This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A passive solar house in the Southern Hemisphere will face A) North. B) South. C) East. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North. 2. Created by a divergent boundary. A) Rocky Mountains. B) Mariana's Trench. C) Mid Atlantic ridge. D) Hawaiian Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid Atlantic ridge. 3. Nitrogen fixation can be accomplished naturally either by a lightning strike or by A) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. B) Denitrifying bacteria. C) The Haber-Bosch process. D) Burning fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. 4. Which is NOT an example of renewable energy? A) Wind turbines. B) Solar panels. C) Natural Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural Gas. 5. A list of the steps anyone could follow to conduct an experiment. A) Obervations. B) Question /problem. C) Materials. D) Procedures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Procedures. 6. Match the Definition: A term used by scientists to describe the role a species plays in an ecosystem. It is an organism's occupation. A) Habitat. B) Niche. C) Threatened species. D) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 7. What makes a species invasive? A) Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives. B) Not having papers. C) Species that can't adapt. D) Plants that take up too much space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives. 8. Logging operations used to use a technique called clear-cutting, in which all of the trees in an area are cut down. This process will most likely lead to which type of water pollution? A) Toxic. B) Sediment. C) Nutrient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sediment. 9. If one part of Eco-System is damaged, what happens? a) b) c) d) A) All of these. B) It has an impact on everything else in the eco-system. C) It completely destroys the eco-system. D) It doesn't have any impact on the Eco-system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has an impact on everything else in the eco-system. 10. An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants. A) Omnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Carnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivore. 11. Substances that contaminate the environment and can harm people are ..... A) Siblings. B) Dirt. C) Pollutants. D) Germs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollutants. 12. Which is a non renewable resource? A) Water. B) Wind. C) Coal. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 13. The area of water that is drained by a river is known as a A) Flood plain. B) Delta. C) Surface water. D) Watershed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watershed. 14. What is a well-tested hypothesis that explains many scientific observations? A) Law. B) Principle. C) Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 15. The most common population distribution in nature is: A) Clumped. B) Organized. C) Uniform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clumped. 16. An example of a biofuel is A) Gasoline. B) Oil. C) Animal waste. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animal waste. 17. What big Effect did The Industrial Revolution have on the environment A) It used up a lot of natural resources leaving fewer resources for animals. B) Caused a large population boost of piggin habitats and homes. C) Stoped the need for factory. D) It started using coal, fossil fuels, and water sources as power, whichcauses pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It started using coal, fossil fuels, and water sources as power, whichcauses pollution. 18. The ethical belief that the ecosystem is more important than human needs is known as A) Anthropocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Envirocentrism. D) Humancentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecocentrism. 19. ..... are materials and energy resources found in nature that humans need to survive. A) Natural resources. B) Nonrenewable resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Predictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resources. 20. What type of country is most likely to have a stable population? A) Developed. B) Developing. C) Least Developed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnvironment 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books