This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 68 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Humans depend on other organisms for food and water, this topic deals with the loss of species or extinctions. A) Resource Depletion. B) Supply & Demand. C) Biodiversity. D) The Lorax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 2. What determines the identity of the atom? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 3. If an energy sources is considered green, what does that mean? A) Its emissions come out green colored. B) It is better for the environment because it has little to no emissions. C) It has more emissions and pollution than most energy sources. D) They have recently been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is better for the environment because it has little to no emissions. 4. ..... is a region in which the organisms and the physical environment form an interacting unit A) Earth. B) Environment. C) Cave. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 5. Pollution that comes from a specific site is called A) Reservoir. B) Potable. C) Point-source. D) Permeability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point-source. 6. A main goal of the General Mining Law of 1872 was to A) Ensure that limited mining occurred on public land. B) Ensure the safety of miners. C) Set up royalty rates for miners to pay to their profits. D) Outline the rules for mining on public land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outline the rules for mining on public land. 7. Parts of the body which are located outside and we can see them are called ..... A) External organs. B) Internal organs. C) Sense organs. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) External organs. 8. Which action can humans do to help reduce the rate of global warming? A) Outlaw alternative energy. B) Increase energy consumption. C) Decrease energy consumption. D) Make computer models of emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decrease energy consumption. 9. This biome is covered in coniferous forests. A) Taiga. B) Tundra. C) Temperate rain forest. D) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taiga. 10. The energy organisms need to live and grow first enters the ecosystem when- A) Decomposers break down dead organism. B) Plants take in light energy from the sun. C) Primary consumers eat plants for food. D) Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants take in light energy from the sun. 11. ..... are grasslands found in Africa, South America and Austria that are spotted with occasional trees or patches of trees. A) Savanna. B) Prairies. C) Steppes. D) Temperate grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Savanna. 12. The information you record in an experiment is called your ..... A) Data. B) Experiment. C) Title. D) Notebook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data. 13. What is the correct order of the sizes of the oceans starting with the largest to the smallest? A) Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic. B) Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic. C) Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian. D) Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic. 14. What types of organisms need carbon to survive? A) Insects. B) Plants. C) Mammals. D) All types of organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All types of organisms. 15. Which natural events do scientists think might cause ice ages? A) Continental drift. B) Milankovitch cycles. C) Volcanism. D) The boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milankovitch cycles. 16. Who sells the medicines? A) Policeman. B) Chemist. C) Teacher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemist. 17. The living or once living components of an ecosytem. A) Habitat. B) Biotic factors. C) Abiotic factors. D) Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic factors. 18. Which of the following does NOT happen to solar energy when it reaches Earth? A) Some solar energy reflects off the atmosphere, back to space. B) Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side. C) Some solar energy is absorbed by land and water. D) Some solar energy is radiated from the Earth's surface and trapped by the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some solar energy passes through Earth and comes out the other side. 19. Where are most divergent boundaries located? A) Along the middle of most ocean floors. B) Along the margins of most continents. C) Across the middle of many continents. D) All the above options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Along the middle of most ocean floors. 20. Factor that causes population growth to decrease. A) Growth factor. B) Limiting factor. 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