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Environmental Science Semester Exam Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the best definition of science

a)

A list of facts about a subject, like trees.

b)

A process for gathering information about the natural world.

c)

A class you have to take in order to graduate.

d)

A method, that when used correctly, can answer any question.

2.

A hypothesis is

a)

A possible answer to a question.

b)

An observation.

c)

A guess.

d)

The answer to a question.

3.

When you conduct an experiment, which one of these describes the condition that is measured?

a)

the data

b)

the observation

c)

the independent variable

d)

the dependent variable

4.

What is the fourth step in the scientific method?

a)

create a hypothesis

b)

analyze data

c)

perform an experiment

d)

share your results

5.

If I go to sleep earlier then I will be less tired in the morning. What is the independent variable?

a)

how tired you are

b)

how awake you feel

c)

the time you go to sleep

d)

the time you wake up

6.

I didn't follow the directions Mr. Culp put on the assignment so Mr. Culp took some points off my score. What is the dependent variable?

a)

your grade

b)

Mr. Culp's directions

c)

how annoying Mr. Culp is.

d)

what sort of mistake you made.

7.

People who graduate from high school make $20,000 more per year, on average, than someone who doesn't graduate. What is the independent variable?

a)

$20,000

b)

graduating

c)

the jobs graduates get

d)

going to college

8.

What is it called when scientists publish what they have learned from their experiments?

a)

peer review

b)

data dumping

c)

information dissemination

d)

publish or perish

9.

Why is it important that scientists publish the results of their experiments?

a)

people love to read scientific papers, and the scientists will have a best-selling novel.

b)

to have others check their work

c)

to show how smart they are

d)

all of these are correct

10.

At the end of the nine weeks you can throw out your lowest ___ if we have taken at least ___ of them.

a)

test, 2

b)

quiz, 4

c)

test, 4

d)

test and quiz, 4 of each

e)

classwork assignment, 10

11.

If you miss three days with an excused absence, how many days do you have to make up the missed assignments?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

1

d)

There is no time limit since the absence was excused.

12.

This is where you'll find most of a the DNA in a eukaryotic cell

a)

mitochondrion

b)

nucleolus

c)

golgi apparatus

d)

nucleus

e)

choanocyte

13.

What organelle is responsible for breaking things down and recycling them?

a)

lysosome

b)

vacuole

c)

ribosome

d)

Golgi apparatus

e)

Peroxisome

14.

This organelle, which is found in plants, converts light energy into sugar.

a)

Smooth ER

b)

Rough ER

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Mitochondrion

15.

The ribosomes are made by the

a)

Rough ER

b)

Smooth ER

c)

Centriole

d)

Nucleolus

16.

Which structure is not found in the cytoplasm?

a)

Nucleolus

b)

Central Vacuole

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Mitochondria

e)

You can find all of these.

17.

What is the process plants use to make sugar and oxygen from light, water, and carbon dioxide?

a)

dehydration

b)

hydrolysis

c)

homeostasis

d)

photosynthesis

18.

Which organelle receives material from the ER, then sorts and packages the material before shipping it out?

a)

Central Vacuole

b)

Lysosome

c)

Peroxisome

d)

Golgi apparatus

19.

Some cells have long whip-like parts that help them move. What are these structures called?

a)

flagella

b)

spindle fibers

c)

cilia

d)

microvilli

20.

What is the organelle that is responsible for cellular respiration? It turns food into energy the cell can use.

a)

chloroplast

b)

mitochondrion

c)

nucleus

d)

nucleolus

21.

This is a firm structure that protects and gives shape to the cells of plants.

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

spicules

d)

chloroplast

22.

There is going to be a picture of a cell and you are going to have to know the parts. This is true. I promise.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It's probably false.

d)

Mr. Culp is annoying, and a liar, so this is false.

23.

What term describes a group of different species that live together in a defined area?

a)

community

b)

ecosystem

c)

population

d)

biosphere

24.

A caterpillar eats the leaves of plants. What type of organism is a caterpillar?

a)

primary producer

b)

carnivore

c)

autotroph

d)

herbivore

25.

A bird eats caterpillars. What type of organism is a bird?

a)

autotroph

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

carnivore

26.

What term would describe all of the organisms that live in a pond?

a)

a population

b)

a community

c)

an ecosystem

d)

a biome

27.

What level of ecological study fallows all the members of one type of organism in an area?

a)

community

b)

biome

c)

ecosystem

d)

population

e)

individual

28.

Which is a community?

a)

a spider spinning a web between two trees to catch flies

b)

a herd of buffalo

c)

one mosquito

d)

a school of tuna fish swimming in cold water

29.

When the wolves were returned to Yellowstone National Park they changed the way many animal and plant species exist in the park.  Just one species coming back affected many species.  The wolves are acting like a  

a)

dominant predator

b)

apex autotroph

c)

keystone species

d)

apex predator

30.

Which of the following does not get energy from meat?

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

decomposer

e)

scavenger

31.

What will you always find at the beginning of a food chain or at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

a)

plants

b)

predators

c)

decomposers

d)

dirt

e)

herbivores

32.

What means the same thing as heterotroph?

a)

omnivore

b)

autotroph

c)

herbivore

d)

consumer

e)

producer

33.

In the aquarium behind my desk there are guppies, betas, snails, plants, and lots of bacteria. The organisms in that aquarium make up what ecological level?

a)

biome

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

population

34.

Why are autotrophs the base of all food chains and energy pyramids?

a)

They are the most efficient consumers so most of their energy can be passed on.

b)

They recycle energy in the soil and make it available for primary consumers.

c)

They make energy that consumers can use from light, water, and carbon dioxide.

d)

They are not always the base of food chains and energy pyramids.

35.

When a deer dies in the forest vultures and opossums will feed on the dead body. Vultures and opossums are

a)

scavengers

b)

carnivores

c)

autotrophs

d)

decomposers

e)

detritivores

36.

When a tree dies and falls down in a forest, termites and mushrooms will begin to break the tree down. termites and mushrooms are

a)

scavengers

b)

carnivores

c)

autotrophs

d)

decomposers

e)

detritivores

37.

Racoons will catch and eat fish. They will also eat berries and roots. They are

a)

scavengers

b)

omnivores

c)

autotrophs

d)

carnivores

e)

herbivores

38.

What is the smallest whole unit of matter?

a)

atom

b)

cell

c)

nucleus

d)

electron

39.

Which subatomic particle has the greatest mass?

a)

uranium

b)

neutron

c)

electron

d)

the nucleus

40.

Which statement is true?

a)

Neutrons and electrons have the same charge.

b)

Neutrons and protons have the same mass.

c)

Protons and electrons have the same mass.

d)

Electrons and neutrons are found in the same part of an atom.

41.

Frequently atoms connect with each other. What do we call the connections?

a)

bonds

b)

joinings

c)

connections

d)

fusions

42.

Sulfuric Acid’s chemical formula is H2SO4. That is two hydrogen atoms, one sulfur atom, and four oxygen atoms. What is sulfuric acid?

a)

molecule

b)

compound

c)

both a molecule and a compound

d)

neither a molecule nor a compound

43.

What is Barium's atomic mass?

a)

137.33

b)

Ba

c)

56

d)

193.33

e)

81.33

44.

How many electrons does Barium have?

a)

137.33

b)

137

c)

56

d)

81

e)

81.33

45.

What does the number 204 (rounded) tell us about thallium?

a)

The number of protons plus neutrons it has.

b)

The number of neutrons it has.

c)

The number of protons and electrons it has.

d)

The number of neutrons and electrons it has.

46.

What is the name for the number below the atomic symbol?

a)

atomic number

b)

atomic mass

c)

element number

d)

electronegativity index

47.

What are elements?

a)

different subatomic particles

b)

different kinds of atoms

c)

ions

d)

noble gases

48.

About 78% of our atmosphere is made up of this gas. It is two nitrogen atoms stuck together. What is it?

a)

molecule

b)

compound

c)

both a molecule and a compound

d)

neither a molecule nor a compound.

49.

What is silver's PEN?

a)

47, 47, 107

b)

47, 47, 108

c)

47, 47, 60

d)

47, 47, 61

50.

What is antimony's PEN?

a)

51, 51, 121.76

b)

51, 51, 121

c)

51, 51, 70

d)

51, 51, 71