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Ag. Env. Sci. Quiz 2 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a highly complex entity characterized by multiple non-linear responses and thresholds with linkages between disparate components.

a)

Scientific Method

b)

Biological Science

c)

Environmental Science

d)

the Earth System

2.

Pick the organization which does NOT study the Earth System.

a)

UNICEF

b)

NASA Climate Program

c)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

d)

International Geosphere Biosphere Program

3.

Pick the item which is THE main reason/development which has changed our perception of Earth.

a)

Enhanced Computing Power

b)

Global Database Development

c)

Polar Ice Melt

d)

Seeing the Earth from Space

4.

Pick the item which is NOT a question to ask about evaluating knowledge on the internet.

a)

Who produced the material?

b)

Is the facebook up to date?

c)

Who uses the material?

d)

Who hosts the page?

5.

Pick the item which is NOT a question to ask about evaluating knowledge on the internet.

a)

Who uses the material?

b)

Has the material been reviewed by peers?

c)

When was the web-page last updated?

d)

Is the web-site made by CNN?

6.

A climate type and its plants and animals make up a ___

a)

ecosystem

b)

climate

c)

biome

d)

earth system

7.

Pick the item which is NOT a major climate group

a)

Tropical Moist Climate

b)

Continental climate

c)

Treezone Climate

d)

Dry Climate

8.

When climate conditions in a small area are different from those of the surroundings that small area is called a ____.

a)

climate

b)

microscope

c)

microeconomics

d)

microclimate

9.

The main difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources is ____

a)

renewable resources run out

b)

nonrenewable resources can be quickly replenished

c)

renewable resources are used by microclimates

d)

renewables are replaced quickly, non renewables are gone when used up

10.

This is the driving force of the water cycle.

a)

wind

b)

water

c)

the sun

d)

the moon

11.
Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?
a)
precipitation
b)
freezing
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
12.
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
a)
hydrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
helium
d)
nitrogen
13.
How are burning of fossil fuels and volcanic eruptions similar with respect to their effects on the carbon cycle?
a)
Both remove carbon from the atmosphere.
b)
Both add carbon to the atmosphere.
c)
Both add carbon to the lithosphere.
d)
Both remove carbon from the lithosphere.
14.

What is the conversion of liquid water into vapor?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Condensation

d)

Infiltration

15.

What happens between evaporation and precipitation?

a)

condensation

b)

transpiration

c)

infiltration

d)

run-off

16.

What are two ways that water enters the air?

a)

transpiration and evaporation

b)

transpiration and precipitation

c)

evaporation and precipitation

d)

evaporation and infiltration

17.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
18.
True or False
Nitrogen is the main gas in our atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What cycle is demonstrated in the diagram?
a)
TheLlife cycle
b)
The Water cycle
c)
The Carbon cycle
d)
The Nitrogen cyckle
20.

A ___ is a closed loop through which a chemical element of water moves through an ecosystem.

a)

Biogeochemical cycle

b)

Water cycle

c)

Nitrogen cycle

d)

Carbon cycle

21.

An underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock is called a ___.

a)

water cycle

b)

runoff

c)

water storage

d)

aquifer

22.

Water that infiltrates the ground is called ____

a)

groundwater

b)

waterground

c)

waterlogged

d)

water-based

23.

Water falling to the ground in the form of snow, rain, sleet , hail or drizzle.

a)

Perspiration

b)

Precipitation

c)

Ammonification

d)

infiltration

24.

The ___ describes the continuous movement of water molecules in, above, and below the surface of the Earth.

a)

Nitrogen cycle

b)

Water cycle

c)

Carbon cycle

d)

Nitrification

25.

What is the main source of carbon in the atmosphere?

a)

methane gas

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

carbonic acid

d)

bicarbonate

26.

What is the main reservoir of carbon in the carbon cycle?

a)

the atmosphere

b)

the ocean

c)

the biosphere

d)

organic sediments / fossil fuels

27.

The largest reservoir of Nitrogen is ___

a)

the oceans

b)

the trees

c)

plants

d)

the atmosphere

28.

Beware the widely quoted ____!

a)

president

b)

statistic

c)

news article

d)

person

29.

Pick the item below that is NOT a way to check the accuracy of knowledge online.

a)

Google Scholar

b)

Look at how the link ends (.gov/.com)

c)

Scirus

d)

is it produced by CNN?

30.

the use of resources that meets the needs of the present while also preserves some for the future describes ___

a)

sustainable use

b)

detainable use

c)

nonrenewable resources

d)

renewable resources

31.

Pick the item below which describes nonrenewable resources.

a)

Can be replenished quickly

b)

Once used, they are gone.

32.

the transformation of ice and snow directly into water vapor is called ___

a)

transpiration

b)

sublimation

c)

nitrification

d)

volcanism

33.

Item G is ____

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Ocean Water

d)

Condensation in clouds

34.

Item B is ___

a)

Transpiration

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Surface Runoff

35.

Item I is ____

a)

Evaporation from clouds

b)

Condensation into clouds

c)

Precipitation from clouds

d)

Sublimation

36.

The form of Carbon formed in the oceans is called __

a)

carbonic acid

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

carbon monoxide

d)

carbon carbon

37.

Carbon is essential for life because ___

a)

it is a building block of living things.

b)

it is needed to make nitrogen.

c)

it is needed to make carbon.

d)

it is not needed for life.

38.

Why is nitrogen essential for living things?

a)

because it is needed to make carbon.

b)

living things need it to make amino acids, proteins and even our DNA.

c)

because it is.

d)

because it isn't

39.

The living parts of the environment are called ___

a)

abiotic factors

b)

biotic factors

c)

ecosystem

d)

biomes

40.

The non-living parts of the environment are called ___

a)

Abiotic factors

b)

Biotic factors

c)

Carbon

d)

Nitrogen