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Environmental Concerns

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a type of photochemical air pollution that is a result of the interaction of sunlight with certain chemicals in the atmosphere.

a)

Pollution

b)

Chlorofluorocarbon

c)

Smog

d)

Greenhouse Effect

2.

This is a warming of the planet due to carbon dioxide and hear retention.

a)

Pollution

b)

Global Warming

c)

Smog

d)

Greenhouse Effect

3.

This is the scale used to describe how acidic or basic a solution is. This affects the enzymes within living systems.

a)

Biogeochemical Cycle

b)

pH

c)

Smog

d)

Global Warming

4.

This is the contamination of an environment beyond natural correction.

a)

Endangered Species

b)

Extinction

c)

Pollution

d)

Habitat Loss

5.

An organism facing extinction through destruction of habitat; the process may threaten the survival, abundance, or evolutionary development of the species.

a)

Threatened Species

b)

Endangered Species

c)

Extinction

d)

Habitat Loss

6.

This is the ceasing of the existence of any particular species.

a)

Threatened species

b)

Endangered species

c)

Extinction

d)

Habitat Loss

7.

A pathway by which a chemical element or molecule moves through both biotic and abiotic compartments of an ecosystem.

a)

Biogeochemical Cycle

b)

Chlorofluorocarbon

c)

Pollution

d)

pH

8.

A process of land use change in which plants and animals which previously used the site are displaced or destroyed. Generally this results in a reduction in biodiversity.

a)

Global warming

b)

Extinction

c)

Threatened species

d)

Habitat Loss

9.

A theory of overall increase in world near-surface air and ocean temperatures which may be caused by additional heat being trapped by greenhouse gases.

a)

Biogeochemical cycle

b)

Global warming

c)

Greenhouse effect

d)

Smog

10.

Any living organism which is "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range".

a)

Extinction

b)

Threatened species

c)

Endangered species

d)

Habitat loss

11.

This was formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans. These chemicals damage the ozone layer of the Earth.

a)

Smog

b)

Pollution

c)

Global warming

d)

Chlorofluorocarbon

12.

Which would be found in a climax community?

a)

lichens and moss

b)

trees and shrubs

c)

weeds and grasses

d)

volcanoes and soil

13.

Primary succession would most likely occur after:

a)

forest fire

b)

lava flow

c)

farm land is abandoned

d)

severe storm

14.

Plant cells undergo photosynthesis to produce glucose, a usable form of energy. What reactants are needed for photosynthesis to occur?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Light energy

c)

Water

d)

Oxygen

15.

Producers > First-Level Consumers > Second-Level Consumers > Third-Level Consumers > .....

a)

Herbivores

b)

Scavengers

c)

Carnivores

d)

Decomposers

16.

If a population grows larger than its environmental carrying capacity, then:

a)

Death rates may rise

b)

Immigration rates may increase

c)

Birth rate may rise significantly

d)

Death rate may rise significantly

17.

What effect to chlorofluorocarbons have on the atmosphere?

a)

They add fossil fuels to the environment

b)

They destroy important UV filtering ozone molecules

c)

They add phosphorous to the atmosphere

d)

They destroy nitrogen and carbon molecules