WorksheetsMCSHS Year 9 Earth Science Term 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of plate boundary is shown in the middle of the diagram?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Emergent
d)
Plutonic
2.
What type of currents are shown in the mantle?
a)
Direction currents
b)
Emergent currents
c)
Convection currents
d)
Conduction currents
3.
What is the red/ orange coloured layer in this diagram known as?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner Core
4.
Which of the following lists contain abiotic features only?
a)
Rain, wind, birds, trees.
b)
Soil, climate, oxygen concentration, pH
c)
Rocks, soil, bacteria, nutrients
d)
Light, temperature, rain forest, photosynthesis
5.
What do the arrows indicate in a food web or food chain?
a)
They point to which organism is being eaten
b)
They show the amount of energy transferred between organisms
c)
They show which organism is the apex predator
d)
They show the direction of energy flow in feeding relationships
6.
The difference between a food chain and a food web is ...
a)
Food chains only have one apex predator, food webs have multiple.
b)
In food chains energy only flows up the chain, in food webs the energy goes in all directions
c)
Food chains only show one series of feeding relationships, while food webs show complex interactions between multiple organisms
d)
Food chains show the energy flow up through a feeding relationship and back to the decomposers, food webs do not.
7.
If an organism eats plants and animals it is known as ...
a)
a herbivore
b)
an omnivore
c)
a carnivore
d)
a producer
8.
If an organism is only a first level consumer, it will be ..
a)
a plant
b)
an omnivore
c)
a herbivore
d)
a carnivore
9.
The process used by producers to make food for energy is ...
a)
Cellular respiration
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Decomposition
d)
Adaptation
10.
The reactants in photosynthesis are ...
a)
Oxygen and glucose
b)
Carbon dioxide and water
c)
Carbon dioxide and oxygen
d)
Water and glucose
11.
The chemical responsible for the photosynthetic process in plants is ...
a)
Haemoglobin
b)
Glucose
c)
Carbon dioxide
d)
Chlorophyll
12.
The study of living things in their environment is called ...
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Ecology
c)
Biology
d)
Zoology
13.
Convergent continental plates will most likely result in ...
a)
Mid-ocean trenches and deep sea volcanoes
b)
Oceanic volcanoes and tsunamis
c)
Mountain building and volcanic activity
d)
Low level seismic activity
14.
The Ring of Fire is ...
a)
The junction between the Pacific oceanic plate and various continental plates.
b)
The divergent section in the middle of the Pacific oceanic plate.
c)
The area of volcanic and seismic activity at the boundary of the Pacific and Atlantic plates
d)
The reaction taking place after too many plates of chilli are consumed
15.
What type of tectonic plate boundary is this?
a)
Transforming
b)
Converging
c)
Diverging
d)
Emerging
16.
What type of seismic activity is most likely at a diverging plate boundary in continental plates?
a)
Mountain forming and upheaval
b)
Ridges, trenches and new crust
c)
Volcano formation and eruption
d)
Tsunamis
17.
At which plate boundary is an earthquake the most likely seismic outcome?
a)
Convergent plates
b)
Divergent plates
c)
Transform plates
d)
Insurgent plate
18.
Characteristics that help an organism survive in its habitat are called ...
a)
Adaptations
b)
Genetic mutations
c)
Abiotic factors
d)
Biotic factors
19.
First level consumers can also be known as ...
a)
The first or primary trophic level
b)
Herbivores or secondary trophic level
c)
Carnivores or omnivores
d)
None of these
20.
What trophic level is the hawk in this food web?
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
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