This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the scientific method, what is used to test a hypothesis? A) Control group. B) Experiemnt. C) Exam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control group. 2. Which of the following statements describes the process by which modern nuclear power plants use nuclear energy? A) Power plants use nuclear fusion to split uranium atoms and release nuclear energy. B) Power plants use nuclear fusion to combine atomic nuclei and release nuclear energy. C) Power plants use nuclear fission to split uranium atoms and release nuclear energy. D) Power plants use nuclear fission to combine atomic nuclei and release nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power plants use nuclear fission to split uranium atoms and release nuclear energy. 3. Methane + Oxygen + Nitric Oxide = A) Water+ methane + Nitrogen Dioxide. B) Water+ smog + Nitrogen Dioxide. C) Water+ terpenes + Nitrogen Dioxide. D) Water+ formaldehyde + Nitrogen Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water+ formaldehyde + Nitrogen Dioxide. 4. Which of the following are varying conditions, nutrient levels and physical components which describe soils within biomes? A) Soil characteristics. B) Seasons. C) Climates. D) Temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil characteristics. 5. Match The Definition: Pollution that comes from many different sources. A) Pollution prevention. B) Hybrid vehicle. C) Ozone. D) Nonpoint source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonpoint source. 6. Which of the following is not an environmental function of wetlands? A) Increasing runoff. B) Absorbing and removing pollutants from water. C) Trapping carbon that would otherwise be released into the air. D) Controlling floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing runoff. 7. Secondary succession is all of the following except ..... A) Starts with soil followed by the appearance of pioneer plants. B) Can start on bare rock. C) Occurs where there was an ecosystem before. D) Can occur after a natural disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can start on bare rock. 8. Earth's earliest life forms appeared in the ..... A) Soil. B) Oceans. C) Lava. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceans. 9. Global warming is due to A) Greenhouse gases. B) Nitric and sulfuric acids. C) CFCs. D) Ozone depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouse gases. 10. Population density is .. A) The maximum number of offspring each member can produce. B) The number of individuals per unit area or volume. C) Tbe arrangement of individuals in a space. D) The growth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of individuals per unit area or volume. 11. Two historical events during which smog killed many citizen and made thousands sick..... A) Donora Fluoride Fog and London Smog. B) London Smog and Exxon Valdez. C) China Smog and Fluoride Fog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Donora Fluoride Fog and London Smog. 12. Which Worldview explains beliefs that humans should manage the Earth but in a more ethical and sustainable way? A) Planetary Management. B) Stewardship. C) Environmental Wisdom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stewardship. 13. A group of parts that work together to achieve a goal. A) Solar energy. B) System. C) Conduction. D) Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) System. 14. An increase in the pH of a lake would most likely indicate A) Calcium carbonate has been released into the lake. B) The lake suffers from acid shock. C) Higher than average sulfur oxide levels in the atmosphere. D) The area in which the lake is located suffers from acid percipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium carbonate has been released into the lake. 15. ..... are natural resources that are naturally formed much more slowly than we use them. Once they are completely depleted, they are gone forever. A) Ethics. B) Renewable resources. C) Nonrenewable resources. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonrenewable resources. 16. Human activities and natural events can have a large effect on populations, biodiversity and ecosystem processes. How does the growth of the human population into rural areas affect the environmental quality of the native ecosystem? A) Human population growth produces new resources that benefit the native ecosystems. B) Human population growth in rural areas help organisms evolve in order to survive in harsher urban environments. C) Human population growth in rural areas creates additional waste that is put back into the environment and lowers environmental quality. D) Human population growth in rural areas creates additional living areas for humans to populate, which would increase the value of the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human population growth in rural areas creates additional waste that is put back into the environment and lowers environmental quality. 17. The atmosphere is? A) All of the rocks and minerals on or below the earths surface. B) Law regulating the releae of ollutants into the atmosphere. C) Green house gases. D) All living and nonliving things with which organisms interact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the rocks and minerals on or below the earths surface. 18. What type of symbiosis?* The Red-Chested cuckoo birds find an unattended robin nest, push out the robin eggs, and lay their eggs in the robin's nest, and leave.* Robin babies die and robin parents feed and take care of the cuckoo babies. A) Predation. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predation. 19. Which of the following is an interaction in which both organisms are harmed (-/-)? A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Predation. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competition. 20. Without the greenhouse effect Earth would be A) Much warmer. B) Extremely variable. C) About the same. D) Much colder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Much colder. 21. There are limits to many of our ....., materials and energy sources provided by nature, that humans need to survive. A) Natural Resources. B) Ecology. C) Environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resources. 22. A carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things is called ..... A) Biodiversity. B) Sustainability. C) Fossil Fuel. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil Fuel. 23. What will happen to fossil fuel reserves if humans continue to burn them? A) The fossil fuel reserves will be quickly resupplied and so humans will never run out. B) The fossil fuel reserves will be completely depleted, or totally used up. C) The fossil fuel reserves will stay underground. D) The fossil fuel reserves will definitely NOT turn into carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fossil fuel reserves will be completely depleted, or totally used up. 24. The Earth is similar to being on an island because..... A) We are isolated in space. B) We cannot really leave our planet and settle other places. C) We have limited resources like food, water, and other things. D) All of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are correct. 25. Wind, moving water, sunlight, and heat from Earth's interior are sources of A) Ocean thermal energy. B) Geothermal energy. C) Alternative energy. D) Renewable energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable energy. 26. To lesson carbon dioxide emissions people should A) Use solar electricity. B) Drive more cars. C) Cut down trees. D) Burn more coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use solar electricity. 27. Which of the following is NOT one of Earth's 5 sphere? A) Mantle. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 28. Long term symbiotic relationship where on organism feeds off a host A) Competition. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 29. To ensure proper segregation, collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of solidwaste through the formulation and adaptation of the best ecological wasteproducts. A) Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. B) Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. C) Climate Change Act of 2009. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. 30. Human leisure activities A) Ethical/moral value. B) Environmental value. C) Recreational value. D) Educational value. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recreational value. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEnvironmental Science Quiz 1Environmental Science Quiz 2Environmental Science Quiz 3Environmental Science Quiz 4Environmental Science Quiz 5Environmental Science Quiz 6Environmental Science Quiz 7Environmental Science Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books