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WorksheetsGE ELEC 1 - Envi Sci
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Almost all of the earth’s weather occurs in this layer.
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Its lower portion holds enough ozone to filter out most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
The following are examples of physical elements except
water bodies
microorganisms
climate
soils
It also called a “solid sphere”
atmosphere
lithosphere
biosphere
ecosphere
All other major environmental issues flow from the very fact that we are over populating the planet. The world’s population has tripled in the last 60 years, placing stress on every aspect of the environment. More land is developed to accommodate the urban spread. Which environmental principle is being exemplified?
Nature knows best
All forms of life are important
Human progress must consider its effect on nature
The amount of life nature can support is limited
This book eloquently called for the preservation of ecosystems and led to a philosophy that has guided many to discovering what it means to live in harmony with the land and with one another.
A Sand County Almanac
The Land Ethics
Silent Spring
The Diversity of life
His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he has been called the world’s leading expert.
Rachel Carson
Rowland and Molina
Edward O. Wilson
Greta Thunberg
It talked about the environmental impacts that correlated the widespread use of DDT in agriculture in the United States.
A Sand County Almanac
The Land Ethics
Silent Spring
The Diversity of life
In 2006, the first Philippine constructed wetland was completed serving about 700 households in a peri-urban area of Bayawan City which has been used to resettle families that lived along the coast in informal settlements and had no access to safe water supply and sanitation facilities. Which environmental principle is exemplified?
Ours is finite earth
Everything is connected to everything else
Nature knows best
Is a dynamic force to develop a Filipino population with awareness and concern for the environment
Environmental movement
Environmental education
Environmental cause
Environmental program
A complex trophic relationship among a group of organisms, consisting of interactions among multiple food chains.
Food web
Food chain
Both A and B
None of these
It is a study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.
Biology
Geoscience
Ecology
None of these
What is the correct order of organization from least to most complex?
Population-community-biosphere
Atom-molecule-cell-organism
atom-cell-molecule-organism
cell-atom-molecule-organism
A group of toads falls under which level of organization?
Population
Biome
Community
Biosphere
A term describing all the living and non-living things in a certain location.
Community
Population
Organism
Ecosystem
Being diagnosed with a disability characterized by focusing on one idea or interest, this environmentalist poured her efforts on the fight against climate change.
Rachel Carson
Rowland and Molina
Edward O. Wilson
Greta Thunberg
It is estimated that by 2050, there will be no fish left in the sea. The extinction of many fish species is due to humans over fishing the oceans to supply an ever increasing population’s demand for seafood. Which environmental principle is exemplified?
Human progress must consider its effect on nature
Everything must go somewhere
The amount of life nature can support is limited
Nature knows best
One of the main ways CO2 is removed from the atmosphere is?
Photosynthesis
Combustion
Respiration
Decomposition
It enforced the banning of the use of Chlorofluorocarbons.
DuPont
Rowland and Molina
Montreal Protocol
Ozone depletion
Since the use of Chlorofluorocarbons lowers the concentration of ozone in the atmosphere. ______ have been identified as an appropriate alternative.
Hydrofluorocarbons
Hydrofluoroolefins
Hydrofluoroalkane
Hydrofluorosilicic
Which of the following is an example of a heterotroph?
Green algae
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Plants
Fungi derive their energy by eating dead or decaying material. Their mode of nutrition is ________.
Autotrophic
Decomposer
Heterotrophic
Saprophytic
The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in?
altitude
density
composition
temperature
It has the greatest biological diversity of any land biome
temperate grassland
coniferous forest
tundra
tropical rain forest
savanna
Study the image. Which among this organisms will most likely to receive the lowest amount of energy?
Snake
Owl
Bird
Grasshopper
This refers to a natural world, including the land, water, air, plants and animals, especially considered as something that is affected by human activity.
ecosystem
environment
both a/b
agroecosystem
Its upper portion contains non-renewable fossil fuels and minerals that we use, as well as renewable soil chemicals (nutrients) that organisms need to live and grow. This refers to?
A. Geosphere
B. Atmosphere
C. Lithosphere
D. both a/c
Which of the following statement are correct?
Atmosphere implies the destructive blanket of gases, surrounding the earth.
Biosphere indicates the realm of non-living organisms and their interactions with the environment that includes atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.
Crust is the outside layer of the earth and is made of solid rock, mostly basalt and granite.
Only about 5% is available as fresh surface water-rivers, lakes streams and groundwater fit to be used for human consumption and other uses.
The following statement are correct EXCEPT.
Biosphere indicates the realm of living organisms and their interactions with the environment that includes atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.
The biological of environment consists of flora and fauna species
The lithosphere refers to water component
none of these
What two gases are found throughout all layers of the atmosphere?
nitrogen and oxygen
trace gasses and water vapor
oxygen and carbon dioxide
nitrogen and carbon dioxide
These are man-made features of the environment
physical environment
cultural environment
biological environment
economic environment
It protects the soil from erosion by wind and water and it provides organic material to maintain levels of nutrients essentials for healthy plant growth.
fungi
vegetation
soil cover
animals
What do think are the possible methods to conserve our soil?
using conventional tillage
terracing
overgrazing
none of these
When nuclear power plant leaks radiation to the atmosphere it will lead to?
A. more electrical energy
B. contamination of surroundings
C. more plants to grow
D. both a/b
What does DDT means?
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Dichlorodiphynyltrichloroethane
Dichlourodiphenylthrichloroethane
Dichlorodyphenyltrichloroethane
It is considered as the last lung of the earth that contributes about 20% of oxygen.
forest lake memorial park
amazon rainforest
arrocceros park
sierra madre
She is a young environmental activist who worked to address the problem of climate change, founding (2018) a movement known as Fridays for Future or School Strike for Climate and was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.
Carson
Thunberg
Leopold
Wilson
Which of the following is a possible producer in an ecosystem?
Plants
Animals
Human beings
Fish
The organisms which feed on dead organisms and excreta of living organisms are known
Decomposers
Consumers
Producers
Carnivores
Which of the following is an example of impact of development activities on the Hydrosphere?
Air pollution
Soil pollution
Soil erosion
Water pollution
The following statement are correct about biosphere EXCEPT
A. The solid shell of inorganic materials on the surface of the Earth
B. The thin shell of organic matter on the surface of earth comprising of all the living things
C. The sphere which occupies the minimum volume of all the spheres
D. both a/b
It refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer.
weather
climate change
force majeure
climatic condition
Food webs are?
One kind of food in the restaurants
Not related to food chains at all
Inter-connected arrangement of food chains
Linear arrangement of food chains
It is considered as the coldest desert.
Sahara
Safari
Gobi
Africa
Also known as autotrophs, make their own food. They make up the first level of every food chain.
Producer
Decomposer
Consumer
Detrivore
Which of the following are correct about producers?
A. most producers need sunlight to make food
B. these producers depend indirectly on the sun as their source of energy.
C. organisms that get their energy from living resources, meaning they make their own food.
D. either a/b
This refers to the process where bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas.
denitrification
nitrification
nitrite
nitrogen
Without phosphorus, living beings cannot grow, reproduce, or move. This is because phosphorus
forms part of the structure of DNA and RNA.
is needed for energy transport in cells.
provides structure to cell membranes.
All of the above
A food web consists of?
Interlocking food chains
A portion of a food chain
Producers, consumers and decomposers
A set of similar consumers
Greenhouse gases which is present in very high quantity is
propane
ethane
carbon dioxide
methane
