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Quarterly MP#2

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False. The nitrogen in the atmosphere is in the right form for living things to use.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere.

a)

bacteria

b)

plants

c)

animals

3.

What is Global Warming?

a)

Increasing temperature in Earth's atmosphere

b)

Increasing temperature in a city.

c)

Decreasing temperature in Earth's atmosphere.

4.

Succession that occurs in an area with no soil.

a)

primary succession 

b)

secondary succession

5.

Succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present.

a)

primary succession 

b)

secondary succession

6.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Renewable energy

b)

Non-Renewable energy

7.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Renewable energy

b)

Non-renewable energy

8.

Something is __________ __________ when some molecules can cross the membrane while others cannot. 

a)

selectively (or semi) permeable 

b)

impermeable

c)

permeable

9.

The process by which molecules move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration.

a)

diffusion

b)

osmosis

c)

active transport

10.

Osmosis is the diffusion of water.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Movement of materials through a cell membrane using cellular energy.

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

12.

How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle?

a)

Both involve liquid substances falling to the Earth from the atmosphere?

b)

Neither process works at low temperature.

c)

Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.

13.
Carbon can be found in...
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Soil
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above
14.

Respiration is the process by which animals take in __________ and release __________. 

a)

glucose, oxygen

b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
15.
The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1°C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature?
a)
lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere
b)
higher levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
c)
higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere
16.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
17.

Evaporation happens when the sun __________ water and turns it into vapor.

a)
cools
b)
heats up
c)
freezes
18.
Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to earth's surface
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
runoff 
19.

Nitrogen fixation converts atmospheric nitrogen to a soil form of nitrogen that is usable by plants.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.
After plants and animals contain nitrogen, what puts it back into atmosphere and soil?
a)
decomposition
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
21.

A correct path that Nitrogen could take would be...

a)

Air--> Bacteria--> Plants--> Animals

b)

Bacteria--> Animals--> Plants--> Air

c)

Plants--> Air--> Animals--> Bacteria

22.

In an ecosystem, plants always play the role of __________ .

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

23.

A __________ is a community of living organisms interacting with the non-living parts of the environment.

a)

ecosystem

b)

food web

c)

consumer

24.

In a food chain, or food web, all of the energy can be traced back to __________.

a)

plants

b)

decomposers

c)

the sun

25.

All food webs and food chains begin with __________ .

a)

consumers

b)
producers
c)
predators
26.
What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?
a)
10%
b)
90%
c)
100%
27.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
28.
How many primary consumers are there in this food web?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
29.
How do producers obtain energy?
a)
They conduct photosynthesis.
b)
They consume plants.
c)
They consume primary consumers.
30.
The products of photosynthesis are:
a)
glucose and oxygen
b)
oxygen and carbon dioxide
c)
water and oxygen
31.
What gas is released into the air during cellular respiration?
a)
oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
water 
32.

The __________ is the cell part (organelle) inside cells where cellular respiration happens.

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplast

c)

nucleus

33.

The primary purpose of cellular respiration is to produce __________ .

a)

ATP

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

glucose

34.

What two things are needed for cellular respiration to happen in a cell?

a)

glucose & oxygen

b)

water & carbon dioxide

c)

glucose & water

35.

Small openings called __________ are found on the underside of leaves and allow gases to enter or leave the plant cells.

a)
Phloem
b)
Chloroplasts
c)
Stomata