of plants show you that you are in a swamp? A) Grasses. B) Trees. C) Moss. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trees. 18. Nuclear fission is a process where the nuclei of two isotopes of a light element are forced together at an extremely high temperature until they fuse to form a heavier nucleus with a release of energy that can be used to produce commercial energy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Who is credited as being the Father of Evolution by natural selection? A) Gregor Mendel. B) Louis Pasteur. C) Isaac Newton. D) Charles Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Darwin. 20. Ecotourism, recreation, creativity (music, art), spiritual connection, are examples of? A) Provisioning services. B) Cultural services. C) Regulating services. D) Supporting services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural services. ← 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