This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 47 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do consumers get their energy? A) Eating other organisms. B) Breaking down dead organisms. C) Makes its own food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating other organisms. 2. A ..... is what should remain the same in each trial of an experiment no matter what. A) Independent variable. B) Conclusion. C) Dependent variable. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constant. 3. Which of the following is NOT a weather system? A) Hurricane. B) Frontal systems. C) Temperature inversion. D) Mid-latitude cyclones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature inversion. 4. Made up of the gases that surround Earth A) Hydrosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Cryosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 5. Precipitation that can carry pollutants from land into bodies of water is A) Eutrophication. B) Benthic Zone. C) Runoff. D) Nekton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Runoff. 6. Information gathered by using the senses A) Experiment. B) Prediction. C) Data. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Observation. 7. All of the following populations are more sensitive to biological and chemical hazards, EXCEPT: A) Young. B) Overweight. C) Elderly. D) Immune-compromised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overweight. 8. NON-living things found in an ecosystem A) Biotic. B) Abiotc. C) Habitat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotc. 9. Not having enough of something A) Scarcity. B) Abundance. C) Growth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity. 10. Overpopulation, overconsumption, pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of ..... A) Environmental challenges. B) Pollution. C) Envirnomental factors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental challenges. 11. Why can't the Great Pacific Garbage Patch simple be scoped up out of the ocean? A) It's always moving. B) It's mostly tiny plastics. C) It's not easily see with the naked eye. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are true. 12. This describes the process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other. A) Parasitism. B) Predation. C) Herbivory. D) Coevolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coevolution. 13. 4-2.5 The first organisms that appear in an ecological community A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Ecological succession. D) Pioneer speciles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pioneer speciles. 14. Which organism produces most of the food in an aquatic ecosystem? A) Zooplankton. B) Phytoplankton. C) Barnacles. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phytoplankton. 15. Testable explanation for an observation A) Data. B) Prediction. C) Experiment. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothesis. 16. What is being tested in an experiment? A) Ideas. B) Hypothesis. C) Rules. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 17. Geothermal energy is A) Heat energy naturally produced in earthquakes. B) Is heat naturally produced in space. C) Is heat naturally produced within Earth. D) Is heat energy naturally produced in the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is heat naturally produced within Earth. 18. Freshwater makes up how much of the Earth's water supply? A) 75%. B) 97%. C) 25%. D) 3%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3%. 19. Ocean currents make the California coast colder because the A) Currents are very dry. B) Currents are very salty. C) Currents are very light. D) Currents are very cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Currents are very cold. 20. Which of the following would decrease your carbon footprint? A) Driving alone everywhere. B) Leaving water running. C) Using less plastic bags. D) Leaving the lights on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using less plastic bags. 21. When an environment has reached its carrying capacity for a certain population, which of the following is true? A) Growth and immigration rate is equal to death and emigration rate. B) Growth and immigration rate is greater than death and emigration rate. C) Growth and immigration rate is less than death and emigration rate. D) Growth rate is exponential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth and immigration rate is equal to death and emigration rate. 22. Nitrogen monoxide pollution is reduced by which mechanism below? A) The muffler in automobiles. B) The transmission in automobiles. C) The rear winds on an airplane. D) Catalytic converter in automobiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catalytic converter in automobiles. 23. The common name for Asclepias Tuberosa? A) Sea turtle. B) Chrysalis. C) Pole cat. D) Milkweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milkweed. 24. Which law reduces air pollution by limiting air emissions from stationary and mobile sources? A) Clean Air Act. B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). C) Clean Water Act. D) Endangered Species Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean Air Act. 25. Which best describes the ozone layer? A) Forms a magnetic field in the Mesosphere. B) Formation of severe storms. C) Protection from ultraviolet radiation. D) Increases the amount of nitrogen in atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection from ultraviolet radiation. 26. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field of study. This means that A) It is limited to only one branch of science; ecology. B) Each environmental issue is specific to only one type of science. C) Multiple branches of science only (biology, chemistry, etc) are covered. D) Many science and non-science fields of study, such as economics and politics, are included. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many science and non-science fields of study, such as economics and politics, are included. 27. Hydrogen gas could be used as a fuel source in the future because it A) Is abundant. B) Can be burned as fuel. C) Is used in fuel cells. D) All choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All choices are correct. 28. This type of thought judges actions in terms of their benefit or harm to the integrity of the whole ecological system. A) Biocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Anthropocentrism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecocentrism. 29. Which is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from human actions A) Environmental Policy. B) Environmental Science. C) Environmentalism. D) Environmental Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmentalism. 30. Overall, our t-shirts seemed to be manufactured in countries with which type of gross domestic product (GDP)? A) Low GDP. B) Very high GDP. C) No GDP. D) Negative GDP. 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