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GE ELEC 1 - Envi Sci

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Almost all of the earth’s weather occurs in this layer.

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Mesosphere

2.

Its lower portion holds enough ozone to filter out most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Mesosphere

3.

The following are examples of physical elements except

a)

water bodies

b)

microorganisms

c)

climate

d)

soils

4.

It also called a “solid sphere”

a)

atmosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

ecosphere

5.

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?

a)

Nature knows best

b)

All forms of life are important

c)

Human progress must consider its effect on nature

d)

The amount of life nature can support is limited

6.

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)

A Sand County Almanac

b)

The Land Ethics

c)

Silent Spring

d)

The Diversity of life

7.

His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he has been called the world’s leading expert.

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Rowland and Molina

c)

Edward O. Wilson

d)

Greta Thunberg

8.

It talked about the environmental impacts that correlated the widespread use of DDT in agriculture in the United States.

a)

A Sand County Almanac

b)

The Land Ethics

c)

Silent Spring

d)

The Diversity of life

9.

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?

a)

Ours is finite earth

b)

Everything is connected to everything else

c)

Nature knows best

10.

Is a dynamic force to develop a Filipino population with awareness and concern for the environment

a)

Environmental movement

b)

Environmental education

c)

Environmental cause

d)

Environmental program

11.

A complex trophic relationship among a group of organisms, consisting of interactions among multiple food chains.

a)

Food web

b)

Food chain

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of these

12.

It is a study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

a)

Biology

b)

Geoscience

c)

Ecology

d)

None of these

13.

What is the correct order of organization from least to most complex?

a)

Population-community-biosphere

b)

Atom-molecule-cell-organism

c)

atom-cell-molecule-organism

d)

cell-atom-molecule-organism

14.

A group of toads falls under which level of organization?

a)

Population

b)

Biome

c)

Community

d)

Biosphere

15.

A term describing all the living and non-living things in a certain location.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Organism

d)

Ecosystem

16.

Being diagnosed with a disability characterized by focusing on one idea or interest, this environmentalist poured her efforts on the fight against climate change.

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Rowland and Molina

c)

Edward O. Wilson

d)

Greta Thunberg

17.

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?

a)

Human progress must consider its effect on nature

b)

Everything must go somewhere

c)

The amount of life nature can support is limited

d)

Nature knows best

18.

One of the main ways CO2 is removed from the atmosphere is?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Combustion

c)

Respiration

d)

Decomposition

19.

It enforced the banning of the use of Chlorofluorocarbons.

a)

DuPont

b)

Rowland and Molina

c)

Montreal Protocol

d)

Ozone depletion

20.

Since the use of Chlorofluorocarbons lowers the concentration of ozone in the atmosphere. ______ have been identified as an appropriate alternative.

a)

Hydrofluorocarbons

b)

Hydrofluoroolefins

c)

Hydrofluoroalkane

d)

Hydrofluorosilicic

21.

Which of the following is an example of a heterotroph?

a)

Green algae

b)

Phytoplankton

c)

Zooplankton

d)

Plants

22.

Fungi derive their energy by eating dead or decaying material. Their mode of nutrition is ________.

a)

Autotrophic

b)

Decomposer

c)

Heterotrophic

d)

Saprophytic

23.

The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in?

a)

altitude

b)

density

c)

composition

d)

temperature

24.

It has the greatest biological diversity of any land biome

a)

temperate grassland

b)

coniferous forest

c)

tundra

d)

tropical rain forest

e)

savanna

25.

Study the image. Which among this organisms will most likely to receive the lowest amount of energy?

a)

Snake

b)

Owl

c)

Bird

d)

Grasshopper

26.

This refers to a natural world, including the land, water, air, plants and animals, especially considered as something that is affected by human activity.

a)

ecosystem

b)

environment

c)

both a/b

d)

agroecosystem

27.

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)

A. Geosphere

b)

B. Atmosphere

c)

C. Lithosphere

d)

D. both a/c

28.

Which of the following statement are correct?

a)

Atmosphere implies the destructive blanket of gases, surrounding the earth.

b)

Biosphere indicates the realm of non-living organisms and their interactions with the environment that includes atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.

c)

Crust is the outside layer of the earth and is made of solid rock, mostly basalt and granite.

d)

Only about 5% is available as fresh surface water-rivers, lakes streams and groundwater fit to be used for human consumption and other uses.

29.

The following statement are correct EXCEPT.

a)

Biosphere indicates the realm of living organisms and their interactions with the environment that includes atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.

b)

The biological of environment consists of flora and fauna species

c)

The lithosphere refers to water component

d)

none of these

30.

What two gases are found throughout all layers of the atmosphere?

a)

nitrogen and oxygen

b)

trace gasses and water vapor

c)

oxygen and carbon dioxide

d)

nitrogen and carbon dioxide

31.

These are man-made features of the environment

a)

physical environment

b)

cultural environment

c)

biological environment

d)

economic environment

32.

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.

a)

fungi

b)

vegetation

c)

soil cover

d)

animals

33.

What do think are the possible methods to conserve our soil?

a)

using conventional tillage

b)

terracing

c)

overgrazing

d)

none of these

34.

When nuclear power plant leaks radiation to the atmosphere it will lead to?

a)

A. more electrical energy

b)

B. contamination of surroundings

c)

C. more plants to grow

d)

D. both a/b

35.

What does DDT means?

a)

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

b)

Dichlorodiphynyltrichloroethane

c)

Dichlourodiphenylthrichloroethane

d)

Dichlorodyphenyltrichloroethane

36.

It is considered as the last lung of the earth that contributes about 20% of oxygen.

a)

forest lake memorial park

b)

amazon rainforest

c)

arrocceros park

d)

sierra madre

37.

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.

a)

Carson

b)

Thunberg

c)

Leopold

d)

Wilson

38.

Which of the following is a possible producer in an ecosystem?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Human beings

d)

Fish

39.

The organisms which feed on dead organisms and excreta of living organisms are known

a)

Decomposers

b)

Consumers

c)

Producers

d)

Carnivores

40.

Which of the following is an example of impact of development activities on the Hydrosphere?

a)

Air pollution

b)

Soil pollution

c)

Soil erosion

d)

Water pollution

41.

The following statement are correct about biosphere EXCEPT

a)

A. The solid shell of inorganic materials on the surface of the Earth

b)

B. The thin shell of organic matter on the surface of earth comprising of all the living things

c)

C. The sphere which occupies the minimum volume of all the spheres

d)

D. both a/b

42.

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.

a)

weather

b)

climate change

c)

force majeure

d)

climatic condition

43.

Food webs are?

a)

One kind of food in the restaurants

b)

Not related to food chains at all

c)

Inter-connected arrangement of food chains

d)

Linear arrangement of food chains

44.

It is considered as the coldest desert.

a)

Sahara

b)

Safari

c)

Gobi

d)

Africa

45.

Also known as autotrophs, make their own food. They make up the first level of every food chain.

a)

Producer

b)

Decomposer

c)

Consumer

d)

Detrivore

46.

Which of the following are correct about producers?

a)

A. most producers need sunlight to make food

b)

B. these producers depend indirectly on the sun as their source of energy.

c)

C. organisms that get their energy from living resources, meaning they make their own food.

d)

D. either a/b

47.

This refers to the process where bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas.

a)

denitrification

b)

nitrification

c)

nitrite

d)

nitrogen

48.

Without phosphorus, living beings cannot grow, reproduce, or move. This is because phosphorus

a)

forms part of the structure of DNA and RNA.

b)

is needed for energy transport in cells.

c)

provides structure to cell membranes.

d)

All of the above

49.

A food web consists of?

a)

Interlocking food chains

b)

A portion of a food chain

c)

Producers, consumers and decomposers

d)

A set of similar consumers

50.

Greenhouse gases which is present in very high quantity is

a)

propane

b)

ethane

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

methane