This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 31 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scientific method is ..... A) Is a systematic and logical approach to find new things. B) Making an observation. C) Mathematical technique. D) Making conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a systematic and logical approach to find new things. 2. What has the largest impact on reproductive potential? A) Reproducing at a younger age. B) Having offpspring more often. C) Living longer. D) Having a larger number of offspring at a time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reproducing at a younger age. 3. When Earth first formed, its surface was so hot it was liquid or ....., rock. A) Solid. B) Cyanobacteria. C) Toxic. D) Molten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molten. 4. When a resource like timber is used as fast as or slower than it regrows it is being used ..... A) Nonrenewably. B) Unsustainably. C) Sustainably. D) Synthetically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainably. 5. Main reason major surface currents change direction is A) Sand builds up on the ocean floor. B) Heat from the Sun causes them to sink. C) They run into continents. D) Minor currents push them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They run into continents. 6. What is the biocapacity for the United States? A) 4.5 gha. B) -6.7 gha. C) 7.3 gha. D) -4.5 gha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -4.5 gha. 7. The 2 primary gases in Earth's atmosphere are ..... and ..... A) Oxygen and nitrogen. B) Oxygen and ozone. C) Nitrogen and CO2. D) CO2 and methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen and nitrogen. 8. ..... is the information obtained from a scientist A) Data. B) Prediction. C) Variable. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data. 9. 1-2.2 Process in which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment, survive and reproduce more successfully than those less well adapted (survival of the fittest) A) Resistance. B) Natural Selection. C) Artificial Selection. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural Selection. 10. Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as "sunny and humid, " describe A) Climatograph. B) Biome. C) Weather. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather. 11. Time period in which people used resources straight from nature and animal resources such as saber toothed cats, giant sloths and mastodons. A) Agricultural Revolution. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Hunter Gatherer. D) Space Exploration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hunter Gatherer. 12. Why do we want to use more renewable energy sources? A) They cause more pollution. B) They cause less pollution. C) They will go away if we don't use them. D) They are easier to create. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They cause less pollution. 13. Where is the majority of fresh water on Earth found? A) Lakes. B) Rivers. C) Ice caps and glaciers. D) Underground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice caps and glaciers. 14. A ..... is being tested in an experiment A) Analysis. B) Variable. C) Habitat. D) Built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variable. 15. How has the human population grown over the past 200 years? A) Linearly. B) Exponentially. C) It hasn't. D) It has decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exponentially. 16. A ..... is a group of ecosystems that share similar abiotic and biotic conditions. A) Community. B) Biome. C) Population. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biome. 17. An organism that must get nutrients by eating other organisms is called a A) Producer. B) Decomposer. C) Nitrifying bacterium. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumer. 18. Which of the following is an example of a primary pollutant? A) Ground level ozone. B) Soot from smoke. C) Radon. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soot from smoke. 19. In the ..... zone, the water is cool and dark. A) Eutrophic. B) Littoral. C) Benthic. D) Plankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benthic. 20. The one part of an experiment that is changed by the scientist is called a ..... variable. A) Dependent. B) Independent. C) Control. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 21. A well-designed and well-controlled experiment includes: A) A testable hypothesis, one independent variable, replicates, and a quantifiable dependent variable. B) A testable hypothesis, several independent variables, one replicate, and a quantifiable dependent variable. C) A testable hypothesis, one independent variable, replicates, and several quantifiable dependent variables. D) A testable hypothesis, a quantifiable independent variable, one replicate, and a qualitative dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A testable hypothesis, one independent variable, replicates, and several quantifiable dependent variables. 22. Deposition is..... A) Cleaning up an area. B) The depositing of oxygen into the atmosphere. C) Depositing money into a bank. D) The depositing of material in a different location. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The depositing of material in a different location. 23. Where did the Exxon Valdez oil spill occur? A) The gulf of Mexico. B) Of the coast of Alaska. C) Off the coast of Maine. D) Dallas, Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the coast of Alaska. 24. Why is the loss of biodiversity a concern? A) Species extinctions are decreasing. B) We would increase our ability to find new plan species. C) Food webs do worse with more diversity. D) Humans rely on biodiversity for items such as food, medicine, aesthetics, and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans rely on biodiversity for items such as food, medicine, aesthetics, and oxygen. 25. Heat is transferred by this method when two objects are in direct contact with one another. A) Radiation. B) Convection. C) Conduction. D) Currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conduction. 26. Which of the following organisms is a decomposer? A) A deer. B) A plant. C) A tiger. D) A mushroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mushroom. 27. Which rock will most likely contain fossils? A) Sedimentary. B) Extrusive igneous rock. C) Metamorphic. D) Intrusive igneous rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary. 28. As species go extinct what will happen to the biodiversity in that ecosystem? A) Decrease. B) Increase. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease. 29. What impact does deforestation have on the carbon cycle? A) Deforestation has no impact on the carbon cycle. B) Increase the amount of photosynthesis. C) Increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. D) Decrease the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. 30. In what two forms can energy enter into an ecosystem? A) Chemosynthesis & Trophic Gradation. B) Photosynthesis & Chemosynthesis. C) Photosynthesis & Luconogesis. D) Cynicism & Xegenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis & Chemosynthesis. ← 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