This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 30 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? A) There are 3 tulips. B) The tulips smell nice. C) The tulips are red. D) The tulips are prettier than the roses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are 3 tulips. 2. What products are created by the process of photosynthesis? A) The sun's light and energy. B) Oxygen and carbohydrates. C) Phosphorus and nitrogen. D) Carbon dioxide and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen and carbohydrates. 3. One major environmental problem is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem? A) Non developed countries use more resources than others. B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. C) The human population overall is too small. D) Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others. 4. How does the availability of fresh fruit and vegetables affect the human population? A) Everyone has access to fresh fruits and vegetables, therefore it does not affect the human population. B) Human populations who do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables are more likely to develop health conditions. C) Everyone can supplement fresh fruits and vegetables with vitamins, therefore it does not affect the human population. D) Human health is only affected by the things you eat, therefore not eating fruits and vegetables can not affect the human population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human populations who do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables are more likely to develop health conditions. 5. Combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electrical energy A) Active solar heating. B) Fuel cell. C) Photovoltaic cell. D) Passive solar heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fuel cell. 6. Which biome would have the lowest net primary production? A) Tropical rain forest. B) Temperate grassland. C) Coral reef. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 7. Uranium-bearing rocks underneath a house can be a source of A) Radon. B) Asbestos. C) Ozone. D) Formaldehyde. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radon. 8. Organisms that cannot create their own food and must eat others to obtain food A) Decomposers. B) Consumers. C) Producers. D) Predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumers. 9. Which of the following is the most geologically active region on the surface of Earth? A) Glacial valleys. B) Mountain peaks. C) Boundaries between tectonic plates. D) Recharge zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boundaries between tectonic plates. 10. A material or energy source provided by nature that people need to survive A) Ecological footprint. B) Environment. C) Fossil fuel. D) Natural resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural resource. 11. In which main layer of Earth's atmosphere does most weather occur? A) Mesosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 12. A group of individuals that interbreed and produce fertile offspring is a common definition for A) Population. B) Ecology. C) Community. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Species. 13. 3-3.4 What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems? A) Sunlight. B) Carbon. C) Carbohydrates. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunlight. 14. Sprawl affects which of the following? A) Pollution. B) Public health. C) Economics. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 15. Bees pollinate the fruit trees and get nectar and pollen to feed their young, this is an example of A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 16. Select the best definition for the term biodiversity. A) Able to decompose or break down naturally. B) The variety of organisms in an area. C) Organic. D) A native species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The variety of organisms in an area. 17. Longshore and rip currents are examples of A) Local surface currents. B) Mid-level currents. C) Melt water currents. D) Deepwater currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local surface currents. 18. The negative particles in an atom. A) Electrons. B) Protons. C) Elements. D) Neutrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrons. 19. Which of the following pH measurements of rainwater would indicate acid precipitation? A) PH 9.6. B) PH 7.3. C) PH 4.1. D) PH 6.0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PH 4.1. 20. A(n) ..... lake has a large amount of plant growth due to nutrients. A) Nutrient. B) Salty. C) Mineral. D) Eutrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eutrophic. 21. What does "geo-" mean? A) Earth. B) Sun. C) Center. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 22. What type of symbiosis?* Gall Insects lays their eggs in the leaves or branches of Oak trees causing a lump to form.* Oak trees provide shelter and food to the insect larvae, but are not harmed. A) Commensalism. B) Predation. C) Parasitism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commensalism. 23. Water beneath the Earth's surface in sediment and rock formations is known as A) Groundwater. B) Fresh water. C) Seawater. D) Potable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundwater. 24. Which of the following equations summarizes population growth? A) Immigration - emigration. B) (immigration + births) - (emigration + deaths). C) Births-deaths. D) (immigration + births) + (emigration + deaths). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (immigration + births) - (emigration + deaths). 25. The eyewash station should always be used A) When you get glass in your eye. B) When you get a chemical in your eye. C) For approximately 15 minutes after an incident. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. A population of mice lives in a barn community. A cat population has just joined the community. What will happen? A) Mouse and cat populations both go up?. B) Mouse and cat populations both go down. C) Mouse population goes down as cat population goes up. D) Mouse population goes up as cat population goes down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mouse population goes down as cat population goes up. 27. A consumer that hunts is called: A) A producer. B) A herbivore. C) An omnivore. D) A predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A predator. 28. ..... is a variable that depends on the conditions set up in the experiment. Scientists have no control over it. A) Hypothesis. B) Prediction. C) Independent variable. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 29. Smog is an example of ..... pollution. A) Land. B) Air. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 30. To facilitate the attainment and maintenance of rational and order balancebetween socio-economic development and environmental protection. A) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978. B) Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. C) Philippine Water Act of 2004. D) National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008. 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