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WorksheetsSustainable Biomes & Environmental Change
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
Four major functions of the environment are
Source, sink, service and Greenhouse Effect
Source, sink, service and biodiversity
Source, sink, service and ecological integrity
Source, sink, service and spiritual
The environment has an amazing natural capacity to absorb, break down and recycle the wastes and pollution produced. The name given to this function is
Source
Sink
Service
Spiritual
Maintaining biodiversity on Earth is crucial. Healthy biodiversity offers humanity
Ecosystem services
Social benefits
Biological resources
All of the above
What is the term given to all of the life forms and environments on Earth?
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
There are many different types of environmental world-views. Which environmental worldview has been held by indigenous people?
Stewardship
Human centred
Earth Centred
Community
The most appropriate term to describe how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples look after sacred sites is
authorities
Aboriginal law
initiation
custodians
Which of the following is an impact of air pollution?
Bring on asthma attack
Cause skin cancer
Increase risk of heart attack
Produce pleasant odours
What are E - Waste
Obsolete electronic goods
Obsolete Ebooks
Obsolete email addresses
Obsolete external hard drives
What are toxic wastes?
Chemicals that can cause injury or death to living creatures
Food wastes that are difficult to dispose of.
Animal waste used to make fertiliser
Plastic waste found in the worlds oceans
Which of the following is the largest single cause of land degradation
Overgrazing
Deforestation
Cropping
Winning
Which of these areas has the least motorised fishing fleet
North America
Asia
Africa
Pacific and Oceania
________________________ is a biophysical environment in which a community of plants and animals live.
Habitat
Village
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Which of the following is the most popular known cause of animal extinction.
Species introduction
Hunting
Other
Habitat destruction
Which location had the maximum mean temperature in January
Alice Springs
Adelaide
Sydney
Hobart
Which location had the minimum mean temperature in July?
Alice Springs
Canberra
Sydney
Hobart
Which location had the highest annual rainfall ?
Alice Springs
Canberra
Darwin
Hobart
Which location had the lowest annual rainfall ?
Alice Springs
Canberra
Darwin
Hobart
Which is the annual rainfall range?
Do not USE a calculator for this question.
1392 mm
1666
869
1211
Which continent has the highest cases of undernourishment?
Africa
Asia
South America
Europe
What is the projected total world population in 2020?
Approximately 7.4 billion
Approximately 6 billion
Approximately 6.5 billion
Approximately 7 billion
The two types of aquatic ecosystems are
marine and fresh water
Oceans and lakes
Lakes and ponds
Fresh water and rivers
On land producers are mostly
Green plants
Hebivores
Canivores
Humans
Primary productivity is defined as
the rate of increase in biomass within a biome
how quickly plants produce food
a fall in the biomass of a biome
the rate at which humans consume food.
Deserts in Australia are cold.
True
False
Which of the following can you find in tundra biome?
Trees
Lions
Dwarf shrubs
Kangaroo
_________________ is the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
Irrigation
Damming
Floor bedding
Watering
___________________ is the arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth's surface.
Spatial distribution
Dispersement
Geographical spreading
__________________ is the avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
sustainability
resource protection
protection rules
natural bioprocesses
__________________ include labor costs, interest rates, government policy, taxes and management.
Economic factors
Biological factors
Biophysical processes
Technological factors
___________________ is the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
Topography
Rural planning
Historical planning
