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Ecology/Chemistry

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 24mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the identifying characteristic of an atom?

a)

Electrons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Protons

d)

Valence Electrons

2.

What is NOT true about adaptions...

a)

They are more likely to happen from a long-term change than a short-term one

b)

They are only traits and never learned behaviors

c)

They happen over a long period

d)

They happen quickly

3.

What is the only information you need to determine what Element an atom is?

a)

What it reacts with

b)

Protons

c)

Neutrons

d)

How reactive it is

4.

What happens when resources are depleted?

a)

Organisms thrive

b)

Competition and organisms die

c)

Organisms adapt to stay alive

d)

All organisms leave

5.

What is NOT an indicator that a chemical reaction has happened?

a)

Shape

b)

Bubbles

c)

Color change

d)

Precipitate

6.

Artificial Reefs are made to...

a)

To pollute the ocean

b)

Preserve marine life

c)

To cause a decline in organisms

d)

Preserve ships

7.

Over fishing causes

a)

Increase in fish

b)

More biodiversity

c)

Decrease in fish

d)

No change

8.

What is an adaptation?

a)

Any trait

b)

A trait an organism gets because it wants that trait.

c)

A trait that helps an organism survive

d)

Any characteristic passed down from parent to offspring

9.

What is an abiotic factor that all living things need in order to survive?

a)

Water

b)

Grass

c)

Plastic

d)

Omnivores

10.

Runoff pollution occurs when...

a)

People put trash in the ocean

b)

contaminated water from the ocean runs into farm land

c)

Chemicals from farms, oil rigs, ect. run into lakes and rivers

d)

You sink ships that have been cleaned

11.

What is a reactant?

a)

Molecules that react with each other to create something new.

b)

The new substance that is made by a chemical reaction.

c)

What is on the right side of a chemical equation.

d)

Something that is reactive.

12.

What is a product?

a)

Molecules that react with each other to create something new.

b)

The new substance that is made by a chemical reaction.

c)

What is on the left side of a chemical equation.

d)

Something that is not reactive.

13.

What describes the relationship between a rabbit and a fox?

a)

herbivore/primary consumer

b)

secondary consumer/producer

c)

producer/carnivore

d)

primary consumer/ secondary consumer

14.

Does this equation follow the Law of Conservation of Mass? C2 + (OH)3 --> CO2 + COH3

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

How many atoms of Oxygen are in C(SO3)2

a)

1

b)

3

c)

6

d)

4

16.

What makes up the Atomic Mass of an element?

a)

Protons and Electrons

b)

Protons and Neutrons

c)

Neutrons and Electrons

d)

Only Protons

17.

# of Valence electrons can be found by...

a)

Looking at the second orbital

b)

Atomic #

c)

Last digit of the group/family number

d)

Atomic mass (rounded) minus the Atomic #

18.

What is NOT a way we depend on the Ocean?

a)

Tourism

b)

Food

c)

Travel

d)

None of the above

19.

Which atomic model represents Carbon?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

How can you tell the Valence Electron number from an atomic model of Carbon?

a)

Count all of the electrons

b)

Subtract the Neutrons from the Protons

c)

Count the electrons in the outermost shell.

d)

Count the electrons in the shell closest to the nucleus

21.

What is the correct PEN of Magnesium?

a)

P=12 E=12 N=12

b)

P=12 E=13 N=12

c)

P=13 E=12 N=12

d)

P=12 E=12 N=13

22.

Is Lithium or Carbon more reactive? Why?

a)

Carbon, it has more electrons

b)

Carbon, it has to gain 4 valence electrons to be happy

c)

Lithium, it has to lose 1 valence electron to be happy

d)

Lithium, it has less electrons

23.

What is/are the product(s) of this equation? H2 + O --> H2O

a)

Water

b)

Hydrogen and Oxygen

24.

According to the Law of Conservation of Mass...

a)

The number of atoms of each element is greater on the reactant side than the product side of a chemical equation.

b)

During a chemical reaction, mass can be lost.

c)

There are less atoms in the products than the reactants.

d)

The number of atoms of each element in a chemical reaction must be the same in the reactants and products.

25.

There are Lions, Tigers, and Bears in the same forest. They all eat fish.

a)

This causes two of the three species to die off

b)

This causes two of the three species to move to a different area

c)

There will be competition for fish

d)

Two of the three will stop eating fish