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WorksheetsEnv. Sci. Semester Test
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by a natural process
a)
Nonrenewable Resource
b)
Renewable Resource
c)
Biodegradable
d)
Nonbiodegradable
2.
The study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment
a)
Environmental Science
b)
Ecology
c)
Agriculture
d)
Biodiversity
3.
Cannot be broken down by natural processes
a)
Biodegradable
b)
Nonbiodegradable
c)
Natural Resource
d)
Nonrenewable Resource
4.
A resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate at which it is consumed
a)
Biodegradable
b)
Nonbiodegradable
c)
Nonrenewable Resource
d)
Renewable Resource
5.
An undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms
a)
Agriculture
b)
Ecology
c)
Pollution
d)
Biodiversity
6.
The study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or community
a)
Agriculture
b)
Biodiversity
c)
Ecology
d)
Environmental Science
7.
The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, and transportation
a)
Agriculture
b)
Biodiversity
c)
Environmental Science
d)
Ecology
8.
Can be broken down by natural processes
a)
Biodegradable
b)
Nonbiodegradable
c)
Natural Resource
d)
Pollution
9.
Any natural material that is used by humans
a)
Nonrenewable Resource
b)
Renewable Resource
c)
Natural Resource
d)
Ecology
10.
The number and variety of species that live in an area
a)
Agriculture
b)
Biodiversity
c)
Pollution
11.
The measure of energy released by the earthquake
a)
Fault
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Magnitude
12.
Melted rock that reaches the surface of Earth
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Erosion
d)
Radiation
13.
This transports the materials elsewhere
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Erosion
d)
Tributaries
14.
The transfer of energy that moves matter (air) with various temperatures
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Magnitude
15.
A break in Earth's crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another
a)
Erosion
b)
Fault
c)
Magnitude
d)
Tributaries
16.
The transfer of energy in the form of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when placed in direct contact
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Magnitude
17.
Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones
a)
Erosion
b)
Fault
c)
Groundwater
d)
Tributaries
18.
Water that collects underground
a)
Erosion
b)
Fault
c)
Groundwater
d)
Tributaries
19.
Melted rock within the Earth
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Magnitude
d)
Fault
20.
The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Magnitude
d)
Radiation
21.
The process by which one community replaces another community that has been partially or totally destroyed
a)
Primary Succession
b)
Climax Community
c)
Ecological Succession
d)
Secondary Succession
22.
An organism that makes its own food
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Carnivore
d)
Omnivore
23.
Any organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Food Web
d)
Food Chain
24.
A final, stable community in equilibrium with the environment
a)
Climax Community
b)
Ecological Succession
c)
Primary Succession
d)
Secondary Succession
25.
A consumer that eats only other animals
a)
Producer
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
26.
A consumer that eats only plants
a)
Consumer
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Onmivore
27.
A gradual process of change and replacement of some or all of the species in a community
a)
Climax Community
b)
Ecological Succession
c)
Primary Succession
d)
Secondary Succession
28.
A succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life
a)
Climax Community
b)
Ecological Succession
c)
Primary Succession
d)
Secondary Succession
29.
The feeding relationship between organisms that are possible in an ecosystem (multiple path)
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Climax Community
d)
Ecological Succession
30.
A consumer that eats producers and consumers
a)
Consumer
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
31.
Immediately above the troposphere
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
32.
Coldest layer just above the stratosphere
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
33.
Atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface ~ where weather occurs
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
34.
Farthest from Earth's surface
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Troposphere
35.
The thin outermost layer of Earth
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Transformative
36.
Plates that rub against or slide past each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transformative
d)
Crust
37.
Plates that push apart
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transformative
d)
Mantle
38.
Central part of the Earth
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Divergent
39.
Plates that push into each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transformative
d)
Mantle
40.
Layer of rock between the crust and core
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Convergent
41.
Letter A
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
42.
Letter B
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
43.
Letter C
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
44.
Letter D
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
45.
Which is the 5 Oceans
a)
Atlantic, Artic, Indian, Southern, Pacific
b)
Atlantic, Artic, Indian, Northern, Pacific
c)
Atlantic, Artic, Mississippi, Northern, Pacific
d)
Artic, Indian, Polar, Atlantic, Southern
46.
Examples of Renewable Resources
a)
Water, Air, Crops & Sunlight
b)
Water, Coal, Oil & Air
c)
Crops, Minerals, Air & Soil
d)
Soil, Water, Air & Fossil Fuels
47.
Examples of Nonrenewable Resources
a)
Minerals & Water
b)
Fossil Fuels & Soil
c)
Minerals & Fossil Fuels
d)
Water & Air
48.
An animal burring themselves in the ground and sleeping through the dry season
a)
Epiphytes
b)
Estivating
c)
Chaparral
d)
Altitude
49.
The distance north and south of the equator
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Altitude
d)
Climate
50.
Type of vegetation that include broad-leafed evergreen shrubs and that is located in areas with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters
a)
Canopy
b)
Chaparral
c)
Estivating
d)
Epiphytes
51.
The average conditions including temperature and perception over long periods in a given area
a)
Biome
b)
Climate
c)
Latitude
d)
Understory
52.
The height of an object above sea level
a)
Altitude
b)
Biome
c)
Climate
d)
Latitude
53.
Tree that loses its leaves and stops photosynthesis during part of the year
a)
Canopy
b)
Deciduous
c)
Epiphytes
d)
Permafrost
54.
A group of ecosystems with similar abiotic and biotic features
a)
Biome
b)
Climate
c)
Deciduous
d)
Emergent Layer
55.
The permanently frozen layer if soil or subsoil
a)
Climate
b)
Deciduous
c)
Permafrost
d)
Taiga
56.
A plant that grows on another plant instead of in the soil
a)
Estivating
b)
Epiphytes
c)
Understory
d)
Chaparral
57.
What two factors will determine where an organism lives
a)
Altitude & Temperature
b)
Temperature & Precipitation
c)
Precipitation & Land Area
d)
Temperature & Predators
58.
What day is this Semester Test
a)
Friday, Dec 18th @ 9:40
b)
Thursday, Dec 17th @ 9:40
c)
Friday, Dec 18th @ 10:55
d)
Wednesday, Dec 16th @ 1:43
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