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Earth's systems

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the mostly solid, rocky part of earth, composed of solid and molten rock, soil and sediments?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere
2.
What is the mostly solid, rocky part of earth, composed of solid and molten rock, soil and sediments?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere
3.
Mount Everest is:
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere
4.
A monkey is:
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
5.
This picture shows:
a)
Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
6.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the atmosphere?
a)
Rain
b)
Winds
c)
Clouds
d)
Helium
7.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the geosphere?
a)
Sand
b)
Volcano
c)
Mushrooms
d)
Rocks
8.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the biosphere?
a)
Coral 
b)
Grass
c)
Starfish
d)
Clouds
9.
Which sphere would contain whales and dolphins?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere
10.

What is a multicellular organism?

a)

an organism with one cell

b)

an organism with 2 or more cells

c)

bacteria

11.
The smallest unit of life that can sustain itself is called...
a)
an organism.
b)
the biosphere.
c)
a population.
d)
a community.
12.
What is it called when a group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time?
a)
An organism
b)
A population
c)
A community
d)
A biome
13.
What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?
a)
An organism
b)
A population
c)
A community
d)
A biosphere
14.
What is it called when you have groups of different populations along with their abiotic factors?
a)
An organism
b)
A population
c)
A community
d)
An ecosystem
15.
When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called...
a)
a community.
b)
a biome.
c)
a biosphere.
d)
an Earthsphere.
16.
The Earth's atmosphere is mainly made of
a)
water
b)
snow
c)
wax
d)
air
17.
The layer of atmosphere closest to the Earth is called the
a)
mesosphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
proctosphere
18.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
a)
Outer core
b)
Inner core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
19.
How thick is the crust?
a)
5-100km
b)
5-2000km
c)
3200km
d)
1-20km
20.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
21.
What is caused when the tectonic plates slip?
a)
thunderstorms
b)
hurricanes
c)
tornadoes
d)
earthquakes
22.

Which is A

(a)  

23.

Which is B

(a)  

24.

True or False: Everything needs energy to live.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

How does the food chain start?

a)

Plant life uses energy from the sun to make food.

b)

Insects like grasshoppers eat plant life.

c)

Animals like rats eat insects.

d)

Humans eat large animals and plant life.

26.

What do we call an animal that gets eaten in a food chain?

a)

prey

b)

predator

c)

producer

d)

consumer

27.

Which of the following are producers?

a)

plants

b)

humans

c)

snakes

d)

birds

28.

What is the role of decomposers in the food chain?

a)

to consume plants and animals

b)

to produce food using energy from the sun

c)

to eat decaying matter and return nutrients to the soil

d)

to hunt prey

29.

Seals eat fish. What would happen to the seal population if almost all the fish died?

a)

The population would grow.

b)

The population would shrink.

30.
Bacteria and fungi typically serve what role in an ecosystem?
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
31.
What is a producer?
a)
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
b)
an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
c)
an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
d)
an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food
32.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
33.
Why is the insect a consumer?
a)
It is eaten by a mouse.
b)
It can make its own food.
c)
It eats the plant.
34.
In the food chain pictured, the source of energy for the water plant is ______.
a)
Sun
b)
Water Plant
c)
Mayfly
d)
Trout
35.
Which of the following organisms is a producer?
a)
Sun
b)
Water Plant
c)
Mayfly 
d)
Trout
36.
Which picture would be second to show the flow of energy through the food chain.
a)
snake
b)
sun
c)
carrot
d)
rabbit