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Half Term Recap Year 1 Quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________________ is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor. __________________ is the primary pathway that water moves from the liquid state back into the water cycle as atmospheric water

a)

Transpiration

b)

Deposition

c)

Percolation

d)

Evaporation

2.

____________________ is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil. ________________ rate in soil science is a measure of the rate at which soil is able to absorb rainfall or irrigation.

a)

Infiltration

b)

Percolation

c)

Deposition

d)

Condensation

3.

_____________________ is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most ________________ falls as rain.

a)

Snowmelt runoff

b)

Precipitation

c)

Surface runoff

d)

Evaporation

4.

__________________ is the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water. ________________ is crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds.

a)

Transportation

b)

Percolation

c)

Condensation

d)

Plant Uptake

5.

__________________ is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere. ______________ is essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Percolation

c)

Infiltration

d)

Plant Uptake

6.

Which term describes water moving through the soil and rocks

a)

Infiltration

b)

percolation

c)

through flow

d)

ground water flow

7.

What are the three main abstractive uses of water

a)

Industry

b)

Agriculture

c)

Transport

d)

Domestic

8.

Which is the correct equation?

Residence time=

a)

Time spent in a reservoir

b)

Transfer rate divided by volume of water in reservoir

c)

Volume of water in reservoir divided by mean transfer time

d)

Volume of water in reservoir divided by time spent in all reservoirs

9.

Precipitation which is stopped by biota such as trees is known as...

a)

Percolation

b)

Infiltration

c)

Interception

d)

Non-Through flow

10.

Which two terms are important for aquifers

a)

Porosity

b)

Percolation

c)

Permeability

d)

transpiration

11.

Which reservoir has the shortest residence time?

a)

Soil

b)

Biota

c)

Land ice

d)

Lakes and rivers

12.
Earth's current atmosphere is
a)
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon and 0.037% carbon dioxide
b)
78% oxygen, 21%nitrogen, 0.9% argon, 0.037% carbon dioxide
c)
78% nitrogen, 21% argon, 1% oxygen
d)
78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% carbon dioxide
13.
The layers of the atmosphere in order from bottom to top are
a)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
b)
troposphere, mesosphere, atmosphere, thermosphere
c)
mesosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, exosphere
d)
thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, exosphere
14.
The layer of the atmosphere containing the ozone layer is
a)
troposphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
mesosphere
15.

The layer in the atmosphere that protects us from harmful UV radiation is made from which gas?

a)

Monatomic oxygen

b)

Diatomic oxygen

c)

Triatomic Oxygen

d)

Methane

16.
The layers of the atmosphere that get hotter with increased altitude are the
a)
thermosphere and mesosphere
b)
troposphere and mesosphere
c)
thermosphere and stratosphere
d)
stratosphere and mesosphere
17.

Natural processes that work together where the effects cancel each other are known as a

a)

Dynamic balance

b)

Dynamic equilibrium

c)

Dynamic equality

d)

Dynamic dancing

18.

Tick the natural use and man-made (industrial) use of nitrogen. (Please tick 2 options).

a)

Making Proteins in the body

b)

Fertiliser Manufacturing

c)

Fuel

d)

Making lipids in the body

19.

Which word is being defined here? " Measure of reflectivity of a surface"

a)

Reflection

b)

Shininess

c)

Albedo

d)

Alfredo

20.

Which gas makes up 0.000007% of the earth's atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Methane

d)

Ozone

21.

Which of the following gases IS NOT considered a greenhouse gas?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

nitrogen

c)

water vapor

d)

methane

22.

Which species are more likely to be able to adapt to changes caused by GCC?

a)

r species

b)

k species

c)

f species

23.

If a species is able to withstand a large variety of conditions and resilient to change caused by GCC is said to have a large...

a)

range of responsiveness

b)

range of adaptability

c)

range of tolerance

d)

range of conditions

24.

If global climate change causes some areas to become flooded joined area of habitats can become separated . What is this called and what is the consequence? Please tick both

a)

Isolation

b)

Fragmentation

c)

No breeding in populations

d)

No interbreeding between populations

25.

What is being defined here "A dense body of ice that moves over the land under its own weight".

a)

Ice cap

b)

Ice field

c)

Glacier

d)

Iceberg

26.

What is the difference between an ice cap and ice field ? Tick all that apply

a)

Size

b)

Thickness of Ice

c)

Location

d)

Topography

27.

What is being defined here? A floating mass of ice attached to land

a)

Iceberg

b)

Glacier

c)

Ice shelf

d)

Ice field

28.

Which ocean current is being shown here?

a)

La Nina

b)

El Nino

c)

North Atlantic Conveyor Current

d)

Pacific Gulf Stream

29.

What is being defined here? A reversal of the current direction between Australia and South America

a)

La Nina

b)

El Nino

c)

North Atlantic Conveyor Current

d)

Pacific Gulf Stream

30.

What is being defined here? A strengthening of winds and therefore speed of ocean currents in a normal direction between Australia and South America

a)

La Nina

b)

El Nino

c)

North Atlantic Conveyor Current

d)

Pacific Gulf Stream

31.

Which of these is NOT a UK conservation designation

a)

NNR

b)

MNR

c)

MPA

d)

RAMSAR

32.

Which of these is a correct example of drug development

a)

Poppies-Morphine-Breast Cancer

b)

Yew Tree- Quinine- Breast Cancer

c)

Poppies- Quinine- Pain relief

d)

Yew Tree- Taxol- Breast Cancer

33.

Which of these is NOT a correct example of biomimetics

a)

Lotus flower - self cleaning glass

b)

Rabbit Warrens- Ventilation

c)

Eagle wings- Plane winglets

d)

Shark skin- Infection control in operating theatres

34.

Which of these is not a characteristic brought in by CWR species

a)

Disease Resistance

b)

Drought Resistance

c)

High Yield

d)

Improved shape

e)

Trick question they all apply

35.

Which of these is not a characteristic brought in by CWR species

a)

Disease Resistance

b)

Drought Resistance

c)

High Yield

d)

Improved shape

e)

Trick question they all apply

36.

Which one is NOT a biome?

a)

stratosphere

b)

temporate forest

c)

ocean

d)

savanna

37.

Mistletoe grows and spreads on trees, taking their nutrients:

a)

predation

b)

parasitism

c)

mutualism

d)

commensalism

38.

What would happen within a few months after the formation of a volcanic island?

a)

pioneer species would grow

b)

no pioneer species would grow

c)

trees and large plants would grow

d)

rich, organic soil would be present

39.

What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

a)

carnivore

b)

detrivore

c)

decomposer

d)

herbivore

40.

Which organisms would be at the top or last trophic level?

a)

plant

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

carnivore

41.

The monkey would be a

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

primary consumer

d)

secondary consumer