This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 35 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem? A) 100%. B) 50%. C) 75%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10%. 2. If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population? A) It will stay the same. B) It will decrease. C) It will increase. D) It will fluctuate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will stay the same. 3. What is the name of the Georgia State Tree? A) Magnolia. B) Live Oak. C) Pine Tree. D) Peach Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Live Oak. 4. Producers are also A) Heterotrophs. B) Autotrophs. C) Fungi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autotrophs. 5. Compounds that produce (H+) hydrogen ions in a solution and ranges from 0-6.5 on the pH scale A) Acid. B) Base. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid. 6. Which of the following examples would be undergoing primary succession? A) An abandoned potato farm. B) A coastal grassland damaged by a hurricane. C) Rocks in a national park covered by mosses and lichen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rocks in a national park covered by mosses and lichen. 7. ..... is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of good and bad, right and wrong. A) Ecology. B) Ethics. C) Biology. D) Environmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethics. 8. Which of the following is known to cause poor air quality? A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Meteorological conditions. D) Thunderstorms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorological conditions. 9. Earthquakes create vibrations called seismic waves. What is a characteristic of S waves? A) The cause large waves in the ocean. B) They cause the ground to roll like ocean waves. C) They arrive after P waves. D) They move the ground only up and down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They arrive after P waves. 10. Which of the following is an adverse health effect from air pollution? A) Allergic reactions. B) Bronchial inflammation. C) Eye and lung irritants. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 11. Claire is estimating the portion of his ecological footprint that arises from the food she eats. What property of the food should she measure? A) Its cost to Claire or her family. B) The carbon dioxide that its production adds to the atmosphere. C) The total area of land or water resources that is needed to provide and transport the food. D) The total volume of fossil fuels, fertilizer, fresh water, and other resources that are needed to provide the food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The total area of land or water resources that is needed to provide and transport the food. 12. This term means change over time. A) Gene. B) Evolution. C) Extinction. D) Mutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolution. 13. This is the process by which primary producers use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars, releasing oxygen along the way. A) Cellular respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Eutrophication. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 14. Rivers and streams are types of ..... freshwater ecosystems. A) Standing. B) Flowing. C) Stagnant. D) Diverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flowing. 15. Which of the following is NOT a main use of fuel? A) Transportation. B) Manufacturing. C) Heating and cooling buildings. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooking. 16. To protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources. A) Climate Change Act of 2009. B) Philippine water act of 2004. C) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978. D) Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978. 17. The differences observed between control groups and experimental groups can help identify..... relationships A) Cause-and-effect. B) Inverse-and-converse. C) Conditional. D) Unconditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause-and-effect. 18. Which government agency is responsible for enforcing laws such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act? A) The FDA. B) The IRS. C) The NRA. D) The EPA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The EPA. 19. Ecologists studying the ecosystem in Lake Lanier notice an increase in the amount of phytoplankton. Scientists test the water and find samples are high in nitrogen, a nutrient found in common lawn fertilizer. This is an example of A) Point-source pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. C) Thermal pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source pollution. 20. Globally, the leading cause of biodiversity loss is A) Invasive species. B) Poaching and overharvesting. C) Pollution. D) Habitat change and loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat change and loss. 21. 6-8.8 Sprawl increases carbon dioxide emissions by A) Generating more factories. B) Increasing the need to drive. C) Resulting in more tree growth. D) Expanding the use of public transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing the need to drive. 22. A procedure used to test a hypothesis would be known as a A) Guess. B) Theory. C) Conclusion. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiment. 23. The environment effects of an individual or population based on the amount of land and water needed for raw materials and for disposing of or recycling their waste. A) Ecological footprint. B) Fossil fuel. C) Natural resource. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological footprint. 24. Select the best definition for the term sustainable. A) Able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply. B) The amount of a product or service offered for sale at a given price. C) The amount of a product or service people will buy at a given price if free to do so. D) Upsetting the ecological balance by depleting natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply. 25. Biodiversity refers to A) The variety of species on Earth. B) Extinct species. C) The rate of species decline. D) Nonrenewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The variety of species on Earth. 26. Nearly all nutrients present in tropical rain forests are contained in the A) Soil. B) Epiphytes. C) Emergent layer. D) Trees, vines, and other plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trees, vines, and other plants. 27. Population ..... describes how a population is clumped, spatially. A) Transition. B) Density. C) Distribution. D) Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distribution. 28. ..... is the undesired change in air, water or soil the adversely affects the health, survival or activities of humans or other organisms. A) Pollution. B) Biodiversity. C) Loss of Biodiversity. D) Resource Depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollution. 29. A condition that cannot continue at its current rate. A) Unsustainability. B) Commons. C) The Law of Unintended Consequences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unsustainability. 30. ..... is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior- good and bad, right and wrong A) Variable. B) Ethics. C) Data. D) Hypothesis. 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