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WorksheetsEVR1001 Exam Review
Total questions: 118
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which fuel will be sustainable ?
a)
coal
b)
petroleum
c)
solar energy
d)
none
2.
The amount of land and water that individuals need to meet their resource needs and absorb their waste is called -
a)
Sustainable Use
b)
Ecological Use
c)
Environmental Footprint
d)
Ecological Footprint
3.
Sustainable Development is that development which satisfies the need of:
a)
Present generation only
b)
future generation only
c)
both (a) & (b)
d)
none of these
4.
Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of
a)
the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available
b)
how many people there are on earth to how much space we have on earth
c)
people to cars
d)
robots available to robots needed
5.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over
d)
provide all the energy we use
6.
Hydroelectricity is power through
a)
wind
b)
sun
c)
water
7.
When the surface soil is washed away through excessive rains and floods, it is called:
a)
Soil erosion
b)
Land degradation
c)
Biodiversity
d)
Deforestation
8.
What kind of factor: disease?
a)
density-independent
b)
density-dependent
9.
Birth rate is also called:
a)
mortality
b)
emigration
c)
natality
d)
immigration
10.
This factor causes a population to decrease due to members moving out.
a)
mortality
b)
emigration
c)
natality
d)
immigration
11.
What is the carrying capacity of this population?
a)
100
b)
200
c)
300
d)
400
12.
the process by which a new community forms where no community lived before
a)
resource
b)
invasive (non- native) species
c)
primary succession
d)
competition
13.
The point in which an area cannot hold any more individuals in an area is called its what?
a)
carrying capacity
b)
capital capacity
c)
carrying capability
d)
limiting point
14.
If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a)
It will increase
b)
It will decrease
c)
It will stay the same
d)
It don't matter
15.
What type of growth model is this?
a)
exponential growth model
b)
logistic growth model
c)
Type I curve
d)
Type III curve
16.
If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a)
It will increase
b)
It will decrease
c)
It will stay the same
d)
It don't matter
17.
An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit
a)
dispersion
b)
density- independent factor
c)
density- dependent factor
d)
population growth rate
18.
An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density
a)
density- dependent factor
b)
population density
c)
dispersion
d)
density- independent factor
19.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
20.
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population is known as __________.
a)
a limiting measure
b)
a limiting factor
c)
carrying capacity
d)
biodiversity
21.
What type of growth is shown in the diagram?
a)
exponential growth
b)
logistic growth
c)
predator-prey cycle
d)
boom-bust curve
22.
If a disease destroying barley plants in a field swept through an ecosystem, what would happen to the barley eating bird population in the the field ?
a)
The bird population would stay the same
b)
The bird population would infinitely increase
c)
The bird population would decrease
23.
The graph of logistic growth can be described as...
a)
S-shaped
b)
J-shaped
c)
U-shaped
24.
What is the approximate carrying capacity of Paramecium aurelia cultured alone?
a)
150
b)
400
c)
450
d)
500
25.
A pyramid shaped age structure diagram would represent what type of growth?
a)
Declining
b)
Stable
c)
Rapid
26.
What describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population and is often represented by a graph?
a)
age structure diagram
b)
population growth rate
c)
demographic transition
d)
fertility rate
27.
What is the study of human population statistics?
a)
demography
b)
biology
c)
microbiology
d)
ecology
28.
According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...
a)
growing slowly.
b)
growing rapidly.
c)
decreasing.
d)
not changing.
29.
What is a population pyramid?
a)
A type of graph showing the number of males and females in different age groups.
b)
A type of graph showing the number of males in different age groups.
c)
A type of graph showing the number of females in different age groups.
d)
A type of graph showing the number of males and females in only one age group.
30.
Countries with high growth rates usually have an age structure that has
a)
an even distribution over all ages
b)
more older people than young people
c)
more younger people than older people.
d)
more middle-aged people than younger people.
31.
What kind of growth is this country experiencing?
a)
Exponential Growth
b)
Stable Growth
c)
Declining Growth
32.
Which of the following words means death rate?
a)
Natality
b)
Mortality
c)
Emigration
d)
Immigration
33.
What is a group of individuals of the same species that live in a certain area called?
a)
community
b)
individual
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
34.
The balance of an ecosystem can be disrupted by the introduction of new organisms, loss of a species, human activities, or natural disasters.
a)
true
b)
false
35.
Which of the following would not be part of a community?
a)
grasshopper
b)
grass
c)
soil
d)
bird
36.
What is a collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another called?
a)
population
b)
ecosystem
c)
community
d)
biosphere
37.
What is the correct order of organization in a ecosystem from smallest to biggest?
a)
population, organism, ecosystem, community
b)
organism, population, community, ecosystem
c)
organism, community, population, ecosystem
d)
community, population, ecosystem, organism
38.
A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.
a)
shelter
b)
tree
c)
habitat
d)
organism
39.
What is an organism's niche?
a)
an organism's role in its environment
b)
where an organism lives
c)
something that itches
d)
a predator that is mean
40.
What does diversity mean?
a)
very few
b)
variety
c)
dry
d)
frozen
41.
The greatest biodiversity on Earth is found in the __________ biome.
a)
tundra
b)
grassland
c)
temperate deciduous forest
d)
tropical rainforest
42.
Which group do fungi, bacteria, and earthworms belong to?
a)
decomposers
b)
producers
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
43.
________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
44.
_______ are consumers that eat only meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
45.
Nonliving things found in an ecosystem.
a)
factories
b)
factor trees
c)
biotic factors
d)
abiotic factors
46.
Organisms that make up the living part of an ecosystem.
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic factors
c)
ecology
d)
ecosystems
47.
A(n) ________________ eats mainly plants.
a)
producer
b)
carnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
48.
This picture is an example of what kind of ecosystem?
a)
Forest
b)
Desert
c)
Tundra
d)
Tropical Rain Forest
49.
This picture is an example of what kind of ecosystem?
a)
Desert
b)
Tropical Rain Forest
c)
Tundra
d)
Forest
50.
This picture is an example of what kind of ecosystem?
a)
Desert
b)
Grassland
c)
Tropical Rain Forest
d)
Tundra
51.
This picture is an example of what kind of ecosystem?
a)
Grasslands
b)
Desert
c)
Tundra
d)
Forest
52.
Jarrod tried to list some of the biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. He decided to investigate his classroom. Which of the following things he listed is an abiotic factor?
a)
classmates
b)
goldfish in a bowl on the teacher’s desk
c)
fresh air through an open window
d)
potted plants in window
53.
What is the original source of energy in any food web?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen
c)
sugar
d)
sunlight
54.
What passes from organism to organism in a food web?
a)
an ecosystem
b)
only one niche
c)
energy
d)
abiotic factors
55.
Which classification applies to deer, rabbits, and squirrels
a)
They
are omnivores.
b)
They
are decomposers.
c)
They
are herbivores.
d)
They
are carnivores.
56.
Which of the following organisms are producers in the forest food chain shown below
Grasses-mice-owls-mushrooms
Grasses-mice-owls-mushrooms
a)
Grasses
b)
Mice
c)
Owls
d)
Mushrooms
57.
If a logging company came in and cut down many of the trees in a forest, what would happen to the population of robins that made homes in the trees?
a)
The bird population in the forest would stay the same.
b)
The bird population in the forest would increase.
c)
The bird population in the forest would decrease.
d)
The bird population in the forest would double.
58.
What is a trophic level?
a)
The different layers of the ocean
b)
Food chains linked together
c)
A step in a food chain/web
d)
How energy flows through an ecosystem
59.
What's a producer?
a)
An autotroph
b)
A person who makes a movie
c)
Pond Biome
d)
A consumer
60.
What is this picture of?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food
c)
Food Pyramid
d)
Food Chain
61.
What's a heterotroph?
a)
A person whos not gay
b)
organisms in geothermal enviornments
c)
An organism that eats other organisms for energy
62.
What is a food web?
a)
A series of trophic levels
b)
The food chain
c)
Food chains linked together
d)
When a spider needs to eat
63.
What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?
a)
10%
b)
50%
c)
90%
d)
100%
64.
What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?
a)
There would be more food for secondary consumers.
b)
The number of primary consumers would increase.
c)
The number of plants would increase.
d)
The number of secondary consumers would increase.
65.
Where do decomposers go in your food chain?
a)
at the beginning
b)
they don't belong in a food chain
c)
at the end
d)
at every level
66.
A food web can be broken down into several seperate
a)
food chains
b)
food pyramids
c)
producers
d)
consumers
67.
Which represents the largest group in a food web?
a)
carnivores
b)
omnivores
c)
herbivores
d)
producers
68.
symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed
a)
secondary succession
b)
predation
c)
pioneer species
d)
parasitism
69.
anything that an organism needs to live, ex. food, water, space
a)
carrying capacity
b)
resource
c)
succession
d)
denitrification
70.
diagram that shows the energy available to each trophic level in an ecosystem; 10% is passed on to upper levels, the rest is lost as heat
a)
succession
b)
cellular respiration
c)
energy pyramid
d)
biochemical cycle
71.
symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other organism is not affected
a)
invasive (non-native) species
b)
mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
commensalism
72.
symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a)
competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
nitrogen fixation
d)
energy pyramid
73.
A living relationship between two species in which one organism is harmed is called...
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
parasitism
d)
niche
74.
Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.
a)
butterfly
b)
snake
c)
fox
d)
ladybird
75.
Name the producers in this food web.
a)
seagull and fish
b)
penguin and crab
c)
phytoplankton and seaweed
d)
seaweed and zooplankton
76.
The krill is eaten by which consumer?
a)
blue whale
b)
phytoplankton
c)
leopard seal
d)
penguin
77.
The ozone layer protects us from
a)
UV rays
b)
CFCs
c)
Increased atmospheric heat
d)
Decreased atmospheric heat
78.
The ozone layer is damaged by
a)
CFCs
b)
Increase in greenhouse gases
c)
Increased global temperatures
d)
Sulfuric and nitric acids
79.
Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Water vapor
c)
Methane
d)
Nitric oxides
80.
What absorbs ultraviolet rays in the atmosphere?
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
ozone layer
d)
greenhouse gases
81.
The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is
a)
oxygen
b)
nitrogen
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
argon
82.
Choose the correct order of the layers of the atmosphere (from closest to farthest from earth’s surface).
a)
a)Troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
b)
a)Thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
c)
a)Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
d)
a)Stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
83.
When women in developing countries become educated...
a)
The death rate increases
b)
the country enters stage 5 of the Epidemiological Transition Model
c)
the agricultural density increases
d)
Fertility rates decrease
84.
Carrying capacity is...
a)
how much weight any person can hold
b)
the maximum number of organisms an area can handle
c)
is infinite for all organisms
d)
is the minimum number of individuals an area can handle
85.
The population in the figure will do what in the future?
a)
grow
b)
shrink
c)
be stable
d)
no enough information
86.
Which country will have slow and steady growth in the future?
a)
The United States
b)
Rwanda
87.
Which of these activities wastes the MOST water per day in the average home?
a)
Running the tap while washing dishes
b)
Using a garbage disposal
c)
A leaky toilet
d)
Long showers
88.
Conservation is the act of conserving, or protecting the environment, plants, and animals. Why is this so important? What are some things you can do to help conserve our environment?
a)
leave water on, leave TV on, run dishwasher with 1 plate
b)
run the washing machine with 1 shirt
c)
leave the refrigerator door open
d)
turn off water, turn off lights, turn off TV
89.
A wetland is like a sponge because it
a)
absorbs flood water
b)
cleans water
c)
provides habitat
90.
A wetland is like a sieve because it
a)
filters water
b)
absorbs water
c)
provides habitat
91.
A wetland is like a nest because it
a)
provides habitat for young fish, shrimp and crabs
b)
cleans water
c)
absorbs flood water
92.
These are the three main jobs of wetlands.
a)
provide habitats, store flood waters, purify water
b)
provide habitats, store plant life, purify water
c)
purify water, store wildlife, provide habitats
d)
purify the land, store flood waters, provide habitats
93.
Which description below best describes how wetlands purify water?
a)
Wetlands slow down the water flow when the water encounters the vegetation. This allows the sediments and pollutants to drop out of the water before the water moves on.
b)
Wetlands don't really purify the water. They just slow it down and the heat from the Sun makes it hot enough to purify the water before it moves on.
c)
Wetlands slow down the water flow so that sediments and pollutants can drop out of the water before it moves on.
d)
Wetlands can't really purify the water because they release the water in large increments which doesn't allow enough time for it to be cleaned.
94.
Wetlands store flood waters. How is this beneficial? Choose the best answer.
a)
Its not really beneficial because this may flood peoples homes.
b)
It releases the water is increments which will really increase the wildlife in that area.
c)
It releases the water is increments which slows the water down thus slowing erosion.
d)
Its really not beneficial because this will flood the habitats of the wildlife living there.
95.
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
a)
Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
b)
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
c)
Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
d)
Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
96.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
97.
What is coal made of?
a)
decomposed animal and plant remains
b)
water
c)
electricity
d)
all of the above
98.
fuels formed from decaying remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years go
a)
conservation
b)
hydroelectric power
c)
nonrenewable resources
d)
fossil fuels
99.
natural resources that nature can produce again, such as tress, plants, animals, water, oxygen, and soil
a)
renewable resources
b)
nonrenewable resources
c)
alternative energy source
d)
geothermal energy
100.
natural resources, such as fossil fuels, that will eventually be used up and can never be replalced
a)
renewable resource
b)
biofuels
c)
hydroelectric energy
d)
nonrenewable resources
101.
alternative energy sources
a)
fuels made from organic matter
b)
heat energy naturally produced within Earth
c)
sources of energy that do not come from fossil fuels
d)
materials in the environment that are useful to people
102.
hydroelectric energy
a)
heat energy naturally produced within Earth
b)
fuels made from organic matter
c)
electricity made from the energy of moving watetr in a dam
d)
sources of energy that do not come from fossil fuels
103.
geothermal energy
a)
sources of energy that do not come from fossil fuels
b)
fuels made from organic matter
c)
electricity made from the energy of moving water in a dam
d)
heat energy naturally produced with Earth
104.
What is true of the waste generated by nuclear power?
a)
Causes air pollution
b)
Causes acid rain
c)
Emits greenhouse gases
d)
Remains hazardous for a long time
105.
It is caused by any material or contaminants that harms the environment.
a)
Climate change
b)
Global warming
c)
Pollution
d)
All of them
106.
Type of water pollution which come from many sources.
a)
Point-source pollution
b)
Nonpoint source pollution
c)
both of them
107.
Type of water pollution which comes from a one source.
a)
Point-source pollution
b)
Nonpoint source pollution
c)
both of them
108.
Leaking fuel tank: Point source or Nonpoint source?
a)
Point source
b)
Nonpoint source
c)
Both of them
109.
Raw sewage: A Point source or Nonpoint source?
a)
Point source
b)
Nonpoint source
c)
Both of them
110.
What is Eutrophication?
a)
It causes overgrowth of algae and can disrupt pond ecosystems.
b)
It causes growth of decomposers and can disrupt pond ecosystems.
c)
It causes production of producers and can disrupt pond ecosystems.
d)
all of them
111.
What type of feedback loop is shown?
a)
negative
b)
neutral
c)
positive
112.
What type of feedback loop is shown?
a)
Positive
b)
Neutral
c)
Negative
113.
Negative Feedback Loops:
a)
amplify processes
b)
prevent small changes from getting larger
c)
are initiated during childbirth
d)
are found only in plants
114.
When glucose levels in the blood rise, your brain sends a signal to your pancreas. The pancreas releases insulin, which opens channels in cell membranes to allow glucose to enter the cell, lowering blood sugar levels.
a)
Positive Feedback Response
b)
Negative Feedback Loop
115.
Maintaining body temperature is an example of a:
a)
negative feedback loop
b)
positive feedback loop
116.
Rapid growth during puberty causes your body to release more and more growth hormones. As you grow, more and more growth hormones are released until puberty is reached, and then the hormones stop.
a)
Positive Feedback Response
b)
Negative Feedback Loop
117.
Which of the following is a necessary condition for sustainable development?
a)
Increase in the quality of life
b)
Reduction in the level of pollution
c)
conservation of stock of natural capital
d)
All of these
118.
Which statement describes global warming?
a)
Global warming can be decreased through deforestation.
b)
Global warming results from the buildup of nutrients in runoff
c)
Global warming is increased by human actions
d)
Global warming is enhanced by nonnative species
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