This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 680 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 680 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called A) Divergent Boundary. B) Convergent Boundary. C) Transform Boundary. D) Subduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent Boundary. 2. Which of following is the world's largest ocean? A) Indian. B) Pacific. C) Artic. D) Atlantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacific. 3. An organism that hunts another organism as a source of energy is called a A) Prey. B) Producer. C) Herbivore. D) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predator. 4. ..... is a variable that the scientists changes in the experiment on purpose. A) Dependent variable. B) Independent variable. C) Data. D) Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent variable. 5. What is Earth's outermost system? A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Cryosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 6. Sustainability means..... A) Saving everything that you use. B) Living today so that people will have their needs met in the future. C) Making less trash. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living today so that people will have their needs met in the future. 7. Which two are the "dirty" types of coal? A) Lignite and bituminous. B) Sub-bituminous and anthracite. C) Lignite and anthracite. D) Lignite and sub-bituminous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lignite and sub-bituminous. 8. We wear this when we go to school or the office. A) School Card. B) Identity Card. C) Office Card. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identity Card. 9. Which of the following are nonvascular plants? A) Flowering plants. B) Corn. C) Mosses. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mosses. 10. The partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere A) Mantle. B) Core. C) Crust. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asthenosphere. 11. What is the best way to collect and record data? A) In a data table. B) On post-it notes. C) On scrap paper. D) Interpretive dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a data table. 12. In the story of Easter Island, what was the unintended consequence of clear cutting all the trees? A) They were able to erect a lot of statues. B) They built many boats. C) Their environment was destroyed. D) They were able to get more cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their environment was destroyed. 13. The Chipko Movement originated in ..... A) 1972 in Himachal Pradesh. B) 1973 at the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. C) 1972 in Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. D) 1974 in Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1973 at the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. 14. Layer of dense, cool air trapped under a layer of less dense, warm air. It prevents upward-flowing air currents from developing. In a prolonged inversion, air pollution in the trapped layer may build up to harmful levels A) Temperature Inversion. B) Warm Front. C) Photochemical Smog. D) Greenhouse Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature Inversion. 15. Geosphere A) Rocky, non-living part of Earth. B) Rocky, living part of Earth. C) Consist of all living things. D) Composed of all of Earth's water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rocky, non-living part of Earth. 16. Since 1901, global surface temperatures have risen at an average rate of 0.13$^\circ$F every ten years. In which way could the average increase in global temperatures influence Earth? A) By decreasing erosion within coastal ecosystems. B) By decreasing periods of drought in all water systems. C) By increasing the amount of flooding because of rising sea levels. D) By increasing the formation of sea ice within polar regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By increasing the amount of flooding because of rising sea levels. 17. The official languages of India are ..... and ..... A) Kannada & English. B) Hindi & Kannada. C) Hindi & Sanskrit. D) Hindi and English. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hindi and English. 18. How do substances move during passive transport? A) Low concentration $\rightarrow$ Low concentration. B) Low concentration $\rightarrow$ high concentration. C) High concentration $\rightarrow$ low concentration. D) High concentration $\rightarrow$ high concentration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High concentration $\rightarrow$ low concentration. 19. Which of the following correctly shows the organism in an ecosystem, from the smallest to the largest level? A) Community, ecosystem, organism, population. B) Ecosystem, community, population, organism. C) Organism, population, community, ecosystem. D) Population, community, ecosystem, organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism, population, community, ecosystem. 20. All of the following make up three major categories of environmental problems except A) Loss of biodiversity. B) Overpopulation. C) Resource depletion. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overpopulation. ← 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