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WorksheetsEnvironmental Science Midterm Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?
Rock
Water
Temperature
Starfish
Where does the energy in most ecosystems come from?
Green Plants
The Sun
Wind
Soil
What is the difference between a community and a population?
A community is one organism; A population is many organisms
A population has one species; A community has many species
A population has one ecosystem; A community has many ecosystems
A community has one biome; A population has many biomes
What is the process plants use to make their own food called?
Chlorophyll
Photosynthesis
Solar Radiation
Carbohydrates
Which of the following is an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms?
Producer
Autotroph
Consumer
Carnivore
Which of the following is correctly arranged from the lowest trophic level to the highest trophic level?
Bacteria, frog, eagle, raccoon
Algae, deer, wolf, hawk
Grass, mouse, snake, eagle
Grass, bass, minnow, snake
Which term best describes the image?
Food web
Feeding chain
Food chain
Food pyramid
Which best describes the image?
Food chain
Feeding chain
Food web
Food pyramid
Which level in the image would have the highest number of organisms?
Lion
Giraffe
Trees/Grass
The carbon cycle is responsible for which processes?
Cloud Production & Rain
Cellular Respiration & Making Fossil Fuels
Evaporation & Condensation
Volcanic Eruptions
Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are all parts of which cycle?
Carbon
Phosphorus
Water
Nitrogen
Which process releases oxygen into the atmosphere?
Burning fossil fuels
Cellular respiration
Photosynthesis
Volcanic eruptions
In what ways do organisms get the elements from the biogeochemical cycles into their systems?
Breathing
Eating
Drinking
All of the Above
How much time must pass to determine the climate of an area?
1 day
30 weeks
30 months
30 years
Topography is the study of
Shape of the land
Life
Locations of countries
Fossils
What line is known to represent 23.5 degrees north latitude?
The equator
The tropic of cancer
The tropic of capricorn
The prime meridian
What does a paleoclimatologist study?
Life
Atoms
Climates
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Which type of climate data allows scientists to determine how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere at specific times?
Tree rings
Ice cores
Fossils
Paleoclimatology
Which natural events do scientists think might cause ice ages?
Continental drift
Milankovitch cycles
Volcanism
El Nino
Which natural event shaped the continents?
Ice ages
Milankovitch cycles
Forest fires
Plate tectonics
What is responsible for holding heat on Earth?
Atmosphere
Rock
Oceans
Sun
Which greenhouse gas makes up the majority of Earth's atmosphere?
Water vapor
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Nitrous oxide
Carbon dioxide
As carbon dioxide levels increase, temperature _____________
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
Stagnates
Extinctions, migrations of species, movement to different geographical locations are all adverse effects of
Milankovitch cycles
Primary succession
Global warming
Ocean biomes
Which of the following aquatic biomes has greater than 1% saltwater?
Estuaries
Lakes
Ponds
Streams
Where do rivers flow to/end?
Streams
Other rivers
Estuaries
Creeks
Which of the following is not involved in ecological succession?
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Climax Communities
Ocean Biomes
Which type of succession starts with NO soil?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Forest wildfires could cause which type of succession?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Primary succession is typically _____________ than secondary succession.
Faster
Slower
About the Same Speed
None of the Above
Carbon dioxide has a natural seasonal cycle but is steadily increasing over time is the idea of which scientist?
Keeling
Peeling
Darwin
Einstein
The gradual increase in average global temperatures due to higher concentrations of gases is known as:
Climate change
Global warming
Greenhouse gases
Milankovitch cycles
Which of the following is an example of fossils that can be used as climate data?
Whale bones found in the desert
Sloth bones found in South America
Arrowheads found in a river in North America
Turtle fossils found in the ocean
The number and variety of species living on Earth is known as what?
Atomic diversity
Chemical diversity
Turtles
Biodiversity
Some species are so important to the functioning of an ecosystem that they are called
Keystone species
Cornerstone species
Essential species
Exotic species
Which species is a type of nonnative species that causes problems for the environment?
Keystone species
Endemic species
Invasive species
Nonnative species
Which species is used to provide early warning signs to the deterioration of the health of an ecosystem?
Endemic species
Indicator species
Native species
Invasive species
__________________ sources of energy can NOT be regenerated by nature in ones lifetime.
Non-renewable
Renewable
Kinetic energy
Fossil fuels
A geothermal power plant gets energy by
Holding water behind a dam
Circulating fluid underground
Pumping heated water or steam from rock formations
Using methane from decomposition
__________________ is the joining of the nucleus of two atoms.
Hydropower
Drilling
Fusion
Electricity
The energy in fossil fuels is often converted into
Electricity
Uranium
Magnetic fields
Coal
Which of the following is NOT a source of renewable energy?
Wind
Coal
Moving water
Sunlight
Which energy source has no greenhouse gas emissions but has waste products that present a health hazard for humans?
Natural gas
Nuclear
Coal
Petroleum
Which of the following demonstrates a person conserving energy?
Johnny takes three hot showers each day
Haley leaves her tv on 24 hours a day
Destinie does not recycle her drink bottles
Quan carpools with his friends to school
Flooding of habitats, disruption of ecosystems downstream, and reduced productivity of farmland are disadvantages of
Geothermal energy
Ocean thermal energy conversion
Hydroelectric energy
Fossil fuels
One disadvantage of wind energy is that
Wind turbines are not cost-effective
Large amounts of farmland are needed for the turbines
It must be transported from its source to where it is needed
Wind turbines generate only small amounts of energy
Which of the following is a lifestyle change that can help conserve energy ?
Washing clothes in hot water
Buying a cheap car
Using less of a resource
Taking a long hot shower
Two forms of energy from the same fuel source is __________________.
Coefficient
Conversion
Thermal
Cogeneration
A government strategy to help sustainability can be to keep energy _____________ high for selected resources to discourage their use.
Low
Prices
Expensive
Costly
A synonym for saving energy is energy _______________.
Conservation
Renewal
Usage
Cells
