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3rd Six Weeks Test Practice

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?
a)
Water
b)
Sun
c)
Consumers
d)
Oxygen
2.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
3.
An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
4.
What does a food chain represent?
a)
How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
b)
All of the things that a particular animal eats.
c)
How plants create their own food.
d)
A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.
5.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
6.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
7.
What is a trophic level?
a)
Each level represented within a food chain or web.
b)
Levels of ecosystems that the world is divided into.
c)
Different levels of nutrients present within an organism.
d)
The levels of sunlight an autotroph needs to survive. 
8.
An energy pyramid represents what?
a)
How much sunlight is available for the ecosystem to use. 
b)
How much energy a particular organism needs. 
c)
How much energy is needed to build a pyramid. 
d)
The amount of energy available to the next 'feeder' in a food web.
9.
How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?
a)
100%
b)
10%
c)
50%
d)
75%
10.
Why is there a limited amount of energy that can be passed on to the next feeding level?
a)
There is never enough sunlight available. 
b)
Some ecosystems have limited resources. 
c)
Organisms use some of the energy they get from eating.
d)
All the energy is available to be passed on. 
11.
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
a)
More than one organism may eat them. 
b)
They may eat more than one other organism. 
c)
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
d)
They have no resources available to them.
12.
The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:
a)
Primary Consumers
b)
Producers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Tertiary Consumers
13.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
14.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
15.
The fox in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Tertiary Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
16.
The mouse in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Secondary Consumer
17.
The image provided is an example of a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
18.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Autotroph
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Decomposer
19.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Autotroph
20.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Insect
21.
What is the elevation of point B? (Contour interval is 100m)
a)
800 ft
b)
850 ft
c)
900 ft
d)
1000 ft
22.
What is the elevation at sea level?
a)
0
b)
100m
c)
20m
d)
3000m
23.
What is the elevation of Y?
a)
Between 120-140 meters
b)
Between 100-120 meters
c)
Between 140-160 meters
d)
Between 80-100 meters
24.
A mountaineer is planning an expedition. He wants to follow the easiest possible path, which means he needs to find the most gentle slope up the mountain. Which route should the mountaineer choose?
a)
Route A
b)
Route B
c)
 Route C
d)
Route D
25.
What do close contour lines represent on a map?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
26.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gentle slope
d)
river
27.
How many mountain tops does this map have?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
28.
In which direction is Mill River flowing?
a)
Southeast
b)
Southwest
c)
Northeast
d)
Northwest
29.
What feature is at the arrow?
a)
volcano
b)
mountain
c)
cliff
d)
river
30.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form? 
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
31.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary. 
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
32.

Which point would best be described as the coastline?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

33.

Which area would experience the most erosion from waves?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

34.

Which point indicates the fan shaped area where the river enters a larger body, in this case the bay?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

35.

The movement of rock and sediment to new places is -

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

36.

The breaking down of rock into sediment is -

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

37.

Which of the following factors carves out canyons through the processes of weathering and erosion?

a)

Water

b)

Wind

c)

Roots

d)

Gravity

38.

Sediments being deposited at the mouths of rivers creates -

a)

Deltas

b)

Mid-ocean ridges

c)

Canyons

d)

Craters

39.

Rivers erode sediments and carry them -

a)

Downstream

b)

Upstream

40.

Waves erode and change the shape of -

a)

Coastlines

b)

Canyon walls

c)

Crater rims

d)

Deltas

41.

A drought occurs when -

a)

There is very little rainfall over a long period of time

b)

There is excessive rainfall over a long period of time

c)

Mixed precipitation such as rain, sleet, ice, and snow occurs in an area

d)

Magma in the mantle causes tectonic plates to drift apart

42.

What will most likely happen to a crater as the rim erodes?

a)

It become deeper

b)

It becomes shallower

c)

It becomes wider

d)

It becomes narrower

43.

Dunes are mounds of sand that are created by -

a)

Strong winds

b)

Warm ocean water

c)

Precipitation such as rain, snow and sleet

d)

Gravity

44.

Which of the following weathers and erodes rock to create wide U-shaped valleys?

a)

Glaciers

b)

Rivers

c)

Waves

d)

Wind

45.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

c)

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

d)

the Moho discontinuity.

46.
Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the
a)
big bang theory.
b)
theory of plate tectonics.
c)
origin of the species.
d)
theory of natural selection.
47.

The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries. This map would be useful in predicting the location of future

a)

droughts

b)

hurricanes

c)

earthquakes

d)

tornadoes

48.

Which of the following is considered evidence?

a)

Frankfurt News announcement that Alfred Wegener will be speaking at the Geological Association.

b)

Popular Geology magazines statement that continent size dictates that they have always been where they are.

c)

Wegeners's theory labeled a "Fairy Tale" by Bailey Willis.

d)

Movement of continents tracked each year.

49.

Which or who of the following helped to support Wegener's hypothesis?

a)

Eduard Seuss finding same plant fossils on different continents.

b)

Discovery of Mesosaurus fossils on different continents.

c)

Edward Bullard discovery, using computers, that the coastlines of South America and Africa match extremely well at a depth of 1,000 meters.

d)

All of the above.

50.

This illustration is an example of what type of boundary?

a)

a divergent oceanic plate boundary.

b)

a convergent oceanic plate boundary.

c)

a transform oceanic plate boundary.

d)

a strike-fault boundary.

51.

The following illustration is an example of

a)

a transform boundary.

b)

a convergent boundary.

c)

a divergent boundary.

d)

an example of seafloor spreading.

52.

What is featured in this representation?

a)

Pacific Ring of Fire

b)

Mid Pacific Ridge

c)

Atlantic Rim

d)

Mid Alantic Ridge

53.
The parts of an ecosystem that are currently living or that have once lived.
a)
Biotic Factor
b)
Abiotic Factor
c)
Species
d)
Biome
54.
The factors in an ecoysystem that have never had the ability to live.
a)
Biotic Factor
b)
Abiotic Factor
c)
Biome
d)
Community
55.
The study of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors interacting in the same area.
a)
Ecology
b)
Biology
c)
Zoology
d)
Botany
56.
Many science words can be easily broken down to find their true meaning.  Look at the PREFIX below and match it to its meaning.
BIO
a)
Home
b)
Life
c)
Not
d)
Without
57.
Fish dying when the pH goes too high are an example of: 
a)
an abiotic factor limiting an abiotic factor.
b)
an abiotic factor limiting a biotic factor.
c)
a biotic factor limiting an abiotic factor.
d)
a biotic factor limiting a biotic factor.
58.
What happens to abiotic factors when biotic populations increase?
a)
increase
b)
decrease

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