This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 687 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 687 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do you call an organism that kills another for food? A) Herbivore. B) Predator. C) Prey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predator. 2. Which of the following is the best definition of a natural resource: A) Something we get from the environment. B) Something that we can use from the environment. C) Something humans use to meet our needs. D) Anything humans get or use from nature to meet our needs or wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anything humans get or use from nature to meet our needs or wants. 3. Destroyed by CFCs A) Stratospheric ozone. B) Surface ocean currents. C) Prevailing winds. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratospheric ozone. 4. What can add dissolved oxygen to the water? A) Photosynthesis. B) Wave and Wind Action. C) Diffusion from the air above. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Numerical data A) Quantitative. B) Qualitative. C) Economic. D) Market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantitative. 6. Adding data and dividing it by the number of objects A) Mean. B) Mode. C) Median. D) Stats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mean. 7. What causes elevated nitrates in an aquatic ecosystem? A) Eutrophication and algal blooms. B) Reduced industrial waste discharge. C) Preservation of aquatic habitats. D) Reduced agricultural runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eutrophication and algal blooms. 8. Is the following statement true or false? "Fossil energy is a renewable energy resource." A) Sai. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sai. 9. A group of the same species that live in the same area A) Biosphere. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 10. Identify the following as a renewable or nonrenewable resource:Wind A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 11. Earth consists of A) Rock. B) Air. C) Water. D) Living things. E) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sun. 12. Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which method of waste disposal was done in the past in the United States and is still done in developing nations? A) Dump and burn. B) Sanitary landfills. C) Incineration. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dump and burn. 14. Air occupies space and has ..... A) Weight. B) Force. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 15. How does the Sun affect air? A) The Sun cleans the air and lessens pollution. B) The Sun creates constant wind as a result of its cooling ability. C) The sun makes air travel slower and shorter distances. D) The sun heats air masses and drives weather conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun heats air masses and drives weather conditions. 16. Ted is looking at a map of Texas. He wants to know which direction is North. What part of the map should he look at to find his answer? A) Scale. B) Contour. C) Key. D) Compass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compass. 17. ..... are living parts of an ecosystem. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Energies. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 18. A species that is influential to the survival of many other species in its ecosystem is called a ..... A) Survivor. B) Keystone species. C) Threatened species. D) Biodiverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keystone species. 19. Wrote the book, Silent Spring, which warned of the ominous effects of pesticide use. A) Erin Brockovich. B) Rachel Carson. C) Lois Marie Gibbs. D) Garrett Hardin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rachel Carson. 20. Permanently frozen soil is: A) Frosted soil. B) Permafrost. C) Ice. D) Glacier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permafrost. ← 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