This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 29 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the two main types of freshwater wetlands? A) Lakes and ponds. B) Rivers and streams. C) Littoral zones and benthic zones. D) Marshes and swamps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marshes and swamps. 2. Characterized by high personal wealth, and high levels of consumption A) Pollution. B) Developed country. C) Developing country. D) Resource depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resource depletion. 3. Which air pollutant scars the lungs A) Fungi. B) Radon. C) Ozone. D) Adbestos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adbestos. 4. When dos The Industrial Revolution Start? A) 1681. B) 1540. C) 1760. D) 1626. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1760. 5. In which of the following ways can invasive species be harmful to a community? A) It may have no natural predators and overpopulate an area. B) It may compete for resources with native species. C) It may bring unequilibrium to a community by causing an imbalance or disturbance. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 6. "Everything an organism does and when it does it" describes an organism's ..... A) Adaptation. B) Niche. C) Fitness. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 7. The air you breathe in from the atmosphere is made mostly of A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Argon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen. 8. Tropical climates were mentioned as suitable environments for which of the following animals? A) Cats. B) Snakes. C) Squirrels. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birds. 9. Coral polyps secrete skeletons of ..... that slowly accumulate and form coral reefs. A) Algae. B) Limestone. C) Oxygen. D) Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limestone. 10. What do scientists believe has caused the hole in the ozone of the atmosphere? A) Chlorofluorocarbons used in agriculture. B) Chlorofluorocarbons used in nuclear energy. C) Chlorofluorocarbons used in coolants, cleaning solvents, and propellants in spray cans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chlorofluorocarbons used in coolants, cleaning solvents, and propellants in spray cans. 11. Which method of tree harvesting would cause fragmentation and a decrease in biodiversity? A) Clear-cutting. B) Shelter-wood cutting. C) Slash and burn clearing. D) Gleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear-cutting. 12. Many factory farms dump animal waste products into neighboring streams, rivers and lakes. How might this affect the health of the people living in these areas? A) The water will clean the waste products, therefore it does not affect them. B) The smell from the waste products deter people from living in the surrounding area. C) The farmers clean the waste products before it is put into the environment, therefore it will not affect them. D) The waste products enter the drinking water and other parts of the environment, which could cause people in the surrounding areas to become sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The waste products enter the drinking water and other parts of the environment, which could cause people in the surrounding areas to become sick. 13. Uses the sun's energy to heat a building directly A) Photovoltaic cell. B) Fuel cell. C) Passive solar heating. D) Active solar heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passive solar heating. 14. What is the last step of the scientific method? A) Observation. B) Ask question s. C) Communicate results. D) Experiement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communicate results. 15. Facts, figures, and other evidence learned through observations A) Hypothesis. B) Data. C) Observation. D) Scientific law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Data. 16. The "Primary Air Pollutants" are ..... A) Carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen. B) Radon, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and CFC's. C) Photochemical smog, VOC's, PM, and oxides. D) None of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen. 17. An estuary functions as a mineral trap due to A) Its great depth and particularly sticky sediment. B) The mixing action of river water and ocean water. C) Its storing of pesticides from agricultural runoff and ocean water. D) The filtering action of bottom-feeding fish species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mixing action of river water and ocean water. 18. Urban land use does not typically include..... A) Residential. B) Industrial. C) Commercial. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farming. 19. During summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere experiences A) Summer. B) A tilt towards the sun. C) Winter. D) Excess rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter. 20. These are disease carrying organisms such as fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes: A) Chemical Hazard. B) Virus. C) Vectors. D) Toxicology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vectors. 21. Ecosystem Services: A) Contribute to keeping ecosystems economically productive. B) Are economically valuable services provided by natural systems. C) Are required to rebalance natural systems that we have disturbed. D) Are focused on providing humans with the essential life services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are economically valuable services provided by natural systems. 22. Where you will find the ozone layer. A) Mesosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratosphere. 23. Scientists hypothesize that global warming may be due to A) Using Chlorofluorocarbons found in coolants, cleaning solvents, and propellants in spray cans. B) Smog. C) Burning fossil fuels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels. 24. ..... expresses the environmental effects of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required to live. A) Natural resoures. B) Theory. C) Ecological footprint. D) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecological footprint. 25. Which of the following statements provides a reason for the widespread use of fossil fuels? A) Fossil fuels are a renewable source of energy. B) Fossil fuels are readily available and inexpensive. C) Fossil fuels are not harmful to the environment. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil fuels are readily available and inexpensive. 26. What is ecological footprint? A) The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely. B) The greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth. C) The productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. 27. Which of the following gives value to all living things, both human and nonhuman? A) Ecocentrism. B) Environmentalism. C) Anthropocentrism. D) Biocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biocentrism. 28. Which of the following is also referred to as geoscience? A) Chemistry. B) Earth Science. C) Physics. D) Cosmology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth Science. 29. In the third stage of the demographic transition A) Birth rates stay high but death rates start decreasing increasing population size. B) Birth rates and death rates are both low so population starts decreasing. C) Birth rates and death rates are high meaning high stable population. D) Birth rates and death rates are decreasing so population growth starts slowing down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birth rates and death rates are high meaning high stable population. 30. 3-3.4 What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community? A) Trophic level. B) Energy path. C) Food pyramid. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trophic level. ← 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