Worksheets2016 Fall Semester Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What Texas ecoregion has mountains and valleys. Has little water and vegetation and wind is the most destructive weathering and erosive force.
a)
Blackland Prairie
b)
Llano Uplift
c)
Piney Woods
d)
Trans-Pecos
2.
Water is a common yet vital substance. Which statement supports this fact.
a)
Water is a good solvent.
b)
Humans need water to live.
c)
Water is renewable.
d)
Water quality is its turbidity.
3.
What is the purpose of digging a channel or damming a river?
a)
to change the pH of the water
b)
to change the water temperature
c)
to accelerate the river flow
d)
to alter the flow of the river
4.
Overgrazing causes grasslands to change into brushland. If plants decrease in an area, what will increase?
a)
deposition of sand
b)
erosion of soil
c)
exfoliation
d)
weathering of rock
5.
What type of force causes exfoliation?
a)
depostion
b)
erosion by ice
c)
erosion by water
d)
weathering
6.
Rain falls on both soil that is bare and on soil covered in vegetation. What conclusion can you make?
a)
Very little erosion occurs on bare soil
b)
Large amounts of water are absorbed in bare soil
c)
Very little erosion occurs on soil covered in vegetation
d)
Very little water is absorbed in soil covered in vegetation
7.
What force is responsible for the erosion and deposition that happens in landslides, rockfalls, mudslides?
a)
ice
b)
wind
c)
gravity
d)
temperature
8.
Decaying plants put acid into soil. How will this affect rocks in the soil?
a)
Increase physical weathering
b)
Decrease physical weathering
c)
Increase chemical weathering
d)
Decrease chemical weathering
9.
Which is created by deposition?
a)
Decreasing shoreline
b)
Mountain shrinkage
c)
Retreating glacier
d)
Sandbar formation
10.
The movement of soil from one place to another.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
discharge
d)
weathering
11.
River processes have a great impact on land surfaces. Which of the following carries the greatest amount of water?
a)
river
b)
stream
c)
tributary
d)
river system
12.
What results from abrasion of a rock?
a)
change in size
b)
deposition of sediment
c)
change in color
d)
movement to a new location
13.
Which rock layer is best for long term storage?
a)
Layer 1 High Porosity, High Permeability
b)
Layer 2 Low Porosity, High Permeability
c)
Layer 3 High Porosity, Low Permeability
d)
Layer 4 Low Porosity, Low Permeability
14.
Which layer would be recharged faster than others?
a)
Layer 1 High Porosity, High Permeability
b)
Layer 2 Low Porosity, High Permeability
c)
Layer 3 High Porosity, Low Permeability
d)
Layer 4 Low Porosity, Low Permeability
15.
Which of the following river processes is ordered from smallest to largest?
a)
tributaries, rivers, river systems
b)
tributaries, river systems, rivers
c)
rivers, tributaries, river systems
d)
river systems, tributaries, rivers
16.
If groundwater is pumped out for drinking water, what must happen for the water table to remain unchanged?
a)
The rate of discharge must equal the rate of recharge
b)
the rate of discharge must be less than the rate of recharge
c)
the rate of discharge must be greater than the rate of recharge
d)
the rate of discharge must fluctuate less than the rate of recharge
17.
Which of the following might result from the process of natural eutrophication?
a)
a pond becomes a meadow
b)
a rock breaks down into soil
c)
a glacier retreats to expose new land
d)
a non-native species takes resources from a native species
18.
What does biodiversity indicate about an ecosystem?
a)
the location of the ecosystem
b)
the overall size of the ecosystem
c)
the ability of the ecosystem to survive change
d)
the identity of the organisms that began ecological succession in the ecosystem
19.
How is secondary succession different from primary succession.
a)
Secondary succession occurs after a disturbance in an area that was previously uninhabited
b)
Secondary succession occurs after a disturbance in an area in which the soil has remained intact
c)
Secondary succession occurs over a longer period of time than primary succession
d)
Secondary succession occurs when animals are introduced to an area that had only plants
20.
Which statement best describes ecosystems?
a)
They can never change once they are established.
b)
They constantly change in different ways over time.
c)
Ecosystems always revert back to their original state.
d)
Each ecosystem can exist for only a specific length of time.
21.
Which ecosystem most likely has the greatest diversity and therefore the highest sustainability?
a)
a tank that includes several goldfish
b)
a tundra region that has many penguins
c)
a pine tree in which three groups of birds live
d)
a rain forest that has many different types of plants and animals
22.
A sample of water from a puddle in a schoolyard shows a variety of organisms. What is true of the organisms in this puddle?
a)
They are all small
b)
They are all mammals
c)
They are all the same shape
d)
They are all the same species
23.
In general, a stream with a lower temperature and more neutral pH tends to be healthier. Based these criteria which watershed contains healthier stream?
a)
Watershed 1 (pH 5.4 and temperature 12 degrees C)
b)
Watershed 2 (pH 7.0 and temperature 3 degrees C)
c)
Both streams are equally healthy
d)
There is not enough data provided to answer the question.
24.
Which adaptation would best help a lily pad survive in the moving water of a stream?
a)
long roots
b)
large leaves
c)
sweet scent
d)
white flowers
25.
How do rivers and streams differ from lakes and ponds?
a)
Rivers and streams are made up of salt water instead of fresh water.
b)
Unlike the water in lakes and ponds, the water in rivers and streams flows.
c)
Fish can live in rivers and streams, whereas plants grow in lakes and ponds.
d)
Lakes and ponds form only after heavy rains, whereas rivers and streams always exist.
26.
Where are tropical rain forests located on Earth?
a)
Near or on the Equator
b)
In North America
c)
Near Antarctica
d)
In the arctic
27.
In a meadow food chain:
plant→beetle→toad→snake→owl
Which organism is the primary consumer?
plant→beetle→toad→snake→owl
Which organism is the primary consumer?
a)
owl
b)
toad
c)
beetle
d)
plant
28.
What happens to most of the energy an organism takes in?
a)
it is used for life processes
b)
it is lost to the environment as heat
c)
it is stored in the organism's body
d)
it is transferred to other organisms
29.
How can you tell that work has been done on an object?
a)
the object exerts an equal and opposite force
b)
the object stays in the same position
c)
the object moves position
d)
the object has experienced a force
30.
What is a major reason why scientists classify organisms?
a)
to help them understand biodiversity
b)
to prove the differences between organisms
c)
to describe why plants and animals are different
d)
to give them unusual names
31.
There are many advantages to high biodiversity. Which advantage do HUMANS depend on most to maintain the health of our living spaces?
a)
high biodiversity allows natural selection to occur
b)
high biodiversity decreases chances of survival in a species
c)
high biodiversity contributes to genetic diversity in a species
d)
high biodiversity maintains nutrient cycles and air and water quality
32.
Which of these scenarios in an example of natural selection?
a)
Farmers crossbreed two types of cows to produce a cow with high quality beef and can tolerate hot climate
b)
Dogs of the same breed and having a desirable coat color are bred with one another to produce more puppies that color
c)
Giraffes with longer necks survive a dry season by eating leaves from the tops of trees. Those giraffes breed more successfully that year
d)
People capture yellow fish from a pond and breed only the most attractive individuals. This eventually results in fancy pet goldfish
33.
In a field with light colored mice and dark colored mice, a family of hawks move in. The hawks begin eating the light colored mice first, leaving a larger portion of the dark colored mice. Which of the following terms best describes this?
a)
variation
b)
natural selection
c)
overproduction
d)
selective breeding
34.
How does variation help us understand that salamanders are the same species even though they look slightly different?
a)
variation explains why some organisms survive while others do not
b)
variation describes a range of physical traits among members of a species
c)
variation describes a group of organisms that live together in the same area
d)
variation explains the process by which populations gradually change over time
35.
A science class is studying seeds. They measure length, height, and mass of different types of seeds. Which of these items should they use to RECORD their measurements?
a)
camera
b)
drawing
c)
graph
d)
data table
36.
For many years scientists though stress caused stomach ulcers. In the 1980s scientists found most ulcers were caused by bacteria. What most likely helped convince people of the new claim?
a)
The scientists wrote lengthy manuscripts
b)
The scientists wrote passionate arguments
c)
the scientists created a new hypothesis
d)
the scientists recorded verifiable data
37.
Why is scientific information particularly important for major societal decisions?
a)
because the world is so complex that it cannot be understood by everyone
b)
because scientific research is based on observation and reproducible results
c)
because scientists are smarter than most other people
d)
because non-scientific information is unreliable and cannot be trusted
38.
How do pioneer species make ecological succession possible on an island following a volcanic eruption?
a)
they use chemicals to produce food
b)
they establish homes in which animals live
c)
they break down rock into soil in which plants can grow
d)
they adjust the climate by altering the average temperature in a region
39.
What are two processes that result in rocks being broken down into smaller pieces?
a)
sedimentation and glacial melting
b)
chemical weathering and physical weathering
c)
chemical weathering and dissolving
d)
physical weathering and precipitation
40.
When and where will rainfall cause the least weathering?
a)
Miami in March
b)
Miami in January
c)
Gainesville in June
d)
Gainesville in October
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