This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pollutants from a factory that enter the water in a watershed will have a negative effect on which of the following? A) Available space for crops. B) Local pond life. C) Rainfall rates. D) Direction of river flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Local pond life. 2. What percentage does a whole pie chart or circle graph represent? A) 100%. B) 360%. C) 90%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100%. 3. Which set of equipment would be used to measure the temperature of a liquid that would begin to boil? ..... A) Triple beam balance, thermometer and stopwatch. B) Test tube, hot plate and balance. C) Stopwatch, test tube and microscope. D) Beaker, hot plate and thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beaker, hot plate and thermometer. 4. The arrangement of organisms in the open ocean is determined by the A) Increase in salt content from shallow to deep waters. B) Size of the benthic zone, where photosynthetic occurs. C) Amount of nutrients and sunlight that are available. D) Distribution of zooplankton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amount of nutrients and sunlight that are available. 5. Environmental sustainability is a big challenge because of A) Agriculture. B) Industrialization. C) Decrease in population. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialization. 6. What is part of the living and nonliving things that we interact with? A) All of them. B) Water sources and climate. C) Soil and landforms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of them. 7. Biotic Potential is ..... A) Change in population size over time. B) Average time it takes an organism to reach reproductive age. C) Fastest rate at which a population can grow. D) How old an organism has to be to reproduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fastest rate at which a population can grow. 8. This time period is blamed for the dust bowl because of overgrazing and unsustainable farm practice A) Hunter Gatherer. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Space Exploration. D) Agricultural Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agricultural Revolution. 9. Which of the following have been linked to climate change? A) Droughts. B) Flooding. C) Melting of polar ice caps. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Which of the following describes the aphotic zone in an aquatic ecosystem? A) The very bottom of a body of water. B) The zone where no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur. C) The shallow, near-shore zone. D) The uppermost layer where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The zone where no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur. 11. Where would you expect to find the greatest number of species? A) Desert. B) The open ocean. C) A tropical rainforest. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tropical rainforest. 12. Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms A) Decomposer. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposer. 13. ..... is toxic, reactive, flammable, and corrosive waste. A) Wastewater. B) Hazardous waste. C) Municipal waste. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hazardous waste. 14. Where is the largest 'hole' in the ozone layer located? A) Over the United States. B) Around the equator. C) Over Antarctica. D) Over Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over Antarctica. 15. Which of the following is an advantage of using fossil fuels for energy? A) Limiting quantities. B) The resulting air pollution. C) Versatility in its uses. D) Toxic by-products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Versatility in its uses. 16. For each trophic level, the energy stored in the organism in that level is about ..... of the energy in the level below it. A) 10%. B) 30%. C) 50%. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 17. The number and variety of species that live in the area A) Biodiversity. B) Ecology. C) Environmental science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 18. The ..... contains over 90% of the ocean's water. A) Aphotic zone. B) Neritic zone. C) Open ocean. D) Benthic zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open ocean. 19. What are the 3 fossil fuels? A) Coal, oil, uranium. B) Coal, hydroelectric, oil. C) Natural gas, oil, coal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural gas, oil, coal. 20. As the Earth in the last 100 years which has increased? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Argon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 21. The maximum number of offpring an organism can produce is the ..... A) Density. B) Reproductive potential. C) Growth rate. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reproductive potential. 22. Data on the immigration and emigration of a fish species would be most helpful in determining which of the following A) Interspecies competition. B) Biological magnification. C) Population of the species. D) Predator-prey relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population of the species. 23. Marshes, swamps, and bogs are examples of A) Terrestrial biomes. B) Freshwater wetlands. C) Estuaries. D) Ocean zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freshwater wetlands. 24. Climate data from the far past comes from A) Written records. B) Tree rings and ice cores. C) Thermometer readings. D) Rock formations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tree rings and ice cores. 25. Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds in flight? A) Observing. B) Drawing conclusions. C) Hypothesizing. D) Analyzing data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observing. 26. The facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community make up its A) Heat island. B) Infrastructure. C) Suburbs. D) Ecosystem services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrastructure. 27. Carnivores are animals that eat only A) Decomposers. B) Other animals. C) Other plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Other animals. 28. Which of the following is NOT a heat-trapping greenhouse gas? A) Water vapor. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Methane. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 29. Which of the following could reduce the tragedy of the commons in a forest? A) Creating quotas for tree removal. B) Eliminating private ownership of forests. C) Reducing the cost of forest management. D) Giving tax breaks to logging companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creating quotas for tree removal. 30. Why is unregulated tree harvesting in the tropical rainforest an example of the tragedy of the commons? A) Rain forests have low nutrients, which slows tree growth. B) Not everyone has equal access to trees. C) Timber companies remove as much timber as they can as cheaply as they can. D) Rain forests of the highest number of species, and trees are an important habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timber companies remove as much timber as they can as cheaply as they can. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEnvironmental Science Quiz 1Environmental Science Quiz 2Environmental Science Quiz 3Environmental Science Quiz 4Environmental Science Quiz 6Environmental Science Quiz 7Environmental Science Quiz 8Environmental Science Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books