Environmental Science PreTest

Name an organism that is a secondary consumer on the food web? (Use spelling from the diagram).

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Name an organism that is a primary producer on the food web? (choose 1 from the diagram and spell it correctly). **Be careful not to use a decomposer by mistake

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Name a decomposer on the food web.

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Which of the following could be a primary producer in an aquatic ecosystem? Choose 2.

• oak tree

• seaweed

• phytoplankton

• Shrimp

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Name a tertiary consumer on the food web. Be sure to spell correctly.

What is missing from the food web diagram?

• Arrows pointing toward the animal doing the eating

• Arrows pointing toward the animal that is being eaten

• Producers

• Top Predator

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Which of the following puts carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? *Choose 2

• burning coal

• forest fires

• nuclear fusion

• wind power

• photosynthesis

Which of the following are nonrenewable resources? Choose 3.

• nuclear

• coal

• petroleum

• solar

• tidal

In which situation would water be considered a nonrenewable resource?

• A hydroelectric dam is built across a river to create energy.

• Groundwater is pumped out to water crops during a period of drought.

• Ocean currents are used to float wind turbines, slowing the current.

• Ocean water is made into drinking water by a desalination plant.

Which of the following could lead to increased pollution and/or runoff to enter the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem? Choose 2.

• New York state building codes change to allow dumping in rivers.

• Pennsylvania increases mining processes and allows companies to abandon underground mines near rivers.

• Virginia and Maryland enforce strict regulations on waste management.

• Florida changes to nuclear power and begins burying waste in Georgia.

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