This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 94 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 94 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Phytoplankton are tiny marine algae. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The direction of the arrows on a food chain indicate A) Movement of mass. B) Transfer of energy. C) Type of organism. D) Trophic level. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transfer of energy. 3. Energy that exists within the nucleus of an atom A) Nuclear energy. B) Nuclear fission. C) Nuclear fusion. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear energy. 4. In the United States, more coal is used for ..... than for any other use A) Making chemicals. B) Heating buildings. C) Making steel. D) Generating electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generating electricity. 5. The trees in this biome are characterized by needle-like leaves that are called conifers A) Desert. B) Taiga. C) Tundra. D) Grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taiga. 6. Three-dimensional models you can touch are referred to as A) Graphical models. B) Mathematical models. C) Conceptual models. D) Physical models. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical models. 7. What is the benefit of geneticially modified organisms? A) They may be better looking or more productive/effective. B) They are easily reproduced. C) They are higher in population. D) They live longer/stronger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They may be better looking or more productive/effective. 8. Boiling water A) Convection. B) Conduction. C) Radiation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convection. 9. Increasing our use of fossil fuels like oil and coal is ..... in the long term. A) Unsustainable. B) Sustainable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unsustainable. 10. Which of the following is true about the lithospheric plates? A) They constantly move. B) They move annually. C) They move occasionally. D) They never move. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They constantly move. 11. A thermostat in a central heating system can determine the temperature of your living room. It switches the air conditioner on when the temperature increases to a predetermined level and shuts it off when it cools to another level. The room temperature remains within a comfortable level regardless of the temperature outside A) Positive Feedback. B) Negative Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Feedback. 12. Which is true of air pollution and human health? A) Years of research link air pollution to lung diseases, birth defects, and cancer. B) Air pollution is commonly listed as a cause of death. C) None of the health effects of air pollution are reversible. D) Healthy adults are most affected by air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Years of research link air pollution to lung diseases, birth defects, and cancer. 13. Which is more likely to have higher temperatures due to the urban heat island effect? A) City (downtown). B) Rural area. C) Residential. D) Commercial area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) City (downtown). 14. Which spheres are most affected when snow melts into the ground creating mud? A) Hydrosphere and atmosphere. B) Biosphere and geosphere. C) Geosphere and hydrosphere. D) Atmosphere and biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geosphere and hydrosphere. 15. What does conserving resources mean? A) Use as much of the resources as you can. B) Only use the resources at school. C) Protecting the resource so it does not run out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protecting the resource so it does not run out. 16. WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT REFERS TO AS "GREED GAME POLITICAL POPULISM" BY THE ENVIRONMENTALIST A) Narmada Bachao Andolan. B) Save forest movement. C) Bishnoi Movement. D) SILENT VALLEY MOVEMENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Save forest movement. 17. SOIL LAYERS ARE CALLED ..... A) MATERIALS. B) ORGANIC. C) HUMUS. D) HORIZONS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HORIZONS. 18. Science begins with what? A) An idea. B) An observation. C) Nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An observation. 19. Where do organisms obtain the energy they need? A) Biosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 20. The solid layer of rock beneath soil and other loose materials A) Horizon. B) A horizon. C) Bedrock. D) Water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bedrock. ← 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