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our environment

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The natural environment consists of................................... .

a)

Activities among human beings

b)

Plants and animals that surround the human beings

c)

Creations among human beings

d)

Interactions among human beings

2.

1. Land,water, air, etc, comprise the ...................environment.

a)

Natural

b)

Human

c)

Man-made

d)

Artificial

3.

1. What is an abiotic component of environment?

a)

Table

b)

Water

c)

Human

d)

None of these

4.

Natural environment can be divided into............................types.

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Five

d)

Four

5.

What is the life supporting system among the following?

a)

Transportation

b)

Music system

c)

Environment

d)

Both A and B

6.

What is abiotic component of environment?

a)

Chair

b)

Water

c)

Butterfly

d)

None of the Bove

7.

When is World Environment Day is celebrated?

a)

5 February

b)

5 August

c)

5 June

d)

5 may

8.

Which is human made environment?

a)

Mountain

b)

Road

c)

Sea

d)

None of the above

9.

What is the solid crust of the Earth is called?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

10.

Which is not a natural Ecosystem?

a)

Desert

b)

Aquarium

c)

Forest

d)

None of these

11.

Which is a threat to a environment

a)

Growing plants

b)

Growing crops

c)

Growing population

d)

None of these

12.

Which is a threat to a environment

a)

Growing plants

b)

Growing crops

c)

Growing population

d)

None of these

13.

Which is not a component of human environment

a)

Land

b)

Religion

c)

Community

d)

All of these

14.

What is the trade in which goods are exchange without money?

a)

Barter system

b)

Export trade

c)

Commercial trade

d)

Eco system

15.

narrow zone where land water and air interact is called

a)

Environment

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Lithosphere

16.
Waste from our homes and factories are dumped into rivers, lakes, and seas, causing ____.
a)
Air pollution
b)
Water pollution
c)
Land pollution
d)
Waste
17.
Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the air is believed to cause ___.
a)
Global Warming
b)
Water Pollution
c)
Non-biodegradable waste
d)
Recycling
18.

Which is a threat to a environment

a)

Growing plants

b)

Growing crops

c)

Growing population

d)

None of these

19.

What is the trade in which goods are exchange without money?

a)

Barter system

b)

Export trade

c)

Commercial trade

d)

Eco system

20.

Which of the following is a primary consumer in a grassland ecosystem?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

What percentage of energy is passed on to next tropic level?

a)

10%

b)

50%

c)

90%

d)

100%

22.

What is this called?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Abiotic Factors

d)

Biotic factors

23.

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

a)

Owl

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Lilypad

d)

Mouse

24.
The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:
a)
Primary Consumers
b)
Producers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Tertiary Consumers
25.

The phenomenon by which toxins concentrate in the organisms at higher trophic levels within an ecosystem is known as...

a)

Biotoxicity

b)

Biomagnification

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Predation

26.

Consider the following food chain:

Algae > Mayfly > Minnow > Trout


In a polluted ecosystem, which organism is likely to have the HIGHEST level of toxic chemicals in its body?

a)

Algae

b)

Mayfly

c)

Minnow

d)

Trout

27.

What does the Ozone in the atmosphere do?

a)

causes the greenhouse effect

b)

causes acid rain

c)

protects the Earth from harmful infrared (IR) rays

d)

protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays

28.

What damage can UV rays cause?

a)

can cause sunburn.

b)

can cause some types of skin cancer.

c)

cataracts.

d)

all of the above

29.

What is causing damage to the Ozone layer?

a)

Methane

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

CFCs

d)

All of the above

30.

Identify the non- biodegradable substance from the following.

a)

Paper

b)

Tin cans

c)

Vegetable peels

d)

Wood

31.

An artificial ecosystem is

a)

Pond

b)

Forest

c)

Desert

d)

Crop field

32.

Each step of a food chain is called as

a)

Trophic level

b)

Food web

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Biological magnification

33.

Calculate the amount of energy available to snake in the given food chain if there is 6500 J of energy available to grass hopper.

Grass ----> grass hopper ---> frog -----> snake

a)

6500 J

b)

650 J

c)

65 J

d)

6.5 J

34.

Why do we need to manage the garbage we produce

i)To improve the health and quality of life

ii)For preventing environmental pollution

iii) To produce more biodegradable plastics

iv) To reduce the strain on natural resources

a)

i and iv

b)

iii and ii

c)

i, ii and iii

d)

i,ii and iv

35.

Non biodegradable waste materials can be treated by composting technique.

a)

true

b)

False

36.

Non biodegradable wastes can be managed by practicing techniques like

a)

Reduce Reuse Reabsorb

b)

Reduce reuse recycle

37.

___________________ are found as an alternative for plastics which are decomposed by microbial action.

a)

PVC

b)

Biodegradable plastics

c)

thermoplastic plastic

d)

thermosetting plastic