This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 48 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Match the definition: This is a community of living organisms (plants, animals, microbes) and nonliving things (rocks, soil, etc.). A) Community. B) Biosphere. C) Ecosystem. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 2. What is an advantage of using natural gas as an alternative form of energy? A) More needs to be burned because it is less concentrated. B) There is a limited supply. C) It tends to be more expensive compared to other fossil fuels. D) It releases lower emissions compared to other fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It releases lower emissions compared to other fossil fuels. 3. Energy produced from material that comes from living organisms is known as A) Biomass energy. B) Geothermal energy. C) Electrical energy. D) Wood energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass energy. 4. After a primary succession, when all organisms in an ecosystem are destroyed or removed, the first species to colonize the fresh ecosystem is referred to as what? A) The Homesteader Species. B) The Keystone Species. C) Pioneer Species. D) The Pilgrim Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pioneer Species. 5. To regulate restriction or prohibited the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures, unreasonable risk to human health. A) Climate Change Act of 2009. B) Philippine Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990. C) National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philippine Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990. 6. Which terms best describe autotrophs? A) Plants; producers. B) Plants; consumers. C) Animals; producers. D) Animals; consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants; producers. 7. The area inside the city is called ..... A) Urban. B) Suburban. C) Rural. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban. 8. A calculation of the amount of land and resources needed to support one person in a certain country. A) Biodiversity. B) Newsprint. C) Ecology. D) Ecological footprint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecological footprint. 9. This is the study of the interaction of humans and the natural environment. A) Anthropology. B) Ecology. C) Environmental Science. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental Science. 10. The main reason for the worldwide slowdown in the construction of nuclear power plants is that A) We have run out of uranium fuel. B) The electricity from nuclear power is generally more expensive to produce than electricity from other sources. C) Nuclear reactors are inherently unsafe. D) Nuclear reactors release large quantities of greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear reactors are inherently unsafe. 11. Loss of wetlands causes local humidity to ..... which can reduce the wetland's extent. A) Vary. B) Stay the same. C) Decrease. D) Increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decrease. 12. Land that supplies water to a river system. A) Wetlands. B) Watershed. C) Estuary. D) River system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed. 13. About 500 years ago, the world's population started A) Growing more rapidly. B) To reach carrying capacity. C) To level off. D) Decreasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing more rapidly. 14. A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called A) Sustainable. B) Renewable. C) Non-renewable. D) Ecological. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-renewable. 15. What is abiotic components? A) Element. B) Non - living things. C) Objects. D) Living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non - living things. 16. Environmental science is most accurately viewed as a science A) Incorporating economics, social sciences, geography, and policy. B) Incorporating all the sciences, politics, economics, and social sciences. C) Incorporating world politics, decision making, and the environment. D) Designed to solve environmental problems using current technologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorporating all the sciences, politics, economics, and social sciences. 17. A geothermal power plant can be used to generate electrical energy A) Anywhere in the US. B) In areas where reservoirs of water are heated inside Earth. C) In areas where the ground stays warm throughout the year. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In areas where reservoirs of water are heated inside Earth. 18. Having the rate of use be equal to the rate of replenishment for resources now and into the future is called being..... A) Environmentalism. B) Sustainability. C) Ecological footprint. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainability. 19. Different organisms living together in the same area: A) Ecosystem. B) Community. C) Species. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 20. Among the choices below, which best defines the word ecosystem? A) Interaction of living organism and their non living environment. B) Consumption of predators to their prey. C) Decomposition of the carcass made by decomposer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interaction of living organism and their non living environment. 21. The world's average ecological footprint is about 2.7 hectares/person compared to the U.S. average of 9.5 hectares/person. The world is depleting renewable resources approximately.....% faster than they can be replenished; however, the U.S. impact alone is approximately..... times greater than the world average A) 30%;3. B) 30%;2.5. C) 30%;5. D) 15%;2.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30%;2.5. 22. To provide the promotion of environmental awareness through environmental education. A) Philippine Water Act of 2004. B) Climate Change Act of 2009. C) National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008. 23. At a convergent plate boundary where the plates are moving together, what is least likely to occur? A) Mountain building. B) Earthquakes. C) Volcanoes. D) Sea-floor spreading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea-floor spreading. 24. Forest fires produce about 40% of the world's..... A) Sulfur dioxide. B) Ozone. C) Water vapor. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 25. Which of this is considered to be part of the environment? A) Deer. B) Grass. C) Water. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 26. A simple food chain is composed of corn, a corn-fed chicken, and a human who eats the chicken. Suppose the corn contains 10, 000 energy units. How many energy units are available to the chicken from the corn? A) 10, 000. B) 1, 000. C) 100. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10, 000. 27. A process using microbes to convert toxic industrial wastes to less toxic or non-toxic compounds is A) Bioremediation. B) Biology. C) Green Technology. D) Biotic Components. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bioremediation. 28. Uses collectors with moving parts to capture the sun's energy A) Passive solar heating. B) Active solar heating. C) Energy efficiency. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active solar heating. 29. All of the following issues involve environmental science except A) Measuring smog levels in cities. B) Asking people question s about the cost of various resources. C) Studying the loss of plant and animal species. D) Publishing the results of a study on fossil fuel depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asking people question s about the cost of various resources. 30. A group of students were having a class discussion about how humans influence the environment. Choose the person you agree with. A) Jonathan says that "humans are destroying habitats and polluting the water and atmosphere.". B) Becca says that "humans are polluting the water and air, but they do not destroy habitats.". C) Donald says that "all of the methane from cows is polluting the atmosphere, and humans should eat less red meat.". D) Caitlin says that "humans are destroying habitats by building more houses and stores, but since we have cleaner burning fossil fuels they are not harming the environment.". 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