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Unit 1, Task 0,1&2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

is the part of Earth where life exists

a)

Biosphere

b)

Biota

c)

Geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

2.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

A community of non-interacting organisms and their physical environment.

b)

A biological community of interacting organisms and their chemical environment.

c)

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

d)

A community of non-interacting organisms and their chemical environment.

3.
Which sources of energy are NOT considered renewable
a)
geothermal (heat)
b)
hydroelectric  (water)
c)
coal
d)
wind
4.
What are renewable energy sources?
a)
Energy sources that are newly found.
b)
Energy sources that are used over again.
c)
Energy sources that are scarce.
d)
Energy sources that are naturally replaced.
5.
Natural resources are
a)
renewable.
b)
nonrenewable.
c)
resources that exist without actions of humankind. 
d)
resources produced by humans from using biotic and abiotic factors found in nature.
6.
Renewable resources 
a)
can be replenished.
b)
cannot be replenished.
c)
are limited.
d)
are fossil fuels.
7.

Nonrenewable resources

a)

can be replenished.

b)

cannot be replenished.

c)

are not limited.

d)

are not fossil fuels.

8.
Name the boundary
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sergent
9.
Name this boundary
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Sergent
10.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
sergent
11.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
12.
Which of the following land formation occurs at a divergent continental/continental boundary?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
Pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
13.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
14.
Earth's plates are....
a)
Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
b)
Never moved
c)
Move seldom and very fast
d)
move when they feel like it
15.
Plate movement is caused by _____
a)
The rotation of the Earth
b)
Ocean tides
c)
Convection current in the mantle
d)
The moon's gravity
16.

The presence of the same __________ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift.

a)

fossils

b)

rocks

c)

both fossils and rocks

d)

neither fossils nor rocks

17.

Scientists at the time rejected Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earth's continents move.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single supercontinent called ________ once existed.

a)

Glomar

b)

Glossopteris

c)

Pangaea

d)

Wegener

19.

The _____________ hypothesis suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth.

a)

continental drift

b)

continental shelf

c)

Pangaea

d)

Gondwana

20.

This is a picture of ___________.

a)

Pangaea

b)

Laurasia

c)

Gondwana

d)

Eurasia

21.
What is climate?
a)
What's happening in space at a time and place.
b)
What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
c)
The average weather over many years
d)
The average temperature over many years.
22.

A gigantic mass of moving ice

a)

glacial drift

b)

stratified drift

c)

till

d)

glacier

23.

Which two systems interact during the creation of fossil fuels?

a)

Geosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

24.

A natural underground layer of oil and gas is called a _______________?

a)

Fossil fuel

b)

Deposit

c)

Glacier

d)

Ecosystem

25.

A system is a ___________

a)

mountain that is slowly weathered away by the wind, rain and snow.

b)

waves crashing onto the shore.

c)

a set of things working together as parts to form a whole.

d)

A community of birds living together in a jungle.