WorksheetsChapter 1 assessment
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Environmental Science is important because it is a part of the natural world and interactions matter.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
2.
What do you call the materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive?
a)
Earth Resources
b)
Natural resources
c)
environmental resources
3.
This includes all living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.
a)
environment
b)
Environmental science
c)
earth science
4.
A resource that is naturally replenished over short periods.
a)
Renewable natural resources
b)
Nonrenewable natural resources
5.
A resource that is naturally formed more slowly than we use them.
a)
Renewable natural resources
b)
Nonrenewable natural resources
6.
Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource
a)
coal
b)
natural gas
c)
sunlight
7.
This pertains to the study of our planet’s natural systems and how humans and the environment affect one another.
a)
biology
b)
environment
c)
environmental science
8.
Tremendous and rapid human population growth can be attributed to ____________.
a)
medicine & industrial revolution
b)
american revolution & agricultural revolution
c)
Agricultural Revolution & Industrial Revolution
9.
Living on Earth is similar to an island because natural resources needed to survive are unlimited.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Steven Hawking
d)
Isaac Newton
11.
Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)
a)
Variation
b)
Adaptation
c)
Behavior
d)
Environment
12.
When every organism of a species has died.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artificial Selection
13.
Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
d)
Artifical Selection
14.
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
a)
To look different from other species.
b)
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
c)
To protect itself against predators.
d)
To protect itself against prey.
15.
The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?
a)
The inherited traits of a population.
b)
The acquired traits of a population.
c)
Hair color and eye color
d)
Attractive features.
16.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
17.
What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
a)
natural selection
b)
mutation
c)
camouflage
d)
adaptation
18.
Artificial selection is also known as surivial of the fittest.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Enviromentals changes leads to
a)
variations
b)
pollution
c)
predation
d)
artificial selection
20.
Evolution is a
a)
law
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
conclusion
21.
Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't
a)
nature
b)
humans
c)
animals
d)
years
22.
Which organisms are most likely to survive?
a)
the best adapted
b)
the fastest
c)
the strongest
d)
the most domesticated (tamed)
23.
Water temperature would be an example of ...
a)
a biotic factor.
b)
an abiotic factor.
24.
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.
a)
Population
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Ecosphere
25.
A place where an organism lives.
a)
Terrain
b)
Habitat
c)
Community
d)
Population
26.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
27.
Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring
a)
biotic factor
b)
herbivore
c)
ecosystem
d)
species
28.
Nonliving factor that affects an ecosystem...
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain
d)
biome
29.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water, and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees
30.
An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Which of the following is a population?
a)
hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast
b)
mountain stream
c)
all the frogs in a pond
d)
blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn
32.
What is a result or conclusion?
a)
step by step directions on how to complete the experiment
b)
the end of Mrs. Neill's all time favorite novel
c)
the purpose of your experiment
d)
a statement of the outcome of the experiment
33.
Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________
a)
hypothesis
b)
conclusion
c)
experiment
d)
data
34.
The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.
a)
data
b)
conclusions
c)
notebook
d)
inquiry
35.
In which step do you actually conduct the experiment?
a)
Step 1
b)
Step 2
c)
Step 3
d)
Step 4
36.
What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
a)
Experiment
b)
Research
c)
Results
d)
Problem
37.
Which step tells you what happened in your experiment?
a)
Conclusion
b)
Research
c)
Results
d)
Hypothesis
38.
The hypothesis you make is always correct.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
What step does every scientific experiment begin with?
a)
hypothesis
b)
question/problem
c)
procedures
d)
conclusion
40.
What is another word for hypothesis?
a)
evidence
b)
graph
c)
prediction
d)
investigation
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