This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 44 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Everything an organism does and when it does it" (it's job) describes an organism's A) Tolerance. B) Niche. C) Community. D) Character displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 2. Uses sun's energy and a semiconductor to produce a very small amount of electrical energy A) Fuel cell. B) Active solar heating. C) Photovoltaic cell. D) Passive solar heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photovoltaic cell. 3. What does symbiosis mean? A) A.living separately, no relationship between 2 species. B) A.living together, close relationship between 2 species. C) A.Living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species. D) When one species kills and eats another. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A.living together, close relationship between 2 species. 4. Collection of data in the form of numbers. A) Statistics. B) Models. C) History. D) Correlations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statistics. 5. Which of the following describes a population that is distributed evenly across an area? A) Random. B) Uniform. C) Clumped. D) Crowded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uniform. 6. Oil, coal and gas A) Are renewable. B) Are called biomass. C) Can be recycled. D) Are non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are non-renewable. 7. Groundwater is primarily used for A) Industrial uses. B) Drinking water. C) Personal uses. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irrigation. 8. Made up of the solid outer layer of the Earth A) Biosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 9. The Earth's crust consists of two types the lighter continental crust and the heavier ..... located under the ocean. A) Hydro-crust. B) Hydrolic crust. C) Oceanic crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceanic crust. 10. Primary ..... convert solar or chemical energy into energy stored in the bonds of organic sugars. A) Consumers. B) Producers. C) Detritivores. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 11. What percent of water on Earth is fresh, drinkable, and easily accessible? A) 25%. B) 20%. C) <1%. D) 5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) <1%. 12. 2-1.3 Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? A) Tropical rainforest. B) Tundra. C) Pine forest. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical rainforest. 13. Made up of all the water on Earth A) Hydrosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 14. Uses low pressure and warm water to boil cold water A) Ocean thermal energy conversion. B) Fuel cell. C) Active solar heating. D) Photovotaic cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean thermal energy conversion. 15. What is the name of the Georgia State insect. A) Lady Bug. B) Wasp. C) Dragon fly. D) Honey Bee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Honey Bee. 16. Density independent factors are all of the following except ..... A) Population size matters. B) All members are affected in a uniform manner. C) Pollution. D) More common in unpredicable environments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population size matters. 17. The "Tragedy of the commons" describes the problem between A) Poor people & rich people. B) Farmers & industrialized society. C) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. D) People & animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. 18. Excessive nutrient growth in an aquatic ecosystem can be accelerated by A) Salt. B) Minerals. C) Air pollution. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runoff. 19. A student hypothesized that robins prefer large birdhouses to small ones. He build four birdhouses of different sizes to test his hypothesis. What was the independent variable in the students study? A) The season of the year. B) The size of the birdhouse. C) The number of birds in the house. D) The location of the birdhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The size of the birdhouse. 20. When constructing a new building, which of the following measures would have little impact on increasing the environmental sustainability of the building site? A) Waste compost site. B) Recyclables all in one area. C) Installing solar panels. D) Air conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air conditioning. 21. The following is a consumer A) Racoon. B) Mushroom. C) Flower. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Racoon. 22. Rocks, soil, air and water are considered to be ..... factors. A) Non-biotic. B) Man-made. C) Abiotic. D) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abiotic. 23. Today, mass extinction is going on at an alarming rate and is principally caused by: A) Meteorites hitting the earth. B) Human activties. C) Climatic change. D) Pest and predator control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human activties. 24. Transpiration occurs in: A) Land plants. B) Groundwater. C) Bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land plants. 25. Which of the following organisms would be considered a producer? A) Green plant. B) Rabbit. C) Jackal. D) Wild cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green plant. 26. A well-texted hypothesis that explains many scientific observations is a ..... A) Analysis. B) Ethics. C) Variable. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 27. What can poison our water and air and harm all life on earth? A) Burning wood for heat. B) Space Exploration. C) Pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 28. ..... succession occurs on a surface where no ecosystem existed before. A) Secondary. B) Tertiary. C) Primary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary. 29. People could reduce environmental degradation A) By slowing the population growth rate. B) By increasing the population growth rate. C) Using more energy. D) Creating more carbon emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By slowing the population growth rate. 30. ..... is the development that meets human need without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs A) Renewable resource. B) Nonrenewable. C) Sustainability. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainability. ← 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