Environmental Science Quiz 64 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Which has the least negative impact on wildlife habitat?

Correct Answer: D) Recreation.

2. A bear eats fish out of the river

Correct Answer: C) Predator / prey.

3. Scientists work exclusively in the .....

Correct Answer: B) Natural world.

4. All the possible feeding levels within an ecosystem make up

Correct Answer: C) A food web.

5. Where do our primary air pollutants come from?

Correct Answer: C) All of the above.

6. Which of the following is an advantage of nuclear energy?

Correct Answer: D) It does not produce air pollution.

7. Which of the following is made from the remains of swamp plants that lived millions of years ago?

Correct Answer: C) Coal.

8. Renewable resources include soil, fresh water, wild animals, and

Correct Answer: C) Timber.

9. Which of Earth's spheres encompasses all of Earth's water?

Correct Answer: A) The hydrosphere.

10. The tragedy of the commons refers to

Correct Answer: D) When humans over use the resources in an area.

11. 4 The collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items is

Correct Answer: D) Recycling.

12. An area of land that is periodically underwater

Correct Answer: C) Wetland.

13. Worldwide areas with freshwater stress in the future are predicted to

Correct Answer: B) Increase.

14. Processes that transport water from ocean to clouds

Correct Answer: A) Evaporation and condensation.

15. Which of the following is an interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed (+/-)?

Correct Answer: A) Parasitism.

16. Upstream, a river is usually cold and flows ..... through a shallow riverbed.

Correct Answer: A) Swiftly.

17. Acid rain impacts the environment in all of the following ways EXCEPT :

Correct Answer: A) Lower water temperature.

18. Matter that organisms require for their life processes are called

Correct Answer: C) Nutrients.

19. What is the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground called?

Correct Answer: C) Water Table.

20. ..... should always be thrown in the proper bin (and not in the regular trash) and it should always be cleaned up by the teacher.

Correct Answer: D) Broken glass.