WorksheetsVersion BENVS PreTest
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 8hrs 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following organisms are producers?
a)
consumers and phytoplankton
b)
plants and consumers
c)
plants and phytoplankton
d)
phytoplankton and chlorophyll
2.
What is the Water Cycle?
a)
The water cycle is where clouds make precipitation
b)
The process of moving water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere
c)
All the water on Earth turning into precipitation
3.
What is the Carbon Cycle?
a)
The process where carbon goes through many forms and moves through the environment
b)
The process where carbon is being released
c)
The process where carbon is made
4.
What is an ecosystem?
a)
Food chains connected to each other.
b)
A community of organisms and their physical environment
c)
A system where there are things that move.
5.
The _____ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution.
a)
overhunting of large mammals
b)
shift in the use of fossil fuels
c)
improved quality of life
d)
growth of cities
6.
All of these fields of study contribute to environmental science except
a)
linguistics.
b)
biology and earth sciences
c)
social sciences
d)
physics and chemistry
7.
Which of these is not an example of a commons?
a)
Federal Parks
b)
The ocean
c)
Privately owned farms
d)
Highways
8.
Which of the following organisms are producers?
a)
consumers and phytoplankton
b)
plants and consumers
c)
plants and phytoplankton
d)
phytoplankton and chlorophyll
9.
What is an ecosystem?
a)
Food chains connected to each other.
b)
A community of organisms and their physical environment
c)
A system where there are things that move.
10.
how do decomposers get their energy?
a)
it makes its own food
b)
breaks down other organisms
c)
eating other organisms
11.
how do consumers get their energy?
a)
eating other organisms
b)
breaking down dead organisms
c)
makes its own food
12.
Human activities alter the water cycle by...
a)
Withdrawing large amounts of freshwater
b)
Clearing vegetation and eroding soils
c)
Polluting surface and underground water
d)
All of the choices
13.
Which of this is considered to be part of the environment?
a)
Deer
b)
Grass
c)
Water
d)
All of these
14.
Human activities alter the water cycle by...
a)
Withdrawing large amounts of freshwater
b)
Clearing vegetation and eroding soils
c)
Polluting surface and underground water
d)
All of the choices
15.
Resources that can theoretically last forever are called
a)
Renewable resources
b)
Nonrenewable resources
c)
The Tragedy of the Commons
d)
Ecological footprint
16.
The term "terrestrial" means
a)
land.
b)
water.
17.
The term "aquatic" means
a)
land.
b)
water.
18.
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
19.
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
20.
a)
tundra
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
desert
d)
grassland
21.
a)
savanna
b)
temperate deciduous forest
c)
taiga/coniferous forest
22.
The permanently frozen soil below the arctic tundra.
a)
porafrost
b)
permafrost
c)
perlafrost
d)
polarfrost
23.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
24.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
25.
If a frog is the prey, what could be the predator?
a)
Grass
b)
Insect
c)
Snake
d)
Snail
26.
What does a Primary Consumer eat?
a)
Tertiary Consumers
b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Producers
27.
An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...
a)
scavenger
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
carnivore
28.
A third-level consumer has to be which type?
a)
Carnivore.
b)
Decomposer.
c)
Producer.
d)
Herbivore.
29.
In a food web, arrows point at:
a)
who gets energy.
b)
who gets eaten.
30.
Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are examples of:
a)
scavengers
b)
predators
c)
prey
d)
decomposers
31.
What is missing from this food chain?
Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Snake
Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Snake
a)
Producer
b)
Primary Consumer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Decomposer
32.
__________ is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals for energy.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Darnivore
c)
Carnivore
d)
Herbiovre
33.
Which level will contain plants?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
34.
Which level has the most energy available?
a)
producer
b)
primary consumer
c)
secondary consumer
d)
tertiary consumer
35.
An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
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