This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Environment > General > Environmental Science – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Science Quiz 75 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which ecosystems are considered standing freshwater ecosystems? A) Lakes. B) Wetlands. C) Ponds. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. Which correctly states the flow of energy in a food chain? A) Sun--deer--grass--coyote. B) Deer--grass--sun--coyote. C) Sun--grass--deer--coyote. D) Sun--grass--coyote--deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun--grass--deer--coyote. 3. Match The Definition: Activities that prevent the amount of pollution made by people. It can be done through consumer consumption, driving, or industrial production. A) Pollution prevention. B) Hybrid vehicle. C) Nonpoint source. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollution prevention. 4. What is the source of the energy that drives air movement in the troposphere and influences weather and climate? A) Ocean. B) Volcanoes. C) Ozone layer. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 5. The place where an organism lives is called..... A) Natural environment. B) Habitat. C) Built environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 6. Which of the following did not happen as a result of the Industrial Revolution? A) The world's population decreased. B) The world's population increased. C) More goods and services became available. D) Pollution increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The world's population decreased. 7. The Hetch Hetchy dam construction was one of the first debates between the anthropocentrist and ecocentrist environmental philosophies. What decision was eventually made regarding the dam? A) A dam was built in another location that was not a National Park. B) The dam was built in the Hetch Hetchy valley. C) A dam was constructed, then later removed. D) No dam was constructed; San Francisco had to find another source of fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dam was built in the Hetch Hetchy valley. 8. A particular sub-species is known as the 'Western Lowland' and is found in central Africa. Unfortunately critically endangered. Their scientific name is unique as it is the same word thrice (trinomial nomenclature). What is the scientific name of this sub-species. A) Gorilla gorilla gorilla. B) Ape ape ape. C) Monkey monkey monkey. D) Gorilla gorilla gorilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gorilla gorilla gorilla. 9. Made up of the living things on the Earth A) Biosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 10. ..... Is the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, and other purposes A) Ecology. B) Environmental science. C) Agriculture. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. 11. What is a social movement or awareness dedicated to protecting the natural world? A) Environmental Science. B) Environment. C) Environmental ethics. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmentalism. 12. Restricts pollution into rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds A) Safe Drinking Water Act. B) Clean Water Act. C) Clean Air Act. D) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clean Water Act. 13. A rabbit that eats a plant is a..... A) Second order consumer. B) Herbivore. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivore. 14. All the organisms in a given area along with their physical environment is a(n) ..... A) Biosphere. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 15. The ability to self-correct and improve. A) Biocentrism. B) Ecocentrism. C) Anthropocentrism. D) Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthropocentrism. 16. Which of the following is NOT a type of consequence to consider when making an environmental decision? A) Short term positive. B) Long term negative. C) Long term positive. D) Distance future negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance future negative. 17. Relationship in which individuals or populations attempt to use the same resource A) Predation. B) Parasitism. C) Competition. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 18. ..... science is the interdisciplinary field that includes both scientific and social aspects of human impact on the world A) Earth. B) Environmental. C) Biological. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental. 19. A symbiotic relationship that involves species having to fight for something they both need or want A) Competition. B) Predation. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competition. 20. A theory may eventually become a ..... A) Hypothesis. B) Principle. C) Question. D) None of above. 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