WorksheetsUnit 2 Vocabulary
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The warming of the earth's lower atmosphere (Troposphere) because of increased concentration of greenhouse gasses.
a)
Global Warming
b)
Overwarming
c)
Global cooling
d)
This is not the right answer
2.
Which gas is this?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Methane
3.
Which gas is this?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Methane
4.
Which gas is this? N2
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Methane
5.
Which gas is this?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Methane
6.
Which gas is this?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Water vapor
7.
The greenhouse gasses create the greenhouse effect which does this
a)
Keeps the earth cool
b)
Insulation
c)
Makes the skies clear
d)
Helps with tanning
8.
Which graph is this?
a)
Compositional earth layers
b)
Atmospheric composiotion
c)
Atmosphere layers
d)
Water cycle
9.
What is the name given to all the things ecosystems do that supports life on earth?
a)
Ecosystem services
b)
Cool things nature does
c)
Vital statistics
d)
Boogers, because I didn't study
10.
What are these called?
a)
Biogeochemical cycles
b)
Life cycles
c)
Milankovitch cycles
d)
Charles Darwin cycles
11.
What cycle is this?
a)
Water
b)
Oxygen
c)
Eccentricity
d)
Obliquity
12.
What cycle is this?
a)
Obliquity
b)
Precession (wobble)
c)
Eccentricity
d)
Oxygen
13.
What cycle is this?
a)
Obliquity
b)
Eccentricity
c)
Precession
d)
Planet orbit spectrum
14.
What cycle is this?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Hydrologic (water)
d)
Phosphorus
15.
What cycle is this?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Water
c)
Bicycle
d)
Hot cycle
16.
The measure of the power of the sun's rays that hit the earth is called?
a)
UV index
b)
Burn baby Burn
c)
Solar Irradiance
d)
Nuclear fallout
17.
The season that life begins to regenerate and grow again.
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Fall (Autumn)
d)
Winter
18.
The season that is hottest and is a favorite of students because there is no school.
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Fall (Autumn)
d)
Winter
19.
The season where trees loose their leaves and we start cooling off.
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Fall (Autumn)
d)
Winter
20.
The season that is coldest.
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Fall (Autumn)
d)
Winter
21.
During eccentricity the point at which the earth is farthest from the sun is?
a)
Perihelion
b)
Aphelion
c)
Vernal equinox
d)
Autumn equnox
22.
During eccentricity the point at which the earth is closest to the sun is?
a)
Perihelion
b)
Aphelion
c)
Vernal equinox
d)
Autumn equnox
23.
Why the earth does not sit up straight is called?
a)
Lean to effect
b)
Axial tilt
c)
Side wobble
d)
Too cool to sit up straight
24.
The day with the most hours of sunlight and least hours of darkness is the.
a)
Winter solstice
b)
Summer solstice
c)
Spring equinox
d)
Autumn equinox
25.
The day with the most hours of night and least hours of sun is the.
a)
Winter solstice
b)
Summer solstice
c)
Spring equinox
d)
Autumn equinox
26.
The day in fall with exactly 12 hours day and 12 hours night.
a)
Winter solstice
b)
Summer solstice
c)
Spring equinox
d)
Autumn equinox
27.
The day in spring with equal hours of day and night.
a)
Winter solstice
b)
Summer solstice
c)
Spring equinox
d)
Autumn equinox
28.
Global warming/ Global climate change/ Climate disruption/ and extreme weather are
a)
Ways scientists are trying to explain our current weather patterns.
b)
Ways of saying humans are responsible for the weather changing
c)
Probably caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels
d)
ALL three are correct.
29.
The cold part of the ENSO cycle
a)
La Nina
b)
El Nino
c)
El Gordo
d)
Burrito
30.
The warm part of the ENSO cycle
a)
La Nina
b)
El Nino
c)
El Gordo
d)
Burrito
31.
The variety of the life in the world or particular habitat or ecosystem.
a)
Biotic
b)
Biomass
c)
Biodiversity
d)
Abiotic
32.
The total of all living things. Especially those used for renewable energy production.
a)
Biotic
b)
Biomass
c)
Biodiversity
d)
Abiotic
33.
During the short carbon cycle, photosynthesis and cellular respiration make up this cycle?
a)
Nitrogen cycle
b)
oxygen cycle
c)
Hydrogen cycle
d)
Water cycle
34.
The water cycle is also known as the
a)
Weather pattern
b)
hydrologic cycle
c)
Phosphorus cycle
d)
Economic cycle
35.
The basic hydrologic cycle has 3 steps, we looked at a cycle with two extra steps. The gathering of precipitation and runoff is a step called.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Collection
d)
Transpiration
36.
The basic hydrologic cycle has 3 steps, we looked at a cycle with two extra steps. The evaporation of water by plants is a step called.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Collection
d)
Transpiration
37.
The cycling of carbon through the earth is called
a)
Short carbon cycle
b)
Long carbon cycle
c)
Volcano go boom
d)
Weather
38.
The build-up of nutrients like N2 and PO4+3 is called ___________ and leads to eutrophication.
a)
Collection
b)
Accumulation
c)
Biomagnification
d)
Taco
39.
The process of breaking down dead organisms into the smaller building blocks of life or elements is called?
a)
accumulation
b)
Biomagnification
c)
Decomposition
d)
Photosynthesis
40.
The process of depositing solid material that will eventually create a rock layer called sedimentary rock.
a)
Accumulation
b)
Sedimentation
c)
Condensation
d)
Evaporation
41.
a)
Tertiary consumer
b)
Secondary consumer
c)
Primary consumer
d)
Producer
42.
a)
Tertiary consumer
b)
Secondary consumer
c)
Primary consumer
d)
Producer
43.
a)
Tertiary consumer
b)
Secondary consumer
c)
Primary consumer
d)
Producer
44.
a)
Tertiary consumer
b)
Primary consumer
c)
Producer
d)
insectivore
45.
To take in calories and or use up a resource.
a)
Consumption
b)
Dieting
c)
Accumulation
d)
Biomagnification
46.
The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
a)
Nutrition
b)
Starvation
c)
Contemplation
d)
Chimichanga
47.
A law of thermodynamics that deals with conservation of energy in a system. Total energy stays the same, it cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
6th
d)
Pizza
48.
This law of thermodynamics deals with entropy. Total energy remains constant in a system unless something from outside the system acts on it.
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
4th
d)
Not the right answer
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