Home

S-SCEN001TP BSA34 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2nd Sem ( 2022-2023 )

End of quiz
You are at the end; press Finished to complete and grade the quiz.
You can review your answers below and click Edit if you want to change any.

Finished

Question 1
Organisms belonging to different species are capable of producing fertile offspring

Response: False

Question 2
Which of the following ecological pyramids is inverted in aquatic ecosystem?

Response: biomass

Question 3
Food chain is the passage of energy from one trophic level to the next resulting from one organism consuming another.

Response: True
Question 4
Herbivores constitute the first trophic level.

Response: False

Question 5
The competition happening among members of the same species is called _____

Response: intraspecific competition

Question 6
In the second law of Thermodynamics, energy is converted into heat.

Response: True

Question 7
_____ is the kind of symbiotic relationship involve both species benefiting from the interaction.

Response: mutualism

Question 8
"intergenerational responsibility,” is also known as the “Factoran Doctrine,

Response: False

Question 9
Lion is a concrete example

Response: organism

Question 10
_____ returns organic material to inorganic material where it completes the recycling of atoms.

Response: Decomposer

Question 11
Predators are always bigger than their prey

Response: False

Question 12
In mutualism both organisms benefit in association

Response: True

Question 13
The following are examples of consumers except:

Response: algae
Question 14
Phytoplanktons use the solar energy to carry on photosynthesis.

Response: True

Question 15
Ecocentric view states that all forms of life have an inherent right to exist.

Response: False

Question 16
The environment is everything that affects an organism during its lifetime.

Response: True

Question 17
_____ refers to total dry weight of organisms

Response: biomass

Question 18
Only producers are capable of trapping solar energy through photosynthesis, thereby making the energy available to the ecosystems.

Response: True

Question 19
In nearly all ecosystems, energy is supplied by the _____.

Response: sun

Question 20
The preservation ethics is based on individualism or egocentrism

Response: False

Question 21
Relationship which exist between dogs and fleas

Response: parasitism

Question 22
Below are examples of important ecological processes involving interactions of matter and energy except:

Response: habitat

Question 23
A food web is not an interlocking food chains.

Response: False
Question 24
Daily and seasonal changes are the products of temperature changes influenced by the intensity and duration of sunlight in an area.

Response: True

Question 25
Daily and seasonal changes are the products of temperature changes influenced by the intensity and duration of sunlight in an area.

Response: True

Question 26
About 70% of the useful energy is lost with each transfer to the next higher trophic level.

Response: False

Question 27
Match the following environmental principles with their definition.

Response: Interdependence and Interconnectedness => What one does will affect another, whether directly or indirectly.

Response: Change and Material Cycles => Materials in the environment undergo cyclic changes, passing through geologic and biological
systems.

Response: Law of Limits and Population Dynamics => An ecosystem can support only a certain number of individuals at a given time.

Response: Diversity and Stability => The more diversity among life forms and ecosystems are, the more resilient and stable the
environment will be.

Response: Balance of Nature and Stewardship => Nature has its own laws and processes to maintain itself, and therefore going against
what Nature prescribes will have undesirable consequences.

Response: Finiteness of Resources => Most resources are nonrenewable, vulnerable to depletion and degradation unless it is used
prudently and wisely

Question 28
The relationship between organisms where one organism benefits while the other is unaffected, it is called _____

Response: commensalism

Question 29
A _____ refers to populations of different plants and animals living and interacting in an area at a particular time

Response: community

Question 30
Identify the relevant environmental attitudes and/or behavior based on the statements.

Response: Everyone reasons that, “If I do not use this resource, someone else will” or “a small amount used or pollute is not enough to
matter, anyway, it’s a renewable resource”. => Tragedy of commons

Response: A degraded environment creates less opportunities, so poor people become more vulnerable in the process. => Maslow's
heirarchy of needs

Response: It emphasizes caution, pausing and reviewing before leaping into new innovations that may prove disastrous. => Precautionary
principle
Response: “If anyone intentionally spoils the water of another…let him not only pay for damages, but purify the stream or cistern which
contains the water.” => Polluter-Pays Principle

Response: “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” =>
Intergenerational Equity

Response: Legal instrument in the form of a court order commanding a dilatory organization or individual, in this particular case, several
government agencies, to perform its legal duties and obligations, or be penalized for contempt of court. => Writ of Mandamus

Question 31
Categorize the hierarchy of ecological structures.

Response: It occupies the planet’s surface, confined in a closed system that is self-regulating. => Biosphere

Response: A distinct biological community of organisms with common characteristics in an environment with a shared climatic condition
covering a wide geographical area. => Biome

Response: The community of organisms and populations interacting with one another and with the chemical and physical factors making
up their environment => Ecosystem

Response: Populations of different plants and animals living and interacting in an area at a particular time => Community

Response: Group of organisms of the same species living within a particular area => Population

Response: Any form of life which includes plants and animals. => Organism

Question 32
Carrying capacity is the maximum number of users of a resource without creating adverse environmental impacts

Response: True

Question 33
The two components of environment are biotic and abiotic factors.

Response: True

Question 34
“Nature Knows Best” is an affirmation that Nature has its own laws and processes to maintain itself, and therefore going against what
Nature prescribes will have undesirable consequences

Response: True

Question 35
_____ level refers to the steps in the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

Response: trophic

Question 36
A school of milkfish is a concrete example

Response: population

Question 37
A parasite lives in or another organism and gets food from its host.
Response: True

Question 38
_____ exclusion principle, which states that “no two species can occupy the same ecological niche in the same place at the same time.”

Response: competitive

Question 39
Categorize the hierarchy of ecological structures.

Response: It occupies the planet’s surface, confined in a closed system that is self-regulating. => Biosphere

Response: A distinct biological community of organisms with common characteristics in an environment with a shared climatic condition
covering a wide geographical area. => Biome

Response: The community of organisms and populations interacting with one another and with the chemical and physical factors making
up their environment => Ecosystem

Response: Populations of different plants and animals living and interacting in an area at a particular time => Community

Response: Group of organisms of the same species living within a particular area => Population

Response: Any form of life which includes plants and animals. => Organism

Question 40
An ecosystem is simply a combination of communities and its physical environment.

Response: True

Question 41
What is the study of the interactions between humans, other organisms, and their surroundings and how these interactions affect their
surroundings?

Response: Environmental Science

Question 42
For plants, the sun directly provides the energy in order to sustain themselves.

Response: True

Question 43
The passage of energy from one trophic level to the next resulting from one organism consuming another is a food _____

Response: chain

Question 44
All the options comprise the several broad yet interrelated categories of abiotic factors except:

Response: interspecific competition

Question 45
_____ competition occurs between organisms of different species
Response: interspecific

Question 46
Categorize the given biotic factors:

Response: Aegagropila linnaei => Producer

Response: Ipomoea aquatica => Producer

Response: Rabindranath Tagore => Consumer

Response: Rhizopus stolonifer => Decomposer

Response: Streptomyces => Decomposer

Question 47
The following are examples of herbivores except:

Response: bacteria

Question 48
_____ is the kind of symbiotic relationship involve both species benefiting from the interaction.

Response: mutualism

Question 49
_____ is the weight of the living material in a trophic level

Response: biomass

Question 50
Morals reflect the predominant mindset of a society about ethical issues at a distinct time period

Response: True

Question 51
The niche of of an organism is the functional role it has in its surroundings.

Response: True

Question 52
Identify the primary theories of moral responsibility regarding the environment based on their definition.

Response: Maintains that the environment deserves direct moral consideration and not one that is merely derived from human and animal
interests. => Ecocentrism

Response: comes with a view that all living things have moral consideration => Biocentrism

Response: Revolves around environmental responsibility derived from human interest alone. => Anthropocentrism

Question 53
Carnivores that eat carnivores are the fourth trophic level.
Response: True

Question 54
Environmental justice is also interchangeably referred to as “environmental equity".

Response: True

Question 55
An ecosystem is a stable and self-regulating unit.

Response: True

Question 56
Grasses, tress and algae are examples of _____

Response: producers

Question 57
The climate reflects the prevailing weather patterns in an area covering a certain duration of time is an ecological process involving solar
energy interacting with matter that makes up the Earth

Response: True

Question 58
It is always easy to tell whether a relationship is a predator-prey relationship or a host-parasite relationship.

Response: False

Question 59
Which among the ecological pyramids is always in upright position or appear as typical pyramid?

Response: energy

Question 60
The environment is everything that affects an organism during its lifetime.

Response: True

Question 61
All the options comprise the several broad yet interrelated categories of abiotic factors except:

Response: interspecific competition

Question 62
Even the simplest food webs are complex.

Response: True

Question 63
An ecosystem occupies an important hierarchy in the level of organization in nature.

Response: True

Question 64
It is always easy to tell whether a relationship is a predator-prey relationship or a host-parasite relationship.

Response: False

Question 65
The relationship between organisms where one organism benefits while the other is unaffected, it is called _____

Response: commensalism

Question 66
Below are examples of important ecological processes involving interactions of matter and energy except:

Response: habitat

Question 67
For plants, the sun directly provides the energy in order to sustain themselves.

Response: True

Question 68
The climate reflects the prevailing weather patterns in an area covering a certain duration of time is an ecological process involving solar
energy interacting with matter that makes up the Earth

Response: True

Question 69
The word ethics usually refers to the conditions around which affects people and other organisms

Response: False

Question 70
_____ refers to relationship between organisms where one organism benefits while the other is unaffected

Response: commensalism