Enviro Final Review

An example of a connection between ATMOsphere and HYDROsphere is:

• rain
• rivers
• lakes
• rocks

In order to use a resource sustainably you should

• use it a a rate where it can be replenished
• use as much as you want, the people in 3rd world countries do not need it
• use it before someone else does and there is none left for you
• don't use any at all

A diagram showing the interaction of several food chains

• Food Web

• Food Chain

What happens to plastic waste?

• It is a biodegradable material so it eventually disintegrates

• It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces

• There is no such thing as plastic waste, all plastic is recycled

• It is dumped in the ocean for fish to eat

Plants and animals that break down dead plants and animals

• consumers

• producers

• carnivores

• decomposers

Which of the following is an example of a threat to the biodiversity of an ecosystem?

• Habitat loss and fragmentation

• Competition from invasive species

• Global climate change

• Human population growth and consumption

• All of these are examples of threats to an ecosystems biodiversity

What is Point-Source pollution? 

• pollution coming from a specific one site
• unsure of the places the pollution is coming from 
• Oil spills in to the ocean
• None of the above

What is deforestation?

• throwing someone out of a window
• selectively cutting trees for lumber, making sure the forest remains healthy
• allowing more animals to graze on the land than it can support
• cutting and removal of rainforest

A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living things

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

• organism

It is the study of how living things interact with each other and with the non living environment.

• Biology

• Ecology

• patterns

• Phases of the Moon