This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which main layer of Earth's atmosphere does most weather occur? A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 2. A group of individuals that interbreed and produce fertile offspring is a common definition for A) Ecology. B) Species. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 3. 3-3.4 What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems? A) Carbohydrates. B) Sunlight. C) Water. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 4. Sprawl affects which of the following? A) Pollution. B) Public health. C) Economics. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 5. Bees pollinate the fruit trees and get nectar and pollen to feed their young, this is an example of A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 6. Select the best definition for the term biodiversity. A) Able to decompose or break down naturally. B) The variety of organisms in an area. C) Organic. D) A native species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The variety of organisms in an area. 7. Longshore and rip currents are examples of A) Local surface currents. B) Melt water currents. C) Mid-level currents. D) Deepwater currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local surface currents. 8. The negative particles in an atom. A) Elements. B) Electrons. C) Protons. D) Neutrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrons. 9. Which of the following pH measurements of rainwater would indicate acid precipitation? A) PH 6.0. B) PH 4.1. C) PH 7.3. D) PH 9.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PH 4.1. 10. A(n) ..... lake has a large amount of plant growth due to nutrients. A) Salty. B) Nutrient. C) Mineral. D) Eutrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eutrophic. 11. What does "geo-" mean? A) Earth. B) Sun. C) Center. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 12. What type of symbiosis?* Gall Insects lays their eggs in the leaves or branches of Oak trees causing a lump to form.* Oak trees provide shelter and food to the insect larvae, but are not harmed. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commensalism. 13. Water beneath the Earth's surface in sediment and rock formations is known as A) Seawater. B) Groundwater. C) Fresh water. D) Potable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundwater. 14. Which of the following equations summarizes population growth? A) Immigration - emigration. B) (immigration + births) + (emigration + deaths). C) Births-deaths. D) (immigration + births) - (emigration + deaths). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (immigration + births) - (emigration + deaths). 15. The eyewash station should always be used A) When you get glass in your eye. B) When you get a chemical in your eye. C) For approximately 15 minutes after an incident. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. A population of mice lives in a barn community. A cat population has just joined the community. What will happen? A) Mouse and cat populations both go up?. B) Mouse and cat populations both go down. C) Mouse population goes down as cat population goes up. D) Mouse population goes up as cat population goes down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mouse population goes down as cat population goes up. 17. A consumer that hunts is called: A) A producer. B) An omnivore. C) A predator. D) A herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A predator. 18. ..... is a variable that depends on the conditions set up in the experiment. Scientists have no control over it. A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. C) Hypothesis. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 19. Smog is an example of ..... pollution. A) Land. B) Air. C) Water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 20. To facilitate the attainment and maintenance of rational and order balancebetween socio-economic development and environmental protection. A) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978. B) Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. C) Philippine Water Act of 2004. D) National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironmental Science Quiz 1Environmental Science Quiz 2Environmental Science Quiz 3Environmental Science Quiz 4Environmental Science Quiz 5Environmental Science Quiz 6Environmental Science Quiz 7Environmental Science Quiz 8Environmental Science Quiz 9Environmental Science Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books