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Environmental Systems Final Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 7hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When we did the jelly bean lab, what was the main characteristic which we classified the jelly beans by?
a)
Amount
b)
Color
c)
None of these
d)
Size
2.
Define the following:  The quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and supporting long-term ecologic balance.
a)
Environment
b)
Economy
c)
Carbon footprint
d)
Sustainability
3.
Which of the following makes it difficult to reduce population growth?
a)
Population sizes will not decline until some people start having to do without food and other necessities of life.
b)
Many people have low literacy and limited access to healthcare.
c)
Many people live in cities, where large families are an advantage.
d)
High literacy rates result in women wanting to have more children.
4.
Which of the following is NOT true?
a)
Humans can not affect the carrying capacity for organisms in an ecosystem.
b)
The carrying capacity affects everything that lives in the ecosystem.
c)
Carrying capacity can be defined as the number of living things (plants and animals) any area of land or water can support at any one time.
d)
Different organisms will have different carrying capacities in the same area.
5.
Which of the following do we get from biodiversity?
a)
Medicine
b)
Food
c)
Oxygen
d)
We get all of these things from biodiversity
6.
Where are most of Earth's active volcanoes located?
a)
in southern Texas
b)
in Antarctica
c)
around the Pacific Rim, in the Pacific Ring of Fire
d)
in East Africa
7.
Define the following:  a process in which the materials of Earth’s surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
igneous
8.
The water that was around many hundreds of years ago
a)
is about halfway gone
b)
is gone, and has been gone for a long time
c)
would be really dirty if it were still around
d)
is the same water we use today
9.

Define the following: all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.

a)

the geosphere

b)

the hydrosphere

c)

the lithosphere

d)

the atmosphere

10.
Where does literally everything get it's energy from?
a)
the sun
b)
the moon
c)
bacteria
d)
consumers
11.
Define the following:  an organism that gets their energy by eating other organisms
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
producer
d)
decomposer
12.
A _______________ is a linear sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism. 
a)
food web
b)
trophic level
c)
food chain
d)
energy pyramid
13.
________ only eat plants
a)
carnivores
b)
herbivores
c)
omnivores
d)
humans
14.
________ only eat meat
a)
carnivores
b)
herbivores
c)
omnivores
d)
humans
15.
________ eat plants and meat
a)
carnivores
b)
herbivores
c)
omnivores
d)
humans
16.
Define the following:  tourism directed towards exotic, natural environments, to support conservation efforts
a)
mass recreational tourism
b)
ecotourism
c)
all inclusive resorts
d)
swimming with dolphins
17.

Why do demographers expect our population to stabilize somewhere around 9-11 billion by 2300?

a)

birth rates have begun to fall in developed countries

b)

many countries are becoming more developed

c)

people in developed countries want to have less kids

d)

all of these are correct

18.
Which of the following is not an example of climate change evidence, according to NASA?
a)
global temperature rise
b)
glacial retreat
c)
ocean acidification
d)
increased snow cover
19.
Which is an example of condensation?
a)
During a hurricane, 10 cm of rain falls in an hour
b)
20 cm of snow falls on December 12th
c)
On a hot day, water on the sidewalk quickly disappears
d)
Droplets of water appear on the outside of your glass of sweet iced tea
20.
_______________ are important in the food chain because they break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients to the soil.
a)
decomposers
b)
consumers
c)
producers
d)
apex predators
21.

Because of very small variations in Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives, throughout history we can see

a)

that the climate has constantly changed over time, but has never changed as quickly as it is changing today.

b)

the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

c)

that the climate has never changed naturally.

d)

none of these options are correct

22.
An example of an abiotic factor is 
a)
temperature.
b)
an insect.
c)
a tree.
d)
a fish.
23.

The ______________of the Earth is solid because it is under tremendous pressure.

a)

inner core

b)

crust

c)

outer core

d)

mantle

24.

Which correctly has each of the following layers in order from furthest from the Earth to closest from the Earth?

a)

thermosphere, exosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

b)

stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

c)

exospere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

d)

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

25.
Define the following:  an organism that makes food from sunlight through photosynthesis
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
26.

If there is less energy available (producers), then primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers’ population sizes will _________.

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

none of these are correct

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