This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 40 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes a population? A) Members of the same species living in the same place at the same time. B) All the red birds in an area. C) All types of organisms living in the same place. D) All members of the same species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Members of the same species living in the same place at the same time. 2. All of the living AND non-living things in an particular area is called a(n): A) Mountain. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 3. The container is filled to the 350 mL mark with water. A) Observation. B) Problem. C) Inference. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 4. In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond in order to compare the algae growth to a pond that does not receive fertilizer. The amount of algae that grows would represent a(n) A) Independent variable. B) Model. C) Prediction. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent variable. 5. How does density play a role in convection currents? A) Warm air is more dense and rises. B) Warm air is more dense and sinks. C) Cold air is more dense and sinks. D) Cold air is more dense and rises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cold air is more dense and sinks. 6. What type of pollution is the result of a chemical reaction? A) Water pollution. B) Primary pollutant. C) Secondary Pollutant. D) Smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary Pollutant. 7. The depletion in the Ozone layer is caused by: A) Methane. B) Chlorofluorocarbon. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrous oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorofluorocarbon. 8. Photochemical smog is mostly ..... created when primary pollutants from vehicle exhaust react to sunlight. A) Industrial smog. B) Tropospheric ozone. C) Smoke and soot from fire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropospheric ozone. 9. Human activity worldwide that uses the most water A) Drinking. B) Agriculture. C) Industry. D) Bathing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 10. Energy of motion is which type of energy? A) Potential. B) Sound. C) Gravitational. D) Kinetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kinetic. 11. Erosion is most likely when the soil is A) Bare and exposed to wind and rain. B) Covered with grass. C) Plowed along the contour of the land. D) Covered with forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bare and exposed to wind and rain. 12. Which of the following is a developing nation? A) Ethiopia. B) France. C) The United States. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethiopia. 13. Which ecosystem has the highest level of salinity? A) Pond. B) Brackish marsh. C) Salt marsh. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt marsh. 14. What is the greenhouse effect? A) The heating of a solid, such as a rock. B) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution. C) Releasing Earth's radiation back into space. D) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation. 15. Which of the following is not a result of overconsumption? A) Increase in pollution. B) Loss of biodiversity. C) Decrease in available natural resources. D) Increase in available natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase in available natural resources. 16. This describes the average conditions of an area over long periods of time A) Climate. B) Temperature. C) Weather. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. 17. What does the demographic transition model not consider? A) Immigration. B) Life expectancy. C) Education of women. D) Industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration. 18. The rise in global temperature is due in part to increased amounts of .....gas in the air. A) Carbon dioxide. B) Methane. C) Hydrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 19. The term Ecological Footprint includes A) The environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required. B) Providing raw materials the individual or population consumes. C) Disposal or recycling of waste the individual or population produces. D) All of the other options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other options are correct. 20. The condition in which human needs aremet in such a way that a human population can surviveindefinitely at a standard of living similar to the currentone is A) Biodiversity. B) Ecological footprint. C) Longevity. D) Sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sustainability. 21. The principle framework for national, state, tribal, and local efforts to protect air quality in the United States is found in ..... A) The Clean Air Act. B) The Constitution. C) The Montreal Protocol. D) The congressional mandate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Clean Air Act. 22. What characteristic do all renewable resources share? A) Produced by waste products of animals. B) Form underground from dead organisms. C) Allow energy to pass through them easily. D) Replaced in a reasonably short time period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Replaced in a reasonably short time period. 23. The least productive marine ecosystem is the ..... A) Pond. B) Open ocean. C) Salt marsh. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open ocean. 24. What is the primary source of energy in a ecosystem? A) Fossil fuels. B) Energy from minerals in the soil. C) Solar energy. D) Cellular respiration in plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar energy. 25. During a temperature inversion A) Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides combine with water in the atmosphere. B) An influx of acidic water causes a rapid change in the pH of water. C) Levels of ground level ozone decrease. D) Pollutants are trapped near Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollutants are trapped near Earth's surface. 26. Energy within the nucleus of an atom A) Nuclear energy. B) Steam. C) Nuclear reactor. D) Fossil Fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear energy. 27. The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur, is called the ..... zone. A) Photic. B) Benthic. C) Aphotic. D) Limnetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photic. 28. What element makes up the ozone layer/ A) 3 oxygen molecules. B) 3 carbon molecules. C) 3 hydrogen molecules. D) 3 nitrogen molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 oxygen molecules. 29. The volcanoes along convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundaries may form A) A hot spot. B) A part of the mid-ocean ridge. C) An island arc. D) A subduction plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An island arc. 30. What is one way you and your family can help to conserve water at home? A) Watering the garden at the hottest time of the day. B) Using the longest cycle to wash clothes. C) Turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth. ← 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