WorksheetsReview 6 Spring Final '19
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes winds to form on Earth?
a)
solar energy
b)
ocean currents
c)
elevation differences
d)
uneven heating of the Earth by the sun
2.
What is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place?
a)
climate
b)
temperature
c)
weather
d)
air pressure
3.
What is the measure of distance in degrees north and south from the equator?
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
elevation
d)
topography
4.
What is the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?
a)
climate
b)
temperature
c)
elevation
d)
precipitation
5.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
a)
Climate averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while weather describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
b)
Weather averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while Climate describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
c)
Climate describes the weather conditions at night, while weather describes the conditions during the daytime.
d)
There is not a difference between climate and weather.
6.
Which of these is NOT a factor that determines the climate of a place?
a)
latitude
b)
wind patterns
c)
longitude
d)
elevation
7.
Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?
a)
LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
b)
HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
c)
HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
d)
There is no relationship
8.
Which of the following is an example of an interaction between a living and nonliving organism?
a)
a snake using a mouse for food
b)
a worm using the soil as shelter
c)
a bird using an insect for food
9.
A deer eats from Farmer McClard's cornfield. A flood destroyed the field of crops. What will happen to the deer now that the corn is destroyed?
a)
The deer will plant more crops.
b)
The deer will leave the area to find food.
c)
None of the Above
10.
To solve the flood hurting the cornfield, the community decided to build a grocery story in the field. Is this a good solution to the problem?
a)
yes
b)
no
11.
Which of these organisms is a producer?
a)
strawberries
b)
insect
c)
mouse
d)
owl
12.
What is a source of energy for the mouse?
a)
strawberries
b)
insects
c)
other mice
d)
owls
13.
What would the insect be considered?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Fungus
14.
What is the primary source of light and food energy on Earth?
a)
the Stars
b)
the Moon
c)
the Sun
15.
An individual living thing is a/an __________.
a)
habitat
b)
ecosystem
c)
organism
d)
population
16.
The place where an organism lives is its _________.
a)
habitat
b)
abiotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
community
17.
All of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are _______.
a)
biography
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
biology
18.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
19.
What is the definition of Biotic factors?
a)
Dead things
b)
plants
c)
Living things or organisms
d)
soil
20.
What is an example of a biotic factor?
a)
skunk
b)
rocks
c)
soil
d)
water
21.
What is a example of a abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
weather
22.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
living
23.
Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?
a)
Biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
dead
d)
living
24.
Predators is an example of what kind of factor.
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
c)
living
d)
dead
25.
All living organisms that inhabit an environment are called?
a)
Biotic
b)
Abiotic
c)
Dead
d)
community
27.
Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?
a)
flowers with bright colors
b)
sharp thorns
c)
small seeds
d)
deep roots
27.
Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?
a)
flowers with bright colors
b)
sharp thorns
c)
small seeds
d)
deep roots
28.
Which adaptation (for the underlined animal) serves the function of defense?
a)
A walking stick looks like the twig on which it rests.
b)
A porcupine’s quills cause a predator to seek another meal.
c)
A whale filters plankton and krill from the water in which it swims.
d)
A penguin is dark on top and white below to blend in with the water.
29.
Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?
a)
A butterfly has bright colors to warn predators that it is poisonous.
b)
A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to play dead.
c)
A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
d)
A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.
30.
Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?
a)
looking like a dangerous animal
b)
being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
c)
having sharp claws or a strong shel
d)
having only a few young and caring for them
31.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To escape animals
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
32.
A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.
a)
an adaptation
b)
environment
c)
response
d)
stimulus
33.
How an animal protects itself Adaptation: Skunk and its spray
a)
Defense
b)
Hibernation
c)
Locomotion
d)
Migration
34.
A resting state through the winter.
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months
a)
Locomotion
b)
Hibernation
c)
Migration
d)
Defense
35.
Traveling done by an animal to find food and water.
Adaption: birds flying south for the winter
Adaption: birds flying south for the winter
a)
Camouflage
b)
Migration
c)
Hibernation
d)
Locomotion
36.
A black bear hibernates during the winter months.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
37.
A lion has pointed teeth to help it tear meat off of the bone.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
38.
A squid will squirt black ink at predators when frightened.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
39.
A monkey has a long tail to help it swing from branch to branch.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
40.
A penguin is white on its belly and black on its back so it harder to see underwater from above and below.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
41.
An arctic tern migrates for food and warmth.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
42.
An owl is mostly nocturnal meaning it hunts and is active at night.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
43.
When threatened, some animals make warning sounds to help other animals escape a predator.
a)
Behavioral Adaptation
b)
Structural Adaptation
44.
The different types of bird beaks in different species of birds is known as
a)
Adaptation
b)
Variation
45.
If the population of a certain predator increases, there is often _______ its prey
a)
a decrease the population of
b)
an increase of the population of
c)
great news for its prey of
d)
no impact found on
46.
Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as __________.
a)
a limiting measure
b)
a limiting factor
c)
factorization
d)
materialization of precipitation
51.
Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
A snake is eaten by a hawk. The hawk is the _______.
a)
prey
b)
parasite
c)
predator
d)
all of these
49.
Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are __________.
a)
limiting factors
b)
wet
c)
messy
d)
found in rocks
50.
If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then...
a)
Populations will stay the same
b)
Populations will decrease
c)
Populations will increase
51.
Limiting factors are sometimes helpful because they can keep the population from getting too large.
a)
True
b)
False
52.
A team of ecologists observed feeding patterns of several populations in the desert. The energy pyramid shown below depicts the feeding patterns the ecologist observed. Which of the following best explains the difference in the amount of available energy in the trophic levels of the desert ecosystem?
a)
There is less energy available in the producers because their tissues are less dense than those at higher trophic levels.
b)
There is more energy available in the second trophic level because less energy is needed for hunting compared to the higher trophic levels.
c)
There is more available energy in the birds of prey because they have greater muscle mass for storing energy than organisms in lower trophic levels have.
d)
There is less available energy in the fourth trophic level because of the loss of energy through metabolism in each of the lower trophic levels.
53.
A diagram of a food web is shown below.Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producers?
a)
Hawk
b)
Rabbit
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Mouse
54.
Complete burning of plant material returns carbon primarily to the
a)
herbivores
b)
water
c)
vegetation
d)
atmosphere
55.
The diagram shows the flow of carbon in a terrestrial ecosystem. Which will most likely happen if the decomposers are removed from the carbon cycle?
a)
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will increase.
b)
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will decrease.
c)
The amount of carbon dioxide used by producers will increase.
d)
The amount of carbon dioxide needed by consumers will decrease.
56.
The framework of organic molecules essential to all organisms is composed mainly of carbon atoms. Which processes are involved in the cycling of carbon within an environment?
a)
photosynthesis and respiration
b)
evaporation and condensation
c)
transcription and translation
d)
diffusion and transpiration
57.
Which is an example of a producer?
a)
A Human
b)
A Spider
c)
A Tree
d)
A Caterpillar
58.
What do Omnivores eat?
a)
Meat
b)
Plants
c)
Meat and plants
d)
Only meat
59.
An animal that eats plants rather than other animals is called:
a)
Meat Eater
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
60.
If an animal becomes extinct, which part of the food chain is affected?
a)
The whole food chain is affected
b)
Only animals at the top of the food chain are affected
c)
Only animals at the bottom of the food chain are affected
61.
A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things is called:
a)
Decomposers
b)
Consumers
c)
Carnivores
d)
Herbivores
62.
How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?
a)
They break down dead plants and animals and add nutrients back into the soil
b)
They use the sun to make food
c)
Decomposers only break down dead plants
d)
They do not help other organisms in an ecosystem
63.
The complex network of food chains in an ecosystem is called:
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Population
64.
Plants that get their food from the sun's energy and act as source of food for other organisms in an ecosystem is called:
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Herbivore
65.
An animal that eats only meat is called:
a)
Consumer
b)
Omnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
66.
1st level consumers are:
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Decomposers
d)
Carnivores
67.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
68.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
69.
When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.
a)
Water
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Sun
d)
Air
70.
How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
a)
respiration and photosynthesis
b)
decomposition and respiration
71.
In the carbon cycle, producers take in the gas __
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
carbon monoxide
72.
What is the role of decomposers in an Ecosystem?
a)
They recycle matter and nutrients to form fossil fuels
b)
They are burn and release as carbon dioxide
c)
Decomposers are responsible to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide
d)
They recycle energy back to the sun
73.
Organisms that need nitrogen to survive
a)
only plants
b)
only animals
c)
only bacteria
d)
all living organisms
74.
Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycle
a)
only plants
b)
only animals
c)
only bacteria
d)
plants, animals, & bacteria
75.
When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is called
a)
Combustion
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Decomposition
d)
Nitrogen Fixation
76.
Building proteins and DNA is the reason organisms need what substance?
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Calcium
77.
Identify the cycle pictured.
a)
The Water cycle
b)
The Carbon cycle
c)
The Nitrogen cycle
d)
The Phosphorus cycle
78.
Identify the cycle pictured.
a)
The Water cycle
b)
The Carbon cycle
c)
The Nitrogen cycle
d)
The Phosphorus cycle
79.
Identify the cycle pictured.
a)
The Water cycle
b)
The Carbon cycle
c)
The Nitrogen cycle
d)
The Phosphorus cycle.
80.
This is released by the weathering of rocks.
a)
Carbon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Phosphorus
d)
Nitrogen
81.
Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?
a)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
b)
Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
c)
humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
d)
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960
82.
Which of the following have been changed or altered due to climate change ?
a)
droughts
b)
flooding
c)
melting of polar ice caps
d)
all of the above
83.
The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is
a)
using public transportation and there by reduce the affects of greenhouse gases.
b)
burning fossil fuels
c)
texting on cellphones
d)
eating meat
84.
Which of the following is contributing to an INCREASE in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
a)
deforestation
b)
photosynthesis
c)
oceans
d)
all of the above
e)
the loss of animal species
85.
What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
86.
What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?
a)
Urethane
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
87.
T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas
a)
True
b)
False
88.
T/F: Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere
a)
True
b)
False
89.
Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Neon
90.
Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
a)
forest fires
b)
volcanic eruptions
c)
cellular respiration
d)
photosynthesis
91.
Which is a green-house gas?
a)
Methane
b)
Oxygen
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Ammonium
92.
How does the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect climate?
a)
As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase
b)
As carbon dioxide concentration increase, temperatures decrease.
c)
Carbon dioxide concentrations have no affect on climate
d)
As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures become more random.
93.
What is one way that carbon enters the atmosphere?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Vehicle emissions/Exhaust
c)
Ocean uptake
d)
Rain
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