This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > Environmental Science – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All the living and non-living things that interact in an area A) Ecosystem. B) Community. C) Natural Selection. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. 2. Birds eat the flies off of a rhino's back in the savannah A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 3. The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem A) Biodiversity. B) Ecosystem. C) Mutations. D) Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 4. Which of these factors does NOT affect population growth? A) Educating women. B) Poverty. C) Statistics. D) Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statistics. 5. What is the term scientists use to describe how reproductively successful an organism is in its environment? A) Adaptation. B) Fitness. C) Speciation. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fitness. 6. What is the most plentiful fossil fuel? A) Oil. B) Natural Gas. C) Petroleum. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 7. The probability of an unwanted outcome is ..... A) Gambling. B) Insurance. C) Risk. D) My grades. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Risk. 8. 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. 9. An example of an renewable resource would be: A) Sunlight. B) Coal. C) Iron Ore. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunlight. 10. Water that flows over land and has not been absorbed into the ground. A) Runoff. B) Surface water. C) Watershed. D) River system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff. 11. 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. 12. This describes the ratio of water vapor the air contains to the maximum amount it could have at a particular temperature. A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Relative Humidity. D) Altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relative Humidity. 13. 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) Mangrove forest. B) Dipterocarp Forest. C) Mossy Forrest. D) Pine Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dipterocarp Forest. 14. Which topic might an environmental scientist study? A) Energy resources. B) Mountains. C) Hurricanes. D) Comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy resources. 15. At sea level the troposphere has the highest A) Temperature. B) Ozone levels. C) Altitude. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pressure. 16. As water vapor rises, it enters into a colder atmosphere, causing the water to condense into liquid water and clouds are formed A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Transpiration. D) Interception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 17. All of the following are true of density dependent factors except ..... A) Death occur more quickly in a crowded population. B) Disease is an example. C) Population size determines the impact of the factor. D) Natural disasters are an example. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural disasters are an example. 18. Water move toward areas of ..... salinity. A) Higher. B) Lower. C) Diminished. D) Changing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Higher. 19. In the Tragedy of the Commons, Hardin is concerned with which of the following: A) Overpopulation. B) Biodiversity. C) Natural disasters. D) Shared resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shared resources. 20. The field of science that focuses on the environmental effects of human activities is called? A) Chemistry. B) Ecology. C) Environmental Science. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental Science. ← 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