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Environmental Changes

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This pollutes soil and kills plants...

a)

industry

b)

military impact

c)

acid rain

d)

construction

2.

When an ecosystem is able to recover or easily adjust to change.

a)

resilient

b)

industry

c)

biodiversity

3.

Airplanes, cars, roads, waste collection, and buildings are all examples of...

a)

habitat fragmentation

b)

construction

c)

infrastructure

d)

natural resources

4.

The graph shows that the human population has...

a)

increased

b)

decreased

5.

This comes from endangered trees...

a)

biodiversity

b)

natural resources

c)

exotic trees

d)

deforestation

6.

When people cut down trees to make lumber for building houses, it is called...

a)

Habitat Fragmentation

b)

Overfishing

c)

Logging

7.

In 2016, the Great Smoky Mountains lost a large amount of habitat because of this...

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Wildfire

c)

Pollution

d)

Flooding

8.

One way that the military harms the environment is...

a)

construction

b)

overfishing

c)

radiation

9.

The biome in this picture is....

a)

tundra

b)

taiga

c)

desert

d)

grassland

10.

The variety of species on Earth is called...

a)

natural resources

b)

consumers

c)

biodiversity

d)

resilient

11.

Resources that are found in the environment, like coal and lumber, are known as...

a)

natural resources

b)

infrastructure

c)

commensalism

d)

exotic woods

12.

When a large habitat is broken into smaller habitats, it is called...

a)

deforestation

b)

loss of habitat

c)

habitat fragmentation

d)

construction

13.

This contributes to 23% of the world's air pollution...

a)

Industry

b)

Construction

c)

Deforestation

14.

This happens when the ocean gets too hot and algae leaves reefs...

a)

overfishing

b)

deforestation

c)

coral bleaching

d)

loss of habitat

15.

Biodiversity is

a)

changes in an environment

b)

variety of life

c)

characteristics of organisms

16.

the possibility a species could become extinct

a)

endangered

b)

mutation

c)

sustainability

17.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
18.
The environmental impact of mining includes erosion, loss of biodiversity,contamination of soil and water
a)
This is a short term impact.
b)
This is a long term impact.
19.
"Bio" means _________.
a)
non-living
b)
not/without
c)
life
d)
dead
20.

How does an increase in carbon dioxide affect global temperature?

a)

decreases

b)

increases

c)

does not affect temperature

d)

temperature stays the same

21.

Which is an example of a sustainable practice?

a)

Mowing your lawn

b)

planting more trees when some are cut down

c)

Using oil instead of natural gas

d)

Having more cattle to take care of the grass and weeds

22.

the ability of an ecosystem to stay healthy & productive over time

a)

sustainability

b)

environmental change

c)

adaptations

23.
Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ______________.
a)
groundwater
b)
streams and rivers
c)
oceans
d)
All of these choices
24.
About 97% of the water on Earth is ___________________.
a)
fresh water
b)
groundwater
c)
salt water
d)
ice
25.
Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Water vapor
c)
Methane
d)
Nitric oxides
26.
largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
primary succession 
c)
denitrification
d)
mutualism
27.

In which biome would you find Tennessee?

a)

coniferous forest (taiga)

b)

tundra

c)

grassland

d)

deciduous forest

28.

Which biome has the least amount of biodiversity? (the least different kinds of organisms)

a)

tropical rain forest

b)

savanna

c)

grassland

d)

desert

29.

Which biome is the driest? It receives less than 10 inches of rain a year.

a)

desert

b)

grassland

c)

deciduous forest

d)

tropical rain forest

30.

In which biome would you find giraffes and elephants?

a)

desert

b)

deciduous forest

c)

savanna

d)

tundra

31.

In which biome would you find permafrost? This is the layer of soil that is frozen all the time.

a)

coniferous forest (taiga)

b)

desert

c)

tundra

d)

grassland

32.

Which biome has the worst soil because so much vegetation grows there that are the nutrients are in the trees and plants?

a)

tundra

b)

desert

c)

tropical rain forest

d)

grassland

33.

Which biome gets the most amount of rain every year?

a)

decidious forest

b)

tropical rain forest

c)

desert

d)

tundra

34.

Which biome has the greatest amount of biodiversity? (the most different kinds of organisms)

a)

tundra

b)

grassland

c)

desert

d)

tropical rain forest

35.

Which biome has trees that lose their leaves in the fall and regrow them in the spring?

a)

deciduous forest

b)

coniferous forest (taiga)

c)

tropical rain forest

d)

desert

36.

Which biome is the coldest?

a)

tundra

b)

desert

c)

grassland

d)

savanna

37.

Which biome has NO trees because much of the ground is frozen all the time?

a)

tundra

b)

desert

c)

savanna

d)

coniferous forest (taiga)

38.

Which biome has all four seasons and they are distinct? (you can tell which season it is)

a)

tropical rain forest

b)

desert

c)

deciduous forest

d)

grassland

39.
In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
40.
In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predator
41.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
42.

Which ecosystem has more biodiversity?

a)
b)
43.

Industries emit (let out) what kind of gas?

a)

Vapor

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

Oxygen

44.
Remoras are small fish that swim close to or attach themselves to sharks.  Remoras eat small scraps left as the sharks feed and the sharks are unaffected. 
a)
Competition
b)
Predation
c)
Mutualism
d)
Commensalism
45.
A tapeworm and a dog have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
46.
What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
47.
When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.
a)
host, hostess
b)
parasite, host
c)
host, parasite
d)
prey, predator
48.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
49.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
50.
What do Omnivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
51.
What do Herbivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
52.
Who does the owl get energy from? 
a)
Grass
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
d)
Ow
53.
Who is the producer in this food chain? 
a)
Grass
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
d)
Ow
54.
Which organism gets its energy by eating sea otters?
a)
Sea urchins
b)
Sea Stars
c)
Sharks
d)
Large crabs
55.
Which organism in this food web is a carnivore?
a)
Mouse
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Green Plant
d)
Snake

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