Environmental Systems Final Review Fall 2023

Select 2 benefits of studying environmental science if you are interested in a career that involves dealing with the environment.

• Gives knowledge and skills on environmental problems that we face

• Offers a CEO position

• Opens up opportunities to study various field including ecology, biology.

• Provides opportunity to travel around the world

Arrange the following descriptions in order of ecological succession.

A. Small pine trees colonize the area.

B. Vascular plants such as grass appear shortly thereafter.

C. Mosses and lichens are the first pioneer species to appear in the area.

D. Glacier melts and retreats leaving only moraine behind.

• A, B, C, D

• C, B, D, A

• D, C, B, A

• B, A, C, D

True or False: Habitat destruction can reduce species diversity due to reduced reproductive success.

• True

• False

Read the scenario below and determine what type of energy transfer is taking place. During the summer, sunlight rays hit the oceans and cause the evaporation of water. The evaporation of water accumulates in clouds and eventually falls as precipitation.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Transformation

Destruction of habitat can cause a reduced genetic diversity within species. This reduced genetic diversity can cause a species to become _________________

• More common in an area

• adapted to new environments

• invincible due to lack of resources

• Extinct

Identify leaf V using the dichotomous key provided below: Leaf V: ______________________

• Robinia

• Betula

• Cercis

• Buckeye

Select all the processes involved during the water cycle.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Erosion

If producers have a total of 150,000 Joules of energy available, how much energy would you expect to find in secondary consumers?

• 15,000 Joules

• 15 Joules

• 150 Joules

• 1,500 Joules

A forest fire has completely destroyed the habitat in a national park near Houston. What type of succession would follow after the fire?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

Select 3 abiotic factors that help shape an ecosystem.

• Sunlight

• Water

• Temperature

• Plants