This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 50 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem A) Diversity. B) Mutations. C) Biodiversity. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 2. Which of these factors does NOT affect population growth? A) Policy. B) Statistics. C) Educating women. D) Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics. 3. What is the term scientists use to describe how reproductively successful an organism is in its environment? A) Speciation. B) Evolution. C) Fitness. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fitness. 4. What is the most plentiful fossil fuel? A) Oil. B) Natural Gas. C) Petroleum. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 5. The probability of an unwanted outcome is ..... A) Risk. B) Gambling. C) My grades. D) Insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Risk. 6. To help them survive in the tundra, caribou have various adaptations, such as A) Thin coats of fur to prevent overheating. B) Wide hooves for travel on mud and snow. C) A diet that consists mostly of deciduous tree leaves. D) The ability to hibernate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wide hooves for travel on mud and snow. 7. An example of an renewable resource would be: A) Coal. B) Iron Ore. C) Sunlight. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 8. Water that flows over land and has not been absorbed into the ground. A) Runoff. B) River system. C) Watershed. D) Surface water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff. 9. The ..... was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals. A) Hunter-gathering period. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Agricultural Revolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural Revolution. 10. This describes the ratio of water vapor the air contains to the maximum amount it could have at a particular temperature. A) Precipitation. B) Relative Humidity. C) Condensation. D) Altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relative Humidity. 11. A kind of forest that consist of tall trees with minimal branches and considered as major source of timber and other major forest products. A) Pine Forest. B) Mossy Forrest. C) Mangrove forest. D) Dipterocarp Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dipterocarp Forest. 12. Which topic might an environmental scientist study? A) Comets. B) Energy resources. C) Mountains. D) Hurricanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy resources. 13. At sea level the troposphere has the highest A) Temperature. B) Ozone levels. C) Altitude. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pressure. 14. As water vapor rises, it enters into a colder atmosphere, causing the water to condense into liquid water and clouds are formed A) Evaporation. B) Interception. C) Transpiration. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condensation. 15. All of the following are true of density dependent factors except ..... A) Population size determines the impact of the factor. B) Disease is an example. C) Natural disasters are an example. D) Death occur more quickly in a crowded population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural disasters are an example. 16. Water move toward areas of ..... salinity. A) Changing. B) Higher. C) Lower. D) Diminished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher. 17. In the Tragedy of the Commons, Hardin is concerned with which of the following: A) Shared resources. B) Natural disasters. C) Overpopulation. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shared resources. 18. The field of science that focuses on the environmental effects of human activities is called? A) Environmental Science. B) Physics. C) Ecology. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental Science. 19. A company is likely to mine a site if the site.....? A) Is rich in minerals. B) Does not contain gangue minerals. C) Contains gold. D) Contains minerals that can be economically extracted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contains minerals that can be economically extracted. 20. Which is the correct order of trophic levels in a food chain? A) Plants - primary consumers - tertiary consumers - secondary consumers. B) Plants - decomposers - secondary consumers - tertiary consumers. C) Plants - primary consumers - secondary consumers - tertiary consumers. D) Plants - tertiary consumers - secondary consumers - primary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants - primary consumers - secondary consumers - tertiary consumers. 21. Claire wants to present scientific information on climate change. Which group should Claire approach? A) EPA. B) IPCC. C) SERI/NREL. D) NOAA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IPCC. 22. A modern day example of the "tragedy of the commons" would be: A) Strip-mining in a national park or national forest. B) Use of herbicides and pesticides by industrial agriculture in California. C) Acid precipitation falling throughout the northeastern United States. D) Grazing sheep in private park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acid precipitation falling throughout the northeastern United States. 23. What displays trends of data or data in motion? A) Tables. B) Verbal expression. C) Baby animal pictures. D) Graphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graphs. 24. What Act describes rules of handling toxic and hazardous waste? A) Safe Drinking Water Act. B) Clean Air Act. C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 25. 1-9.3 What is the definition of "Greenhouse Effect?" A) Gases that increase Earth's temperature. B) When the gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the Sun and keep the planet warm. C) The pattern of weather that occurs over time. D) When our climate changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the Sun and keep the planet warm. 26. Why should we remove an invasive species? A) They won't be able to survive in a new environment. B) They will eat native species and cause other species to decrease. C) We should not remove them and let nature be. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will eat native species and cause other species to decrease. 27. Magma that cools deep underground produces A) Intrusive igneous rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Extrusive igneous rock. D) Metamorphic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrusive igneous rock. 28. Which pollutant is most likely to be released into groundwater supplies without human intervention? A) Phosphates. B) Arsenic. C) Mercury. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arsenic. 29. Farming supports over 500 times as many people as A) Industry. B) Searching and moving. C) Raising cows. D) Hunting and gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hunting and gathering. 30. Sustainability is defined as A) Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation. B) Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time. C) Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely. D) Not consuming any resources at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely. ← 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