This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 34 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which organism is most likely to be at the bottom of a forest food chain? A) Shrubs. B) Mouse. C) Mushroom. D) Insect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shrubs. 2. Which of the following is a threat to coral reefs? A) Oils spills. B) Sewage. C) Pesticides. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. Oceans affect global climate by A) Fish taking oxygen out of the atmosphere. B) Plants decaying and using up carbon dioxide. C) Storing and transferring heat. D) Breaking up water intro hydrogen and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storing and transferring heat. 4. Match the Definition: These Bees are female. They do most of the work in and out of the hive, including collecting pollen, caring for the larvae, and building the hive. They are the smallest bee and can live 5-7 weeks. A) Queen Bee. B) Drone Bees. C) Worker Bees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worker Bees. 5. What is the name of Georgia's largest monadnock? A) Lake Lanier. B) Fall line. C) Pole cat. D) Stone Mt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stone Mt. 6. This term describes the number of individuals in a population per unit of area A) Demography. B) Population density. C) Population distribution. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population density. 7. Excess nutrients cause sudden explosions of algal growth. A) Cultural eutrophication. B) Wastewater. C) Algal Blooms. D) Pathogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algal Blooms. 8. A possible explanation or solution to a problem. A) Observation. B) Hypothesis. C) Conclusion. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 9. Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.What did the Romans build as a step toward environmental management?The Romans built .....to carry water from abundant water areas to areas with high chances of drought. A) Pipes. B) Aqueducts. C) Tunnels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aqueducts. 10. Variable that stays the same during an experiment is ..... A) Hypothesis. B) Independent variable. C) Dependent variable. D) Constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constant. 11. Coal, oil and gas are examples of A) Shell Fuels. B) Bone fuels. C) Fossil fuels. D) Sea fulels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 12. A habitat is the place where an animal lives. Which animal's habitat is probably not in the desert? A) An insect. B) Lizard. C) Desert rat. D) Bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bear. 13. The number of bee visits is recorded for different types of flowers. What is the Independent variable in that statement? A) Different flower types. B) Number of bee visits. C) Bee species. D) Amount of flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different flower types. 14. Scientists once thought that the continents had formed in their current locations. Alfred Wegener first published this theory of continental drift in 1915. Which of the following provides evidence for continental drift? A) Movement of the Australian continent was observed. B) Africa and South America have the same type of climate. C) Plants and animals found in Africa differ from those found in Australia. D) Africa North America and South America fit together like puzzle pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa North America and South America fit together like puzzle pieces. 15. Which of the following is NOT a MAIN environmental problem? A) Resource Depletion. B) Pollution. C) Climate Change. D) Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poverty. 16. What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect? A) Mountains. B) Rocks. C) Tides. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tides. 17. When energy from the sun is used to heat something directly (with no moving parts), it is called..... A) Active solar heating. B) Passive solar heating. C) Photovoltaic cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive solar heating. 18. UV light and chlorine are used during the ..... process of water treatment. A) Coagulation. B) Flocculation. C) Aeration. D) Disinfection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disinfection. 19. One process used to obtain fresh water from salt water is called A) Coagulation. B) Filtration. C) Recharge. D) Desalination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desalination. 20. ..... is the efficient use of resources. A) Fossil Fuels. B) Conservation. C) Recycling. D) Natural Resources. 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