This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A river changes with the ..... and ..... through which it flows. A) Water, climate. B) Land, climate. C) Rocks, oxygen. D) Air, land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land, climate. 2. Possible short-term effect of air pollution A) Pollution control. B) Deafness. C) Lung cancer. D) Nausea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nausea. 3. Earth's atmosphere was formed by gases escaping from vents and ..... A) The sun. B) Volcanoes. C) Meteors. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanoes. 4. This is a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time: A) Infectious disease. B) Cholera. C) Pandemic. D) Emerging disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emerging disease. 5. Global area experiencing economic water scarcity A) South America. B) The Middle East and Northern Africa. C) Northern Europe. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South America. 6. What is Supply and Demand? A) Question s whether the benefit of doing something justifies the economic cost. B) Predicts that the cost of a resource will increase when demand is high or supply is low. C) A measure of monetary value of the goods and services produced. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicts that the cost of a resource will increase when demand is high or supply is low. 7. DDT is a type of ....., that was used to kill mosquitoes. A) Pesticide. B) Herbicide. C) Gill. D) Nutrient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pesticide. 8. Organisms that obtain nutrients by breaking down dead and decaying plants and animals are called A) Decomposers. B) Omnivores. C) Autotrophs. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers. 9. Which of the following would not cause a population to decrease? A) Increase in birth rates. B) Increase in immigration. C) Increase in emigration. D) Increase in life expectancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase in immigration. 10. Non-living part of an ecosystem A) Abiotic factor. B) Niche. C) Biotic factor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factor. 11. 2 Which type of mining is associated with disturbing more land? A) Surface mining. B) Ocean mining. C) Placer mining. D) Subsurface mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surface mining. 12. To achieve and maintain clean air that meets the National Air Quality guidelines. A) Philippine Water Act of 2004. B) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978. C) Climate Change Act of 2009. D) Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. 13. To create comprehensive framework for systematically integrating the concept of climate change, in synergy with disaster risk reduction. A) Climate Change Act of 2009. B) Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act o 2000. C) Philippine Water Act of 2004. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate Change Act of 2009. 14. The variety of organisms in an area, by species, genes, populations, and communities is called ..... A) Ecology. B) Fossil fuels. C) Biodiversity. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 15. To ..... is to process used objects so that they can be used again A) Benefit. B) Recycle. C) Reduce. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recycle. 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from external sources are called A) Autotrophs. B) Plants. C) Heterotrophs. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heterotrophs. 17. In scientific experiment, the variable(s) which is/are manipulated is/are A) The independent variable. B) The dependent variable. C) Both the independent and dependent variable. D) Both variables, one at a time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The independent variable. 18. Which of the following pairs are design features that nuclear power plants and coal-fired power plants share? A) Fuel rods and containment buildings. B) Turbines and generators. C) Combustion chamber and reactor cores. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turbines and generators. 19. What has happened to human resource consumption in the last several hundred years? A) It has remained at the same level. B) It has decreased only slightly. C) It has increased dramatically. D) It has decreased dramatically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has increased dramatically. 20. All the members of a species living in the same area at the same time is called a ..... A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 21. What is the term for the technology that generates electricity when sunlight in semiconductors, causing them to move? A) Active solar heating. B) Passive solar heating. C) Photovoltaic cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photovoltaic cells. 22. Climate is different from weather because A) Weather is always very predictable. B) Weather is what we expect in the distant future. C) Climate is based on long-term averages. D) Climate focuses only on temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate is based on long-term averages. 23. Which is a natural activity that increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Combustion. B) Photosynthesis. C) Cellular respiration. D) Combustion and photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cellular respiration. 24. Which of the following is a source of alternative energy? A) Hydroelectric dams. B) Hydrogen fuel. C) Solar collectors. D) Wind turbines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrogen fuel. 25. This process occurs when species partition, or divide, the resource they use in common by specializing in different ways. A) Speciation. B) Resource Partitioning. C) Realized Niche. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resource Partitioning. 26. Which of the following is NOT included in a typical age structure diagram? A) The relative numbers of people in different age groups. B) The population's historical growth. C) The population's sex ratio. D) The proportion of reproductive-aged individuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The population's historical growth. 27. Biodiversity tends to ..... near the equator. A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Not change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 28. If a species is brought to an area it is not native to and causes damage it is called an..... A) Invasive invader. B) Introduced species. C) Space invader. D) Invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invasive species. 29. Sound science is based on ..... A) One-time occurrences. B) Peer-review. C) Replication. D) Community analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replication. 30. Humans lived in tribes, using fires to maintain the prairie A) Developing country. B) Industrial revolution. C) Hunter-gatherer period. D) Agricultural revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hunter-gatherer period. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEnvironmental Science Quiz 1Environmental Science Quiz 3Environmental Science Quiz 4Environmental Science Quiz 5Environmental Science Quiz 6Environmental Science Quiz 7Environmental Science Quiz 8Environmental Science Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books