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Environmental Science Culminating Assessment

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the process that causes land to becomes more extremely dry like a desert because of human activity or climate change?

a)
Erosion
b)
Desertification
c)
Salinization
d)
Compost
2.

Energy can be classified into two major categories

a)
Renewable and non renewable
b)
Natural and non renewable
c)
Renewable and Natural
d)
All of them
3.

A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

sustainable

d)

ecological

4.

Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

a)

wind energy

b)

natural gas

c)

geothermal energy

d)

sunlight

5.

What is the term for organisms, including plants and algae, that create their own food?

a)

consumers

b)

producers

c)

legumes

d)

decomposers

6.
Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?
a)
precipitation
b)
freezing
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
7.

Level 1 on the pyramid

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer

8.
What is an herbivore?
a)
An organism that only eats plants for energy
b)
An organism that eats animals for energy
c)
An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.
9.
What are "trophic levels"?
a)
Levels in a food web/food chain
b)
Levels of land in a mountain
c)
Animal diets
10.
Which of these keeps prey populations under control?
a)
apex predator
b)
zebra
c)
producer
d)
decomposer
11.
When a millipede breaks down dead and decaying material, it is acting as what?
a)
a decomposer
b)
an apex predator
c)
a producer
d)
prey
12.
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
a)
condesantion
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
13.
Which best explains why runoff is important?
a)
It returns water to other locations on Earth
b)
It increases the chance of flooding
c)
It makes evaporation occur faster
d)
It increases condensation
14.

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

a)

Trees

b)

Sun

c)

Coal

d)

Wind

15.

Has permafrost; in the Arctic or Antarctic

a)

taiga

b)

savanna

c)

desert

d)

tundra

16.
Has organisms with special adaptations to a hot, dry climate
a)
desert
b)
savanna
c)
tundra
d)
taiga
17.
This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.
a)
Deserts
b)
Tropical Rain Forests
c)
Savannas
d)
Chaparral 
18.
In which biome would you MOST LIKELY find this organism?
a)
savanna
b)
tropical rainforest
c)
temperate grassland
d)
tundra
19.

Which of the following organisms is a primary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

rabbit

c)

fox

d)

snake

20.

The Arctic is known as an ocean surrounded by land, but Antarctica is known as...

a)

a continent surrounded by continents

b)

a large ocean covered in ice

c)

land surrounded by oceans

21.

The Arctic is known as an ocean surrounded by land, but Antarctica is known as...

a)

a continent surrounded by continents

b)

a large ocean covered in ice

c)

land surrounded by oceans

22.

What ocean is the black dot on?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

23.

What are the only large animals to live in the Antarctic region year-round?

a)

ice cubes

b)

snowshow crabs

c)

geese

d)

emperor penguins

24.

Where do polar bears live?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Arctic

d)

Florida

25.

Science can change and is a continually ongoing process.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which of these contains the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?

a)

Ask a question, do background research, state your hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion

b)

State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion

c)

Ask a question, state your hypothesis, do background research, conduct an experiment, make a conclusion, analyze data

d)

State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, make a conclusion, conduct an experiment, analyze data

27.
True or False: Your hypothesis can never be wrong.
a)
True
b)
False
28.

The __________________________________ is the organized way scientists answer questions and solve problems.

a)

scientific method

b)

scientific explanation

c)

scientific notation

d)

scientific guesses

29.

When should you write a hypothesis?

a)

After writing procedures

b)

After making observations and doing research on a question/problem

c)

After buying materials for an experiment

d)

At the very beginning of the experiment

30.

Choose the best-written hypothesis that answers the question:

Question: Why is my room warmer during the day than at night?

a)

Sunlight is making my room warmer.

b)

Mr. Nuzzo has the heat turned on in the morning.

c)

If I close my blinds during the day, then my room will be cooler because sunlight cant get in.

d)

Sunlight actually cools down a room.

31.

True or False. Antarctica is a nation?

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What hemispheres are Antarctica located in?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Southern, Eastern, and Western

c)

Southern and Eastern

d)

Northern. Eastern, and Western

33.

What is filling up in our atmosphere and leading to Earth warming up?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Carbon Monoxide

c)

Carbon Fioxide

d)

Carbon Trioxide

34.

True or False. Antarctica is not difficult to travel too and many people vacation there every year.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

How is Antarctica similar to space?

a)

It is cold and without much sunlight.

b)

It is cold and has little gravity.

c)

It is a hard place for robots to work.

d)

It is able to support plants and animals.

36.

a)

Brazil

b)

Guyana

c)

Chile

37.

a)

Uruguay

b)

Argentina

c)

Peru

38.

a)

Bolivia

b)

Brazil

c)

Colombia

39.

Find Venezuela on the map

40.

What ocean is east of Brazil?

a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
41.

Why is South America a geographically diverse continent?

a)
Moderate size, mountainous topography, and identical climate zones.
b)
Limited size, uniform topography, and similar climate zones.
c)
Small size, flat topography, and consistent climate zones.
d)

Vast size, has a rainforest, mountain ranges, deserts and rivers

42.
a)

Nicaragua

b)

Panamá

c)

México

d)

Guatemala

43.
a)

Cuba

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

República Dominicana

d)

Costa Rica

44.

What is the capital of El Salvador?

a)

San Salvador

b)

El Salvador

c)

Managua

d)

San Juan

45.

What is the yellow box surrounding?

a)

Caribbean Sea

b)

Amazon River

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

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