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WorksheetsMidterm Review Block 3
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 31mins
What is less likely to happen if people buy more gas-efficient and electric cars?
Air pollution
Heat pollution
Noise pollution
Light pollution
A couple of friends were headed to the same place in separate cars, what is a way for them to contribute to taking care of the environment?
Driving separate cars
Riding motorcycles
Carpooling in a taxi
Taking public transportation
Over the years using renewable energy sources has been a huge part of encouraging instead of burning fossil fuels. Why is it better to use renewable energy sources?
Renewable energy resources are easier to collect and use
Creating renewable energy resources reduces the number of jobs
Renewable resources have a less negative impact on the environment
Transporting renewable resources creates more air pollution
What is the downfall of only having solar power?
Solar power is cheaper than most energy resources
Solar power is safer than most energy resources
Solar power can’t make power at night
Solar power can convert sunlight to electricity
Which of the following describes a difference between single-celled organisms and multi-celled organisms?
Both need food for energy and growth.
Single celled have a skeletal system for support while multicellular do not
Multicellular organisms are made of one cell while single celled organisms are made of multiple cells
Multicellular organisms are made of multiple cells while single celled organisms are made of one cell
Which statement describes jet streams ?
The jet stream is a belt of slow moving winds that moves weather from East to West across the United States
The jet stream is a belt of fast winds that moves weather from East to West across the United States
The jet stream is a belt of fast winds that moves weather from West to East across the United States
The jet stream is a belt of slow moving winds that moves weather from West to East across the United States
Which best explains what happens to air when it is heated?
Air expands and rises
air expands and falls
air condenses and falls
air condenses and rises
How do winds form?
Earth spins quickly, causing air to blow around
The gravity of Earth and the Moon push and pull the air
Warm air rises and cool air falls toward the Earth’s surface
Ocean waves push air onto the ashore and across Earth’s surface
Which of the following contributes to winds formation?
Uneven heating of the atmosphere
Volcanic activity
Wind patterns
Thunderstorms
If you burn coal, how is it going to affect the air?
decrease air quality by producing toxic gases
improve air quality by replacing natural resources
improve air quality by producing oxygen as it is burned
decrease air quality by reducing the amount of gases in the atmosphere
The local forecast predicts a low pressure system with warm, humid air. What type of conditions should people expect?
Thunderstorms
clear weather
hot temperatures
sleet and snow
Which of the following list the different cloud types in order from highest altitude to lowest altitude?
Stratus, altocumulus, cirrus
Cumulus, stratus, cirrus
Altostratus, cumulus, stratus
Cirrus, cumulus, stratus
A front moves into a town. The town experiences higher temperatures and light drizzles. Which fronts is this townn NOW experiencing?
Occluded front
Warm front
Stationary front
Cold front
A meteorologist observes a drop in barometric pressure appearing in the afternoon in a nearby town. What weather conditions will most likely occur in the town?
Changing air pressure and increasing wind speed
Steady air pressure and decreasing wind speed
Changing air pressure and steady wind speed
Steady air pressure and wind speed
Which of the following best describes how the Coriolis Effect influences wind and ocean currents?
Winds and currents deflect to the right in the northern hemisphere and the left in the southern hemisphere
Winds and currents deflect to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere
Winds and currents deflect to the left in both hemispheres
Winds and currents deflect to the right in both hemispheres
Janie and Elijah are drawing a diagram to show the differences between animal and plant cells. Janie is selecting the terms to label the plant cell. Which set of terms will only Janie use?
A. large vacuole, chloroplasts, cell wall
B. cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosomes
C. vacuoles, cytoplasm, cell membrane
D. cell membrane, mitochondria, nucleus
The volvox….
Uses cilia for to help bring food to its oral groove
Uses chloroplast to make its own food
Uses its pseudopods for locomotion
Functions as an individual cell
Which of the following is not true for both the euglena and the volvox?
They utilize eyespots
They live in colonies
They have chloroplasts
They have flagella
What type of protist is in the picture above?
Amoeba
Euglena
Paramecium
Volvox
How do mitochondria make energy available to plant and animal cells?
A. They use oxygen to turn food into usable energy.
B. They use chlorophyll from sunlight to create food.
C. They use particles found in the cytoplasm to create food.
D. They spin quickly around in the cytoplasm to produce energy.
Which statement describes the primary function of the chloroplasts in a plant cell?
A. they capture oxygen and use water to create energy for the cell
B. They release light energy from the leaves and use it, along with water and oxygen, to produce sugars for food.
C. They capture light energy from the sun and use it, along with water and carbon dioxide, to produce sugars for food.
D. They release light energy from the leaves and us
Which label should be placed on the question mark?
cell wall
nucleus
cell membrane
nuclear membrane
In what way are the circulatory system and the skeletal system similar?
Both systems contain specialized cells and tissues.
Both systems provide structure to the body.
Both systems assume the functions of other failing body parts.
Both systems establish homeostasis and communication.
Cells are to tissues as tissues are to what?
Organs
Organisms
Ecosystems
Organ systems
Which of the following describes the levels of organization in order of simplest to most complex?
A. cells→ organs→ organ →system tissue
B. cells →tissue→ organs→ organ system
C. tissue →cells →organ system→ organs
D. tissue→ organ system →cells→ organs
Which statement explains what will MOST likely happen to the hydrosphere in an area where air temperatures increase?
A. Earthquake intensity will decrease.
B. Mountain formation will decrease.
C. Rock weathering will increase.
D. Evaporation will increase.
A town experiences a sudden change from clear weather to heavy rains, high winds, and thunderstorms. Which weather condition is most likely causing change?
A Cold front
A Warm front
A higher air pressure
A lower relative humidity
An air mass travels north from the Caribbean sea near the equator, then westward across the United States. Which best describes the humidity and temperature of the air mass?
Cool and dry
Warm and dry
Cool and wet
Warm and wet
In the picture above, the red water is warm while the blue water is cold. Which statement best describes what is happening in the picture?
The red water is rising because of convection
The blue water is rising because of convection
The red and blue water are separating because of gravity
The red and blue water are combining because of altitude
A town in Arizona experiences extreme heat during the day and high winds around sunset. Which of the following best describes why wind blows?
Winds blow from areas of high density to areas of low density
Winds blow from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
Winds blow from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
Winds blow from areas of low temperature to areas of high temperature
The diagram above shows the convection currents of the Earth’s atmosphere. Which of the following best explains why air pressure at the equator is low?
Warm air sinks which causes higher air pressure
Warm air spins which causes higher air pressures
Warm air expands which causes lower air pressure
Warm air condenses which causes lower air pressure
The graph below displays barometric pressure data collected over a 7 day period. The town experienced light to moderate precipitation between day 0 and day 4. Which days did the rain most likely begin to stop?
Days 2-3
Days 3-4
Days 5-6
Days 0-1
What is the first step of the water cycle
The water transferring energy to the sun resulting in evaporation.
The sun transferring energy to the water resulting in evaporation.
The water transferring energy to the sun resulting in condensation.
The sun transferring energy to the water resulting in condensation
What is the best example of climate ?
The thunderstorm dropped about three centimeters of rain today.
The average summer temperatures have increased over the last ten years.
The snowfall in this area was more this week than it was last week
The average wind speed in April was less than it was in March.
What’s condensation?
water heating up, becoming vapor in the atmosphere
water moving due to rising and falling air temperatures
water cooling, collecting into clouds before returning as rain or snow
water becoming pressurized in the atmosphere, causing severe weather
What type of cloud is short, made of ice crystals, and wispy?
stratus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
cumulus
Which of the following represents the mixture of gasses of Earth’s atmosphere?
A: 78% nitrogen, 21% Carbon dioxide, 1% oxygen
B. 78% Carbon dioxide, 21% Oxygen, 1% other gasses
C. 78% nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% other gasses
D. 78% Other gasses, 21% nitrogen, 1% oxygen
If your altitude increases when climbing a mountain, what happens to the temperature?
As altitude increases, temperature decreases
Altitude increases as well as temperature increases.
Altitude has nothing to do with temperature
Altitude increases, temperature stays the same as altitude
When going up to a place high above sea level, what happens to the air’s density?
When you go to a high altitude, density decreases
If the density is increasing, you have a high altitude
High altitude means density stays the same
What is the relationship between wind and air pressure?
If the winds are strong then the wind will hit your face.
Winds move from high pressure to low pressure areas.
Winds move from high density to low density.
Winds move from low pressure to high pressure areas.
What happens in the troposphere, aka the lowest area of the atmosphere?
Meteors form
Weather
Satellites
