This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 67 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Uses sun's energy and a semiconductor to produce a very small amount of electrical energy A) Photovoltaic cell. B) Fuel cell. C) Passive solar heating. D) Active solar heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photovoltaic cell. 2. Consumers A) Organism the break down dead organism. B) Organisms that make their own food. C) Organisms that get their food by eating other organism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organisms that get their food by eating other organism. 3. What does symbiosis mean? A) A.living separately, no relationship between 2 species. B) A.living together, close relationship between 2 species. C) A.Living separately, long distance relationship between 2 species. D) When one species kills and eats another. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A.living together, close relationship between 2 species. 4. Collection of data in the form of numbers. A) Statistics. B) Models. C) Correlations. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statistics. 5. Which of the following describes a population that is distributed evenly across an area? A) Random. B) Uniform. C) Clumped. D) Crowded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uniform. 6. Oil, coal and gas A) Are renewable. B) Are called biomass. C) Can be recycled. D) Are non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are non-renewable. 7. Groundwater is primarily used for A) Industrial uses. B) Irrigation. C) Personal uses. D) Drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irrigation. 8. Made up of the solid outer layer of the Earth A) Biosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 9. The Earth's crust consists of two types the lighter continental crust and the heavier ..... located under the ocean. A) Hydro-crust. B) Hydrolic crust. C) Oceanic crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceanic crust. 10. Primary ..... convert solar or chemical energy into energy stored in the bonds of organic sugars. A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Detritivores. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 11. What percent of water on Earth is fresh, drinkable, and easily accessible? A) 25%. B) 20%. C) 5%. D) <1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) <1%. 12. 2-1.3 Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Tropical rainforest. D) Pine forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical rainforest. 13. Made up of all the water on Earth A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 14. Uses low pressure and warm water to boil cold water A) Ocean thermal energy conversion. B) Fuel cell. C) Photovotaic cell. D) Active solar heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean thermal energy conversion. 15. What is the name of the Georgia State insect. A) Wasp. B) Lady Bug. C) Honey Bee. D) Dragon fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Honey Bee. 16. Density independent factors are all of the following except ..... A) Population size matters. B) All members are affected in a uniform manner. C) Pollution. D) More common in unpredicable environments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population size matters. 17. The "Tragedy of the commons" describes the problem between A) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. B) Farmers & industrialized society. C) Poor people & rich people. D) People & animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth. 18. Excessive nutrient growth in an aquatic ecosystem can be accelerated by A) Air pollution. B) Runoff. C) Salt. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runoff. 19. A student hypothesized that robins prefer large birdhouses to small ones. He build four birdhouses of different sizes to test his hypothesis. What was the independent variable in the students study? A) The size of the birdhouse. B) The number of birds in the house. C) The location of the birdhouse. D) The season of the year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The size of the birdhouse. 20. When constructing a new building, which of the following measures would have little impact on increasing the environmental sustainability of the building site? A) Waste compost site. B) Recyclables all in one area. C) Installing solar panels. D) Air conditioning. 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