WorksheetsMidterm Exam-Environmental Science
Total questions: 120
Worksheet time: 40mins
Freshwater shrimp --> bleak fish-->perch fish-->northern pike fish-->osprey bird
What is missing in the food chain?
Consumers
Carnivores
Producers
Predators
Which of the following lists of ecological organization from smallest to largest?
Biome, ecosystem, population
Community, population, ecosystem
Species, community, population
Community, ecosystem, biome
What is the most important factor for the success of animal population?
Natality
Adaptability
Inter-species activity
Unlimited food
The main nitrogen reservoir in the biosphere is the:
Ocean
Rocks
Organism
Atmosphere
Which of the following is not gaseous type cycle?
Carbon Cycle
Phosphorus Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Oxygen Cycle
Which is the possible path of movement of nitrogen in the nitrogen cycle?
Soil –air- plants – animals – soil
Soil – animals – plants – air – soil
Air – soil – plants – animals – soil – air
Air – animals – soil – plants – air
Carbon is removed from the atmosphere through what process?
Burning of fossil fuels
Deforestation
Photosynthesis
Respiration
The burning of fossil fuels has the greatest and most direct impact on the:
Water cycle
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Oxygen cycle
Along a food chain, the role of ____________ is to help return or recycle the primary chemical compounds of organisms back to the chain: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and other minor compounds.
prey
producers
consumers
decomposers
A series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habitats, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one.
Food web
Food chain
Autotrops
Heterotrops
An organism that creates its own food is called:
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Scavengers
What is an ecosystem?
The relationship between all the abiotic parts of the environment
All the interacting organisms that live in an environment and the abiotic part of the environment that affect the organism
The relationship among the biotic parts of the environment
A person who observes and studies the interactions between the biotic and abiotic parts of the environment
Choose the phrase that correctly finishes this statement:
“A Species is….”
Part of the natural decomposing materials in soil
A group of organism that can successfully mate with each other and reproduce
A way of describing all the living parts of the ecosystem
A specific part of the abiotic environment
Temperature, light, water, air, soil and climate are all ______ parts of the environment.
Biotic
Abiotic
Boreal
Living
Organisms that can feed on autotrophs as well as on heterotrophs are known as:
Omnivores
Carnivores
Herbivores
Consumers
Most extinctions occurring on the planet today are due to:
Global Warming
Invasive species
Hunting
Loss of Habitat
Food webs differ from food chains in that they:
Identify the keystone species within an ecosystem
Show the distribution of biomass within an ecosystem
Show the actual movement of energy within the ecosystem
Show more of the available feeding relationships in an ecosystem
A vegetation type dominated by shrubs and small trees, especially evergreen trees with thick small leaves.Chaparal
Rainforest
Chaparal
Taiga
Savanna
The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
Marine
Littoral Zone
Coral reefs
Aquatic
A landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation.
Tundra
Savanna
Desert
Rainforest
Refers to the organisms position in the food chain
Bottom-up control
Top-down control
Trophic level
Consumer
A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth.
Desert
Savanna
Tropical Rainforest
Taiga
A treeless plain characteristic of the artic and sub artic regions
Taiga
Tundra
Rainforest
Savanna
Ecosystem with the influence of man and is usually controlled.
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Aquatic Ecosystem
Man-made Ecosystem
Natural Ecosystem
This refers to the intricate web that connects all organisms with their physical environment.
Biosphere
Ionosphere
Ecosystem
Community
A combination of a community and the chemical and physical factors making its living environment.
Ecosystem
Habitat
Population
Biosphere
A small or large social unit that has something in common such as norms and identity.
Species
Community
Ecosystem
Population
True or False:
Republic Act 9275 known as the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.
(a)
True or False:
Republic Act No. 1851, an act to create the Philippine Nuclear Energy Commission to administer, regulate and control the use, application and disposition of fissionable materials
(a)
True or False:
Presidential Decree No. 705, Revising and consolidating all laws and decrees affecting fishing and fisheries
(a)
True or False
Republic Act 1442, an Act to promote the exploration and development of geothermal resources
(a)
True or False:
Presidential Decree No. 4316, an act to compile laws relative to land transportation and traffic rules, to create a Land Transportation Commission.
(a)
True or False:
Presidential Decree No. 662, establishing an Oil Pollution Operations Center in the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters.
(a)
Which biome is the coldest?
Taiga
Tundra
Tropical Rainforest
Grasslands
How some plants adapted to living in the desert?
Growing broad leaves
Plants wither but their roots do not die
Having narrow pointed shapes
Developing deep or wide spreading root systems
This animal is famous for living in the tundra.
Camel
Reindeer
Bald Eagle
Antelope
The types of herbivores in a terrestrial biome mostly directly depends on:
Types of vegetation
Amount of dissolved oxygen in the water
Availability of decomposers
Amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere
In which biome are the abiotic factors the most constant?
Tundra
Desert
Grasslands
Ocean
This is where the phase of fever is characterized by vasodilation and sweating as the body is trying to return to normal temperature.
Crisis
Period of Illness
Period of Convalescence
Period of Decline
If you were to travel from the Arctic Circle to the Equator, What sequence of biomes would you most likely pass through?
Taiga, tundra, temperate forest, tropical rain forest
Tundra, taiga, temperate forest, tropical rain forest
Tundra, temperate forest, taiga, tropical rainforest
Tropical rain forest, temperate forest, taiga, tundra
A ___________ is a group of organisms of the same species in an area.
Habitat
Ecosystem
Population
Community
What organism eats only plants?
Carnivore
Herbivore
Decomposer
Omnivore
What organism eats both plants and animals?
Caarnivore
Herbivore
Omnivore
Decomposer
What is the most diverse biome?
Savanna
Desert
Tropical Rainforest
Grassland
A dog and a tick are example of which relationship?
Predation
Commensalism
Parasitism
Mutualism
A relationship in which one animal hunts, kills and eats another.
Predation
Ammensalism
Mutualism
Commensalism
The animal that is hunted and killed for food.
Predator
Scavenger
Prey
Decomposer
A close relationship between two different species of organism living together.
Food Web
Symbiosis
Food Chain
Habitat
It is the movement of individuals out of a population.
Emigration
Immigration
Mortality
Natality
In this pattern of distribution of population, individuals live in areas of high local abundance, which are separated by areas of low abundance.
random
clumped
regular
irregular
It is the movement of individuals into a population.
Immigration
Emmigration
Mortality
Natality
In this pattern of distribution of population, individuals are uniformly spaced through the environment.
Random
Irregular
Clumped
Regular
Which of the following is not true about an epidemiologist?
Epidemiologist study sick people
Epidemiologist do not study health individuals
Epidemiologist study exposed people
Epidemiologist study non-exposed people
The correct sequence of chain of infection is:
susceptible host, infection agent, reservoir, mode of transmission, portal of entry, portal of exit
reservoir, portal of entry, infectious agent, mode of transmission, susceptible host, portal of exit
infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
infectious agent, susceptible host, reservoir, mode of transmission, portal of exit, portal of entry
This is where the body returns to its pre-diseased state, and health is restored.
Crisis
Period of decline
Period of convalescence
incubation period
The earth’s crust and a portion of the upper mantle directly below from the lithosphere.
Cryosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
It is sometimes called the ecosphere , where the physical and chemical factors form the context of life.
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Crysopehre
The following are important issues that epidemiology can address, EXCEPT:
Hospitalization
Quality of Life
Disability
Mental Status
Weather occurs in this layer because it contains most of the water vapor.
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Exosphere
Is the time interval between the initial infection and the first appearance of signs and symptoms.
Period of Illness
Prodromal Period
Crisis
Incubation Period
Many jet aircraft fly in the layer of the atmosphere because it is very stable.
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Exosphere
In the Development of Disease, it is where the signs and symptoms subside.
Incubation Period
Crisis
Prodromal Period
Period of Decline
Meteors or rock fragments burn up in this layer.
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
A specific group of symptoms or signs that always accompanies a specific disease.
Sydrome
Disease
Pathogen
Contagious
Space shuttles fly in this area and it is also where the Auroras are found.
Exosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Are transmitted directly or indirectly from one host to another.
Syndrome
Non-communicable disease
Contagious disease
Communicable disease
It is the measurement of population per unit area or unit volume.
Population
Density
Size
Dispersion
It is the number of total cases at a particular time regardless of when they developed.
Prevalence
Endemic
Incidence
Epidemic
All the individuals of a species that live together in an area.
Demography
Size
Population
Density
This type of disease occurrence that is constantly present in the area or population.
Pandemic
Endemic
Sporadic
Epidemic
An individual has an equal probability of occurring anywhere in an area.
Clumped
Irregular
Regular
Random
This occurs occasionally in given population
Pandemic
Endemic
Sporadic
Epidemic
Is a method commonly used in ecology to estimate an animal population’s size.
Estimate by sampling
Population density
Mark and recapture
Count all individuals in a population
It is the habitat in which the infectious agent normally lives, grows, and multiplies.
Portal of exit
Portal of entry
Reservoir
Mode of transmission
A reproductive strategy wherein it provides parental care, reproduces slowly and have few offspring
R strategies
N strategies
K strategies
S strategies
Mode of Transmission for Influenzae.
Direct
Airborne
Indirect
Vector-borne
The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere (the closest to the surface of the Earth) is____.
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
Mesospehere
Troposphere
The “Ozone Layer” lies within the__________.
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
This develops more slowly, reactions to the disease are less severe, likely to be continual or recurrent for long periods
Sub-acute
Latent
Acute
Chronic
The natural place of every organism is known as:
Ecosystem
Niche
Habitat
Environment
This allow the organism to survive in the conditions of its habitat.
Adjustment
Adaptation
Behavior variation
Flexibility
Animal adapt a similar state like sleep to reduce metabolic rate is called:
Transpiration
Migration
Hibernation
Camouflage
Hyenas and vultures are___________.
Omnivores
Herbivores
Scavengers
Carnivores
A type of symbiotic relationship where both organism benefited the relationship.
Predation
Mutalism
Competition
Commensalism
A lichen is a combination of fungus and algae that lives on the sides of trees, rocks, and other materials. The fungus provides the algae with water and minerals and the algae use the water and minerals to make food for both organisms. What type of relationship does the lichen represent?
Commensalism
Ammensalism
Mutualism
Competition
How does a crocodile benefit from a bird eating from its mouth?
It gets to eat the bird
It helps as a lure for prey
It gets its teeth cleaned
It gets a defense against flies
When a symbiotic relationship helps one organism and hurts the other it is an example of:
Commensalism
Ammensalism
Parasitism
Competition
The chain of infection is a model of:
How bacteria multiply
How pathogenic microorganisms are transmitted from one person to another
How infections can be prevented
How an infection affects the immune system
Bacteria convert the simple nitrogen compounds back into nitrogen gas, which is then released back into the atmosphere.
Nitrification
Ammonification
Denitrification
Nitrogen fixation
True or False:
Sulfur may enter the atmosphere as sulfuric acids.
(a)
True or False:
Main source of phosphorous is found on rocks.
(a)
Which of the following series is true about energy flow in the ecosystem?
Producers - Decomposers - Consumers
Producers - Consumers - Decomposers
Decomposers - Producers - Consumers
Consumers - Producers - Decomposers
This implies a law or regulation passed by a legislative body.
Executive Order
Act
Law
Decree
A law that Regulate the sale of subdivision lots and condominiums, providing penalties for violations thereof
P.D No. 759
R.A No. 975
P.D No. 957
R.A No. 795
A law Establishing an Oil Pollution Operations Center in the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters
R.A 4136
P.D No. 825
P.D No. 463
P.D No. 602
Pertains to the preservation, beautification, improvement and gainful utilization of the Pasig River
R.A No. 1825
P.D No. 856
P.D No. 1181
P.D No. 274
This refers to ecosystem components and their interactions.
Impact
Environmental
Ecological
Assessment
True or False:
In habitats where food is scarce (little to be found), some animals may have long necks to obtain food or special storage structures for food and water.
(a)
Which is NOT an example of an animal's behavioral adaptation?
mimicry
camouflage
beak
play dead
True or False:
Hibernation is a resting state that helps animals survive in the summer heat.
(a)
During hibernation, what does NOT occur?
The animal eats a lot of food in the autumn months to store up fat.
Animals burrow in the ground or hide in dens to stay safe and warm.
Animals awaken in the spring.
The animal's breathing speeds up.
Migration is:
The movement of animals over the same route at different times of the year.
The movement of animals over the same route in the same season each year.
A form of locomotion.
A resting state that helps animals survive in the winter months.
True or False:
Migration allows animals to take advantage of resources like food or water in one location when they run low in another location.
(a)
Which is NOT an example of locomotion?
Crawling
Swinging on vines
Hopping
Camouflage
A color or pattern that allows an animal to blend into its environment is called ______________.
Mimicry
Camouflage
Metamorphosis
Behavioral pattern
A consumer that feeds on dead things and animal droppings is called ________.
Omnivores
Herbivores
Decomposers
Heterotrophs
An animal that eats only plants is _______.
Herbivores
Omnivores
Carnivores
Scavengers
A chameleon changing colors to blend in with its surroundings is an example of _________.
Mimicry
Playing Dead
Camouflage
Metamorphosis
Seeds being eaten by a mouse who is then eaten by a hawk is called a __________.
Predation
Food web
Food chain
Competition
A fox chases a rabbit. The fox is the ________ and the rabbit is the ________.
predator, prey
prey, predator
predator, host
host, prey
This causes an increase in population.
natality and mortality
mortality and immigration
immigration and natality
emigration and mortality
It is the number of deaths per unit population per unit time
Natality
Immigration
Mortality
Emigration
The spread of HIV is an example of:
Sporadic
Epidemic
Pandemic
Endemic
The mode of transmission for cholera is____________
Food-borne
Direct
Airborne
Water-borne
This occurs through skin-to-skin contact, kissing, and sexual intercourse
Indirect
Airborne
Direct
Water-borne
The source of energy in an ecosystem is:
Decomposition of plants and animals by bacteria
Photosynthesis by plants
Sunlight
Fermentation by sugar
Trophic level are formed by:
Plants only
Animals only
Organisms linked in the food chain
Decomposers
In abiotic components of ecosystem which of the following occurs?
flow of energy
consumers
cycling of materials
producers
Human population growth curve is a:
S shaped curve
L shaped curve
V shape curve
J shaped Cure
It is the study of the characteristics and parameters of the population.
Demography
Population ecology
Population density
Population size
